HTTP POST

[Guest]

I want to do an http post to a url and include the name/value pairs for the
fields in the form. The WebClient class lets me do this with the
UploadValues method but I need to use a timeout as well, which is contained
in the WebRequest and WebResponse classes. Does anyone know how to get the
HTML from a post with fields while, at the same time, limiting the time
you'll allow for it to complete?

 

[bruce barker \(sqlwork.com\)]

to rewrite upoload values is trival, so that you can use WebRequest

air code:

void UploadValues(WebRequest wr, NameValueCollection values)
{
wr.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
string sep = "";
for (int i=0; i < values.Count; ++i)
{
string s = string.Format("{0}{1}={2}",
sep,
HttpUtility.UrlEncode(values.GetKey(i)),
HttpUtility.UrlEncode(values.Get(i)));
sep = "&";
byte[] buffer = Encoding.ACII.GetBytes(s);
wr.GetRequestStream().Write(buffer,0,buffer.Length);
}
}

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)