How to send an HTTPS GET Request in C#

Question

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How to send an HTTPS GET Request in C#?

Answer 1

MS suport has a page on How to make a GET request by using Visual C#

Answer 2

Add ?var1=data1&var2=data2 to the end of url to submit values to the page via GET:

using System.Net;

string url = "https://www.example.com/scriptname.php?var1=hello";

HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

Stream resStream = response.GetResponseStream();

Answer 3

I prefer to use WebClient, it seems to handle SSL transparently:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webclient.aspx

Some troubleshooting help here:

http://clipperhouse.com/blog/post/WebClient-Fiddler-and-SSL.aspx

Answer 4

I've a trouble:

Creating my Uri like this: string restUri = String.Format("/rest/UpdateUser/?var1={0}", userToUpdate);

the request is configured with a null object, someone know the reason?