How to make a HTTP PUT request?

Question

What is the best way to compose a rest PUT request in C#?

The request has to also send an object not present in the URI.

Answer 1

My Final Approach:

    public void PutObject(string postUrl, object payload)
        {
            var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(postUrl);
            request.Method = "PUT";
            request.ContentType = "application/xml";
            if (payload !=null)
            {
                request.ContentLength = Size(payload);
                Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
                Serialize(dataStream,payload);
                dataStream.Close();
            }

            HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
            string returnString = response.StatusCode.ToString();
        }

public void Serialize(Stream output, object input)
            {
                var ser = new DataContractSerializer(input.GetType());
                ser.WriteObject(output, input);
            }