How to send parameters to Https POST using C #

Question

I asked here how to record https and now it works fine. The problem now is how to send the parameter, requesting a name that is a json string:

{"key1": "value1", "key2": {"key21": "val21"}}

What I am doing but not working:

HttpWebRequest q = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(Host + ":" + Port);
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = new System.Net.Security.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(AcceptAllCertifications);
q.Method = "POST";
q.ContentType = "application/json";
q.Headers.Add("JSON-Signature", GetFirma(query));
q.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(user,pass);

byte[] buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("query=" + query);

q.ContentLength = buffer.Length;

using (Stream stream = q.GetRequestStream())
{
     stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);                    
}

But the server always responds, saying that there is no query parameter. Any help?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I would use WebClient.UploadValues:

        using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
        {
            NameValueCollection fields = new NameValueCollection();
            fields.Add("query", query);
            byte[] respBytes = client.UploadValues(url, fields);
            string resp = client.Encoding.GetString(respBytes);
        }