EDIT:
I'm based on some comments that have been deleted, I guess I need to add a service reference and create a instance of the webservice object in the client application to pass the dataset. I haven't been able to add the service reference. When the service runs, it gives a 403 forbidden error, and has done so since I first created the project. I thought this was fine because the apicontroller methods can still be accessed with an HTTP GET, but I have no way of actually sending objects to the service, and can't create the service reference. The service and the client are in separate projects. At this point even a link to a decent tutorial would help. I've found a ton of stuff for creating a full site with a few functions accessed in jquery, and plenty of stuff that includes how to send a post in C#, but nothing that combines both sides.
I saw this question asking a how to do a similar thing. Is there any difference in the client side code I have in c# and the javascript in the question?
EDIT2: I tried using a memory stream to look at the request content to see if the entire dataset was being transferred. Its only picking up 4000 or so bytes out of 350000 being transferred. I assume this is why the dataset isn't availalbe in teh webservice parameter. but I'm not sure how to continue.
Original:
I'm building a webservice to handle the database calls for my client application. This isn't publicly facing, so I'm fine with passing a dataset instead of a custom model. Heres the client code:
public static void TestSendToDatabase(DataSet Products)
{
string xml = ToXML(Products);
byte[] bytes;
bytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(xml);
StringBuilder urlBuilder = new StringBuilder(string.Format("{0}{1}", BaseUrl, "WalmartProducts/Update"));
string url = urlBuilder.ToString();
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Accept = "application/xml";
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;
Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
requestStream.Write(bytes,0,bytes.Length);
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
And the service code:
public class WalmartProductsController : ApiController
{
[HttpPost]
[ActionName("Update")]
public object UpdateWalmartProducts([FromBody] byte[] bytes)
{
string xml = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
DataSet productsFromClient = LoadFromXMLString(xml);
DataUpdater.UpdateWalmartData(productsFromClient.Tables[0]);
return DataUpdater.GetProducts();
}
The byte array is empty in the web service. I'm sure that I'm mixing methods that shouldn't be mixed, but I've gone through at least thirty articles trying to resolve this, and it feels like each one has a completely different method. The webservice is currently returning the dataset in an xml format, so I would prefer to stick with xml over json.
