I have the following POST request:
POST http://blah/Request HTTP/1.1
Host: blah
Content-Length: 322
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Envelope>
<Header>
<UserID>uid</UserID>
<Password>pass</Password>
<SessionID />
<RequestType>GetDetails</RequestType>
<POSCompany>01</POSCompany>
<PackageType>DATA</PackageType>
<ActionType>READ</ActionType>
<SnoopUserID />
</Header>
<Body>
<MagicNumber>124</MagicNumber>
</Body>
</Envelope>
This is failing with the error – (405) Method not supported
An example XML which apparently works on the server is the same but the header has the line POST /Request HTTP/1.1 instead of POST http://blah/Request HTTP/1.1.
I don’t know if this is the problem but I am trying to eliminate all possibilites. However, I cannot get the POST request URI to be relative and not absolute. Is there a wat to do this?
The following is the code used for sending the XML.
Public Sub SendXML(ByVal file As String)
Dim reader As New StreamReader(file)
Dim data As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
reader.Close()
Dim request As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://blah/Request")
request.Method = "POST"
System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = False
Dim bytes As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data)
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length
Dim oStreamOut As Stream = request.GetRequestStream()
oStreamOut.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
oStreamOut.Close()
Dim response As HttpWebResponse = request.GetResponse()
End Sub
Asked here in response to a request at 405 – Method Not Allowed HttpWebRequest
Following HTTP Error 405 Method not allowed