Add custom header in HttpWebRequest

Question

I need to add some custom headers to the HttpWebRequest object. How can I add Custom Header to HttpWebRequest object in Windows Phone 7.

Answer 1

You use the Headers property with a string index:

request.Headers["X-My-Custom-Header"] = "the-value"; 

According to MSDN, this has been available since:

• Universal Windows Platform 4.5
• .NET Framework 1.1
• Portable Class Library
• Silverlight 2.0
• Windows Phone Silverlight 7.0
• Windows Phone 8.1

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.headers(v=vs.110).aspx

Answer 2

A simple method of creating the service, adding headers and reading the JSON response,

private static void WebRequest()     {         const string WEBSERVICE_URL = "<<Web service URL>>";         try         {             var webRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(WEBSERVICE_URL);             if (webRequest != null)             {                 webRequest.Method = "GET";                 webRequest.Timeout = 12000;                 webRequest.ContentType = "application/json";                 webRequest.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic dchZ2VudDM6cGFdGVzC5zc3dvmQ=");                  using (System.IO.Stream s = webRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream())                 {                     using (System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(s))                     {                         var jsonResponse = sr.ReadToEnd();                         Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Response: {0}", jsonResponse));                     }                 }             }         }         catch (Exception ex)         {             Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());         }     }