How do you set the Content-Type header for an HttpClient request?

Question

I\'m trying to set the Content-Type header of an HttpClient object as required by an API I am calling.

I tried setting the Content-Ty

Answer 1

You need to do it like this:

    HttpContent httpContent = new StringContent(@"{ the json string }");
    httpContent.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));                
    HttpResponseMessage message = client.PostAsync(@"{url}", httpContent).Result;