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RestClient works but HttpWebRequest doesn't

This code works:

 var source = "https://jade.io/xml/au-qld-dc.xml";
        
 var client = new RestClient(source);
 var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
 IRestResponse resp = client.Execute(request);
 Console.WriteLine(resp.Content);

The xml is retrieved and displayed in the Console. But this code doesn't work:

HttpWebRequest httpsRequest = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(source);
httpsRequest.Method = "GET";
var response = httpsRequest.GetResponse();

It throws a 403 (Forbidden) error...

I'd like to know why it doesn't work, because I have some legacy code using WebRequest, and before replacing all that code with RestClient, if there is an easy fix...

Solution

  • Add UserAgent header and it will work.

    var source = "https://jade.io/xml/au-qld-dc.xml";
HttpWebRequest httpsRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(source);
httpsRequest.Method = "GET";
httpsRequest.UserAgent = "Test";
var response = httpsRequest.GetResponse();