How do you set the Content-Type header for an HttpClient request?

Question

I\'m trying to set the Content-Type header of an HttpClient object as required by an API I am calling.

I tried setting the Content-Ty

Answer 1

I find it most simple and easy to understand in the following way:

async Task SendPostRequest()
{
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    var requestContent = new StringContent();
    requestContent.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
    var response = await client.PostAsync(, requestContent);
    var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}
...

SendPostRequest().Wait();