How my .NET controller can correctly return a JSON to the client (obtained by an external REST call)










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I am pretty new in .NET* (I came from Java) and I have the following problem.



I created this controller class calling an external REST endpoint (it works fine):



namespace MyPrj.Controllers


public class MailProtocolloController : ApiController


private String urlBaseProtocolloApi = "http://myserver.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:8081/MY_API";

[SharePointContextWebAPIFilter]
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("GetAooList")]
public IHttpActionResult GetAooList()

Console.WriteLine("INTO GetAooList()");

string jsonRequest = urlBaseProtocolloApi + "/api/ProtocollaMail/GetDepartmentsList";

NetworkCredential myCreds = new NetworkCredential("myname", "mypswd", "mydomain");

CredentialCache credCache = new CredentialCache();

credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", myCreds);

//credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials);

HttpWebRequest spRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(jsonRequest);
spRequest.Credentials = credCache;
spRequest.UserAgent = "Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.01;+Windows+NT+5.0";
spRequest.Method = "GET";
spRequest.Accept = "application/json;odata=verbose";

HttpWebResponse endpointResponse = (HttpWebResponse)spRequest.GetResponse();

//string sResult = "Pippo";

string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();

/*
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(endpointResponse.GetResponseStream()))

sResult = sr.ReadToEnd();

JObject jobj = JObject.Parse(sResult);

*/

Console.WriteLine(sResult);

return Ok(sResult);







The called REST endpoint (I renamed it for privacy) return a JSON like this:



[

"Name":"Protocollo Generale",
"Value":"PG"

]


My controller have to return this JSON to the client. I tried to do in this way:



string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();
return Ok(sResult);


but it is not what I need because it returns:



<string>System.Net.HttpWebResponse</string>


instead the desired JSON.



What is the correct way to return this JSON to the client? How can I fix it?










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  • endpointResponse.ToString() does not return useful information. You need to read the response.

    – SLaks
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00






  • 1





    Why did you use HttpWebRequest instead of HttpClient? You could have used var response=await httpClient.GetStringAsync(thatURL); and retrieve the response. HttpClient won't block either

    – Panagiotis Kanavos
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00












  • @SLaks ehhhh how?

    – AndreaNobili
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02






  • 1





    You want something like this but as Panagiotis suggests, you should move to HttpClient, it's been the default way to do this sort of thing for a long time now.

    – DavidG
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02











  • The client can define if it wants xml or json just by setting content-type=application/json

    – Max
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:28
















0















I am pretty new in .NET* (I came from Java) and I have the following problem.



I created this controller class calling an external REST endpoint (it works fine):



namespace MyPrj.Controllers


public class MailProtocolloController : ApiController


private String urlBaseProtocolloApi = "http://myserver.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:8081/MY_API";

[SharePointContextWebAPIFilter]
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("GetAooList")]
public IHttpActionResult GetAooList()

Console.WriteLine("INTO GetAooList()");

string jsonRequest = urlBaseProtocolloApi + "/api/ProtocollaMail/GetDepartmentsList";

NetworkCredential myCreds = new NetworkCredential("myname", "mypswd", "mydomain");

CredentialCache credCache = new CredentialCache();

credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", myCreds);

//credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials);

HttpWebRequest spRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(jsonRequest);
spRequest.Credentials = credCache;
spRequest.UserAgent = "Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.01;+Windows+NT+5.0";
spRequest.Method = "GET";
spRequest.Accept = "application/json;odata=verbose";

HttpWebResponse endpointResponse = (HttpWebResponse)spRequest.GetResponse();

//string sResult = "Pippo";

string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();

/*
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(endpointResponse.GetResponseStream()))

sResult = sr.ReadToEnd();

JObject jobj = JObject.Parse(sResult);

*/

Console.WriteLine(sResult);

return Ok(sResult);







The called REST endpoint (I renamed it for privacy) return a JSON like this:



[

"Name":"Protocollo Generale",
"Value":"PG"

]


My controller have to return this JSON to the client. I tried to do in this way:



string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();
return Ok(sResult);


but it is not what I need because it returns:



<string>System.Net.HttpWebResponse</string>


instead the desired JSON.



What is the correct way to return this JSON to the client? How can I fix it?










share|improve this question






















  • endpointResponse.ToString() does not return useful information. You need to read the response.

    – SLaks
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00






  • 1





    Why did you use HttpWebRequest instead of HttpClient? You could have used var response=await httpClient.GetStringAsync(thatURL); and retrieve the response. HttpClient won't block either

    – Panagiotis Kanavos
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00












  • @SLaks ehhhh how?

    – AndreaNobili
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02






  • 1





    You want something like this but as Panagiotis suggests, you should move to HttpClient, it's been the default way to do this sort of thing for a long time now.

    – DavidG
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02











  • The client can define if it wants xml or json just by setting content-type=application/json

    – Max
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:28














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I am pretty new in .NET* (I came from Java) and I have the following problem.



I created this controller class calling an external REST endpoint (it works fine):



namespace MyPrj.Controllers


public class MailProtocolloController : ApiController


private String urlBaseProtocolloApi = "http://myserver.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:8081/MY_API";

[SharePointContextWebAPIFilter]
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("GetAooList")]
public IHttpActionResult GetAooList()

Console.WriteLine("INTO GetAooList()");

string jsonRequest = urlBaseProtocolloApi + "/api/ProtocollaMail/GetDepartmentsList";

NetworkCredential myCreds = new NetworkCredential("myname", "mypswd", "mydomain");

CredentialCache credCache = new CredentialCache();

credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", myCreds);

//credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials);

HttpWebRequest spRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(jsonRequest);
spRequest.Credentials = credCache;
spRequest.UserAgent = "Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.01;+Windows+NT+5.0";
spRequest.Method = "GET";
spRequest.Accept = "application/json;odata=verbose";

HttpWebResponse endpointResponse = (HttpWebResponse)spRequest.GetResponse();

//string sResult = "Pippo";

string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();

/*
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(endpointResponse.GetResponseStream()))

sResult = sr.ReadToEnd();

JObject jobj = JObject.Parse(sResult);

*/

Console.WriteLine(sResult);

return Ok(sResult);







The called REST endpoint (I renamed it for privacy) return a JSON like this:



[

"Name":"Protocollo Generale",
"Value":"PG"

]


My controller have to return this JSON to the client. I tried to do in this way:



string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();
return Ok(sResult);


but it is not what I need because it returns:



<string>System.Net.HttpWebResponse</string>


instead the desired JSON.



What is the correct way to return this JSON to the client? How can I fix it?










share|improve this question














I am pretty new in .NET* (I came from Java) and I have the following problem.



I created this controller class calling an external REST endpoint (it works fine):



namespace MyPrj.Controllers


public class MailProtocolloController : ApiController


private String urlBaseProtocolloApi = "http://myserver.westeurope.cloudapp.azure.com:8081/MY_API";

[SharePointContextWebAPIFilter]
[HttpGet]
[ActionName("GetAooList")]
public IHttpActionResult GetAooList()

Console.WriteLine("INTO GetAooList()");

string jsonRequest = urlBaseProtocolloApi + "/api/ProtocollaMail/GetDepartmentsList";

NetworkCredential myCreds = new NetworkCredential("myname", "mypswd", "mydomain");

CredentialCache credCache = new CredentialCache();

credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", myCreds);

//credCache.Add(new Uri(jsonRequest), "NTLM", CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials);

HttpWebRequest spRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(jsonRequest);
spRequest.Credentials = credCache;
spRequest.UserAgent = "Mozilla/4.0+(compatible;+MSIE+5.01;+Windows+NT+5.0";
spRequest.Method = "GET";
spRequest.Accept = "application/json;odata=verbose";

HttpWebResponse endpointResponse = (HttpWebResponse)spRequest.GetResponse();

//string sResult = "Pippo";

string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();

/*
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(endpointResponse.GetResponseStream()))

sResult = sr.ReadToEnd();

JObject jobj = JObject.Parse(sResult);

*/

Console.WriteLine(sResult);

return Ok(sResult);







The called REST endpoint (I renamed it for privacy) return a JSON like this:



[

"Name":"Protocollo Generale",
"Value":"PG"

]


My controller have to return this JSON to the client. I tried to do in this way:



string sResult = endpointResponse.ToString();
return Ok(sResult);


but it is not what I need because it returns:



<string>System.Net.HttpWebResponse</string>


instead the desired JSON.



What is the correct way to return this JSON to the client? How can I fix it?







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  • endpointResponse.ToString() does not return useful information. You need to read the response.

    – SLaks
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00






  • 1





    Why did you use HttpWebRequest instead of HttpClient? You could have used var response=await httpClient.GetStringAsync(thatURL); and retrieve the response. HttpClient won't block either

    – Panagiotis Kanavos
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00












  • @SLaks ehhhh how?

    – AndreaNobili
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02






  • 1





    You want something like this but as Panagiotis suggests, you should move to HttpClient, it's been the default way to do this sort of thing for a long time now.

    – DavidG
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02











  • The client can define if it wants xml or json just by setting content-type=application/json

    – Max
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:28


















  • endpointResponse.ToString() does not return useful information. You need to read the response.

    – SLaks
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00






  • 1





    Why did you use HttpWebRequest instead of HttpClient? You could have used var response=await httpClient.GetStringAsync(thatURL); and retrieve the response. HttpClient won't block either

    – Panagiotis Kanavos
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:00












  • @SLaks ehhhh how?

    – AndreaNobili
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02






  • 1





    You want something like this but as Panagiotis suggests, you should move to HttpClient, it's been the default way to do this sort of thing for a long time now.

    – DavidG
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:02











  • The client can define if it wants xml or json just by setting content-type=application/json

    – Max
    Nov 13 '18 at 16:28

















endpointResponse.ToString() does not return useful information. You need to read the response.

– SLaks
Nov 13 '18 at 16:00





endpointResponse.ToString() does not return useful information. You need to read the response.

– SLaks
Nov 13 '18 at 16:00




1




1





Why did you use HttpWebRequest instead of HttpClient? You could have used var response=await httpClient.GetStringAsync(thatURL); and retrieve the response. HttpClient won't block either

– Panagiotis Kanavos
Nov 13 '18 at 16:00






Why did you use HttpWebRequest instead of HttpClient? You could have used var response=await httpClient.GetStringAsync(thatURL); and retrieve the response. HttpClient won't block either

– Panagiotis Kanavos
Nov 13 '18 at 16:00














@SLaks ehhhh how?

– AndreaNobili
Nov 13 '18 at 16:02





@SLaks ehhhh how?

– AndreaNobili
Nov 13 '18 at 16:02




1




1





You want something like this but as Panagiotis suggests, you should move to HttpClient, it's been the default way to do this sort of thing for a long time now.

– DavidG
Nov 13 '18 at 16:02





You want something like this but as Panagiotis suggests, you should move to HttpClient, it's been the default way to do this sort of thing for a long time now.

– DavidG
Nov 13 '18 at 16:02













The client can define if it wants xml or json just by setting content-type=application/json

– Max
Nov 13 '18 at 16:28






The client can define if it wants xml or json just by setting content-type=application/json

– Max
Nov 13 '18 at 16:28













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