Using an HttpWebRequest to post data to a remote Web page (VB) : HttpWebRequest « Development « ASP.NET Tutorial

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim uri As New Uri("http://www.amazon.com/" )
        Dim data As String = ""
        If (uri.Scheme = uri.UriSchemeHttp) Then

            Dim request As HttpWebRequest = HttpWebRequest.Create(uri)
            request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Post
            request.ContentLength = data.Length
            request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

            Dim writer As New StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream())
            writer.Write(data)
            writer.Close()

            Dim response As HttpWebResponse = request.GetResponse()
            Dim reader As New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())
            Dim tmp As String = reader.ReadToEnd()
            response.Close()
            
            Me.Panel1.GroupingText = tmp
        End If
    End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server"
            Height="355px" Width="480px" ScrollBars="Auto">
        </asp:Panel>
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

9.30.HttpWebRequest
	9.30.1.	Using an HttpWebRequest to retrieve a Web page (C#)
	9.30.2.	Using an HttpWebRequest to retrieve a Web page (VB)
	9.30.3.	Using an HttpWebRequest to post data to a remote Web page (C#)
	9.30.4.	Using an HttpWebRequest to post data to a remote Web page (VB)