Invoking another URL

Question

    string url = "http://foo.com/bar?id=" + id + "&more=" + more;
    HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
    HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

I m trying make a call to another server, and getting back the following:

 |FATAL|The remote server returned an error: (406) Not Acceptable. (REF #1)
System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (406) Not Acceptable.

Why am i getting this error? and how to fix this?

Answer 1

According to the RFC

10.4.7 406 Not Acceptable

The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.

Review the accept headers that your request is sending , and the content server in that URL ; )

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BONUS

• To see the accept headers: browse to the URL and use FireBug (HTML tab).

• To set the accept headers into your request use the HttpWebRequest Members.