getting json from an external url

Press Ctrl / CMD + C to copy this to your clipboard.

Copied to clipboard

Flag this post as spam?

This post will be reported to the moderators as potential spam to be looked at

Søren Mastrup 118 posts 545 karma points c-trib

Aug 22, 2014 @ 14:09
0

Getting JSON from an external URL
I am trying to fetch some JSON from OpenWeatherMap, but i do not get anything returned. The URL i am trying to get JSON from is this: http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=54.941027&lon=8.848902&units=metric&APPID=myAPIkey

But if i use another url like umbraco.com it returns the HTML for the page.

My code looks like this:
```
var url2 = ("http://www.umbraco.com");
var response = "";
var requestWeather = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url2);
    if((@requestWeather.GetResponse().ContentLength > 0)){
        var stream = new StreamReader(requestWeather.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
        response = stream.ReadToEnd();
        if(stream != null){
            stream.Close();
        }
    }
```
Can any of you guys see the problem?

Is there a smarter way of doing this? If so, how could it be done?
Copy Link
MK 426 posts 902 karma points

Aug 22, 2014 @ 15:48

0

Hi,

try this:

var url = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=54.941027&lon=8.848902&units=metric&APPID=myAPIkey";

WebClient client = new WebClient();

string reply = client.DownloadString(url);

Regards,

moshe

Copy Link
MK 426 posts 902 karma points

Aug 22, 2014 @ 15:55

0

Also, if you want to have more control on your request you can use the following:

var url = "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?lat=54.941027&lon=8.848902&units=metric&APPID=myAPIkey";

var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

string res = "";

var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpWebRequest.GetResponse();

using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))

{

res = streamReader.ReadToEnd();

}

Copy Link
Søren Mastrup 118 posts 545 karma points c-trib

Aug 22, 2014 @ 22:27

0

Thank you Moshe! Didn't think it was that simple!

Copy Link
is working on a reply...

This forum is in read-only mode while we transition to the new forum.

You can continue this topic on the new forum by tapping the "Continue discussion" link below.

Please Sign in or register to post replies

Flag this post as spam?

Getting JSON from an external URL