c# WebRequest to connect to wikipedia API
- by NickJ
Hey, 
This may be a pathetically simple problem but I cannot seem to format the post webrequest/response to get data from the wikipedia api. I have posted my code below if anyone can help me see my problem. 
string pgTitle = txtPageTitle.Text;
    Uri address = new Uri("http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php");
   HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(address) as HttpWebRequest;
    request.Method = "POST";
    request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
    string action = "query";
    string query = pgTitle;
    StringBuilder data = new StringBuilder();
    data.Append("action=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(action));
    data.Append("&query=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(query));
    byte[] byteData = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.ToString());
    request.ContentLength = byteData.Length;
    using (Stream postStream = request.GetRequestStream())
    {
        postStream.Write(byteData, 0, byteData.Length);
    }
      using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
    {
        // Get the response stream   
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
        divWikiData.InnerText = reader.ReadToEnd();
    }