Getting Started with the Internet of Things

Making Web Requests

SimplePutRequest uses three classes from Microsoft’s System.Net namespace: WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, and HttpWebResponse:

• WebRequest

  A factory class (a class that generates other classes) whose method WebRequest.Create(requestUriString) creates an object that represents a request for the protocol indicated by the argument requestUriString. It issues a DNS lookup to find out the Internet address of the domain name given in the requestUriString. Alternatively, it accepts URIs that directly contain Internet addresses instead of domain names.

• HttpWebRequest

  A complete HTTP request with its headers and body.

• HttpWebResponse

  A complete HTTP response with its headers and body.

These classes are implemented in the System.Http assembly, ...