HttpClient and HttpGet Support in WP7

Question

I am building an app which is already build in Android & other Mobile Platform. Since the App uses REST based Webservices build in JAVA, thus I need to use these Webserv

Answer 1

You can use HttpWebRequest ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest(v=vs.95).aspx ) to make calls to a REST service

Answer 2

I would recommend using the WebClient class for simple HTTP based communication. Here is the basic format I typically use when making a request to a web service:

WebClient web = new WebClient();
web.OpenReadCompleted += new OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(RequestComplete);
web.OpenReadAsync(new Uri("http://fullurlofyourwebservice.com"));

You can then write a method for the RequestComplete method referenced in the second line of code:

void RequestComplete(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            string response = "";

            using (var reader = new StreamReader(e.Result))
            {
                response = reader.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }

You can then process the response as a simple string, or do something like XDocument.Parse(response) if your response is in XML format.

Check out the full MSDN documentation for a complete reference.

Answer 3

I've recently started using RestSharp. http://restsharp.org/

Small, simple and does what it says on the box.