'System.Net.HttpWebRequest' does not contain a definition for 'GetRequestStream'

Question

I am new to both C# and Windows phone and am trying to make a small app that performs a JSON request. I am following the example in this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/498

Answer 1

HttpWebRequest doesn't have a GetRequestStream or GetRequestStreamAsync in WP8. Your best bet is to create a Task and await on it, like so:

using (var stream = await Task.Factory.FromAsync(request.BeginGetRequestStream, request.EndGetRequestStream, null))
{
    // ...
}

Edit: as you've mentioned that you're new to C#, you would need to have your login method be async to use the await keyword:

public async Task LoginAsync()
{
    // ...
}

Callers to login would need to use the await keyword when calling:

string result = await foo.LoginAsync();

Here's a good primer on the subject: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hh191443.aspx