I'm trying to convert a Python Script to Vb.Net. The Python Script appears to accept some XML input data and then takes it to a web URL and does a "POST". I tried some VB.NET code to do it, but I think my approach is off because I got an error back "BadXmlDataErr" plus I can't really format my input XML very well - I'm only doing string and value. The input XML is richer than that.

Here is an example of what the XML input data looks like in the Python script:

<obj is="MyOrg:realCommand_v1/" >
<int name="priority" val="1" />
<real name="value" val="9.5" />
<str name="user" val="MyUserName" />
<reltime name="overrideTime" val="PT60S"/>
</obj>

Here's the Vb.net code I attempted to convert that:

    Dim reqparm As New Specialized.NameValueCollection
    reqparm.Add("priority", "1")
    reqparm.Add("value", "9.5")
    reqparm.Add("user", "MyUserName")
    reqparm.Add("overrideTime", "PT60S")
    Using client As New Net.WebClient
        Dim sTheUrl As String = "[My URL]"
        Dim responsebytes = client.UploadValues(sTheUrl, "POST", MyReqparm)
        Dim responsebody = (New System.Text.UTF8Encoding).GetString(responsebytes)
    End Using

I feel like I should be doing something else. Can anyone point me to the right direction?