How can I make the following cURL call via C# console app.
curl -k https://serverName/clearprofile.ashx -H "Host: example.com"
I have tried CurlSharp. Unfortunately I could not build successfully this project because of missing libcurlshim64 assembly.
From here I understood that the best approach is by using HttpClient class, but I don`t know how exactly to make the above mentioned cURL call from my console application.
If you just want something simple I would use the HttpClient class built into the .Net Framework like this:
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ScrapCSConsole
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Host = "example.com";
Task<string> task = client.GetStringAsync("https://serverName/clearprofile.ashx");
task.Wait();
Console.WriteLine(task.Result);
}
}
}
For more complex stuff, you can also use the HttpWebRequest class like this:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
namespace ScrapCSConsole
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://google.co.uk");
request.Host = "example.com";
HttpStatusCode code;
string responseBody = String.Empty;
try
{
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
code = response.StatusCode;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
responseBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
catch (WebException webEx)
{
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)webEx.Response)
{
code = response.StatusCode;
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
responseBody = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine($"Status: {code}");
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
}
}
}
