How to post JSON to a server using C#?

The way I do it and is working is:

var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://url");
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";

using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
    string json = "{\"user\":\"test\"," +
                  "\"password\":\"bla\"}";

    streamWriter.Write(json);
}

var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
    var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}

I wrote a library to perform this task in a simpler way, it is here: https://github.com/ademargomes/JsonRequest

Hope it helps.

Ademar's solution can be improved by leveraging JavaScriptSerializer's Serialize method to provide implicit conversion of the object to JSON.

Additionally, it is possible to leverage the using statement's default functionality in order to omit explicitly calling Flush and Close.

var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://url");
httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";

using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
{
    string json = new JavaScriptSerializer().Serialize(new
                {
                    user = "Foo",
                    password = "Baz"
                });

    streamWriter.Write(json);
}

var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
    var result = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
}

The HttpClient type is a newer implementation than the WebClient and HttpWebRequest. Both the WebClient and WebRequest have been marked as obsolete. [1]

You can simply use the following lines.

string myJson = "{'Username': 'myusername','Password':'pass'}";
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
    var response = await client.PostAsync(
        "http://yourUrl", 
         new StringContent(myJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
}

When you need your HttpClient more than once it's recommended to only create one instance and reuse it or use the new HttpClientFactory. [2]

For FTP, since HttpClient doesn't support it, we recommend using a third-party library.

@docs.microsoft.com [3]

Since dotnet core 3.1 you can use the JsonSerializer from System.Text.Json to create your json string.

string myJson = JsonSerializer.Serialize(credentialsObj);

How to post JSON to a server using C#?

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