json call with C#

Question

I am trying to make a json call using C#. I made a stab at creating a call, but it did not work:

public bool SendAnSMSMessage(string message)
{
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Answer 1

Here's a variation of Shiv Kumar's answer, using Newtonsoft.Json (aka Json.NET):

public static bool SendAnSMSMessage(string message)
{
    var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://api.pennysms.com/jsonrpc");
    httpWebRequest.ContentType = "text/json";
    httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";

    var serializer = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer();
    using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
    {
        using (var tw = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextWriter(streamWriter))
        {
             serializer.Serialize(tw, 
                 new {method= "send",
                      @params = new string[]{
                          "IPutAGuidHere", 
                          "msg@MyCompany.com",
                          "MyTenDigitNumberWasHere",
                          message
                      }});
        }
    }
    var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();
    using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
    {
        var responseText = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
        //Now you have your response.
        //or false depending on information in the response
        return true;        
    }
}