How to use System.Net.HttpClient to post a complex type?

Question

I have a custom complex type that I want to work with using Web API.

public class Widget
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set;         


        

Answer 1

I think you can do this:

var client = new HttpClient();
HttpContent content = new Widget();
client.PostAsync("http://localhost:44268/api/test", content, new FormUrlEncodedMediaTypeFormatter())
    .ContinueWith((postTask) => { postTask.Result.EnsureSuccessStatusCode(); });