Make an http request through C# code?

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Hi

I am wondering is it possible to have in you C# code(through a scheduler that is on it's own thread and has no knowledge of httpcontext) a request that goes to a controller ?

//server side code
// do calculations 
// post to a controller that takes in a list of view models
// do stuff with the collection of view models.

public myControllerIwantToCallFromServerSide(List<VM> viewModels)
{
   // stuff here
}

I need some way to do an http request so that I can get a httpcontext as I need to a live http context to use a library(action mailer) that takes an mvc view and renders it into a email and sends it.

@R0MANARMY - Ya I know it does not seem ideal but I am looking at few choices do something like that or I have to make my own smtp email sender and have to try to make these email sent look the same as the one from this library expect I lose the mvc views and master pages or rip out all my emails I made so far with the library and start all over. So unless someone can tell me something better I am choosing what seems to be the best out of the worst cases. — chobo2, May 20 '11 at 16:18
@Richard - I believe what you posted needs a live http context what I don't have. — chobo2, May 20 '11 at 17:30
You keep repeating that you don't have an http context, but if you're inside an action you can get a hold of it. Are you not doing this from an ASP.NET action? — Roman, May 20 '11 at 17:34
@R0MANARMY - No i don't have a live http context. I am starting a quartz scheduler through application start that runs in it's own thread and does not make a http context. — chobo2, May 20 '11 at 17:49

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20T16:21:07.520

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You could use the the WebClient class:

using (var client = new WebClient())
{
    var values = new NameValueCollection
    {
        { "prop1", "value 1" },
        { "prop1", "value 2" },
    };
    var result = client.UploadValues("http://example.com/", values);
}

edited May 20 '11 at 16:21

answered May 20 '11 at 16:15

Darin Dimitrov

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eppdog · Answer 2 · 2011-05-20T16:29:42.090

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I use the method Richard posted. I call the viewengine to render my partial view, then I use System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient to generate the email and send it off.

I apologize, as I would preferrably comment above, but I do not have the reputation to do so.

edited May 20 '11 at 16:29

answered May 20 '11 at 16:23

eppdog

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I think you need a http context to use that. If that worked then I could use the library I am using since that's pretty much what it is doing. It takes a view renders it and sends it off. – chobo2 May 20 '11 at 17:31

Make an http request through C# code?

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