How to post data to specific URL using WebClient in C#

Question

I need to use \"HTTP Post\" with WebClient to post some data to a specific URL I have.

Now, I know this can be accomplished with WebRequest but for some reasons I wa

Answer 1

Here is the crisp answer:

public String sendSMS(String phone, String token) {
    WebClient webClient = WebClient.create(smsServiceUrl);

    SMSRequest smsRequest = new SMSRequest();
    smsRequest.setMessage(token);
    smsRequest.setPhoneNo(phone);
    smsRequest.setTokenId(smsServiceTokenId);

    Mono response = webClient.post()
          .uri(smsServiceEndpoint)
          .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
          .body(Mono.just(smsRequest), SMSRequest.class)
          .retrieve().bodyToMono(String.class);

    String deliveryResponse = response.block();
    if (deliveryResponse.equalsIgnoreCase("success")) {
      return deliveryResponse;
    }
    return null;
}