Question

I’m using the webclient to upload values in a post-request here:

using (var client = new WebClient())
{

    client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF32;

    var parameters = new NameValueCollection
                         {
                             {"facebookID", IngamableCommunicator.FacebookProfileID + ""},
                             {"name", name},
                             {"content", File.ReadAllText(mapPath)}
                         };

    client.UploadValues(url, parameters);
}

As you can clearly see, I think this is how to change the request content encoding to UTF32. Am I right? Because apparently, it’s not working as expected.

Answer 1

WebClient.Encoding Property Remark:

The UploadString and UploadStringAsync methods use this property to convert the specified string to a Byte array before uploading the string. For additional information, see the GetBytes method.

When a string is downloaded using the DownloadString or DownloadStringAsync methods, WebClient uses the Encoding returned by this to convert the downloaded Byte array into a string. For additional information, see the GetString method.

But nothing about encoding in UploadValues…