C#: Consuming an API | HttpWebRequest/Response | Post Method

Code Snippet:

ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = true;            ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = SecurityProtocolType.Tls12 | SecurityProtocolType.Ssl3 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls11 | SecurityProtocolType.Tls;

ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = delegate (object s,

                System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate certificate,

                System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Chain chain,

                System.Net.Security.SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)

            {

                return true;

            };

 var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(@"https://example.com");

 req.Method = "POST";

 req.Headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.Default.GetBytes("userid:password"));

            //req.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");

req.ContentType = "application/json";

var reqbody = new Requestheaderdata()

{

    timeoutseconds = "300",

    userrole = "sample"

};

var requestData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(reqbody);

           

   

 var bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(requestData);

 req.ContentLength = bytes.Length;

 using (var outputStream = req.GetRequestStream())

 {

     outputStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);

 }

 HttpWebResponse resp = req.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;