How to send XML content with HttpClient.PostAsync?

Question

I am trying to fulfill this rest api:

public async Task<bool> AddTimetracking(Issue issue, int spentTime) {     // POST /rest/issue/{issue}/timetracking/workitem     var workItem = new WorkItem(spentTime, DateTime.Now);     var httpContent = new StringContent(workItem.XDocument.ToString());     var requestUri = string.Format("{0}{1}issue/{2}/timetracking/workitem", url, YoutrackRestUrl, issue.Id);     var respone = await httpClient.PostAsync(requestUri, httpContent);     if (!respone.IsSuccessStatusCode)     {         throw new InvalidUriException(string.Format("Invalid uri: {0}", requestUri));     }      return respone.IsSuccessStatusCode; } 

workItem.XDocument contains the following elements:

<workItem>   <date>1408566000</date>   <duration>40</duration>   <desciption>test</desciption> </workItem> 

I am getting an error from the API: Unsupported Media Type

I really have no idea how to resolve this, help is greatly appreciated. How do I marshall an XML file via a HTTP POST URI, using HttpClient?

Answer 1

You might want to set the mediaType in StringContent like below:

var httpContent = new StringContent(workItem.XDocument.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8, "text/xml"); 

OR

var httpContent = new StringContent(workItem.XDocument.ToString(), Encoding.UTF8, "application/xml");