Call external json webservice from asp.net C#

Question

I need to make a call to a json webservice from C# Asp.net. The service returns a json object and the json data that the webservice wants look like this:

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Answer 1

Use the JavaScriptSerializer, to deserialize/parse the data. You can get the data using:

// corrected to WebRequest from HttpWebRequest
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://localhost/service.svc/json");

request.Method="POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
string postData = "{\"data\":\"" + data + "\"}"; //encode your data 
                                               //using the javascript serializer

//get a reference to the request-stream, and write the postData to it
using(Stream s = request.GetRequestStream())
{
    using(StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(s))
        sw.Write(postData);
}

//get response-stream, and use a streamReader to read the content
using(Stream s = request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())
{
    using(StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(s))
    {
        var jsonData = sr.ReadToEnd();
        //decode jsonData with javascript serializer
    }
}