using System;

using System.IO;

using System.Net;

using System.Text;

​

namespace Examples.System.Net

{

    public class WebRequestPostExample

    {

        public static void Main ()

        {

            // Create a request using a URL that can receive a post. 

            WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create ("http://www.contoso.com/PostAccepter.aspx ");

            // Set the Method property of the request to POST.

            request.Method = "POST";

            // Create POST data and convert it to a byte array.

            string postData = "This is a test that posts this string to a Web server.";

            byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes (postData);

            // Set the ContentType property of the WebRequest.

            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

            // Set the ContentLength property of the WebRequest.

            request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;

            // Get the request stream.

            Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream ();

            // Write the data to the request stream.

            dataStream.Write (byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);

            // Close the Stream object.

            dataStream.Close ();

            // Get the response.

            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse ();

            // Display the status.

            Console.WriteLine (((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);

            // Get the stream containing content returned by the server.

            dataStream = response.GetResponseStream ();

            // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.

            StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (dataStream);

            // Read the content.

            string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd ();

            // Display the content.

            Console.WriteLine (responseFromServer);

            // Clean up the streams.

            reader.Close ();

            dataStream.Close ();

            response.Close ();

        }

    }

}