Using a proxy and a port with WebRequest...

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

It's not often I ask questions but here goes...

I am writing a site that does Instant Payment Notification processing
through PayPal and I need to use HttpWebRequest to hit an HTTPS server at
their site to verify a transaction. The trouble is that the site I'm hosting
on uses a proxy and a port for https so I have to make the request use this
instead.

I would normally do this....

httpWebRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr);

but somehow I need to proxy this through a server with an IP address of
123.123.123.123 on port 3128.

Can someone point me in the right direction??


--
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[Brock Allen]

Check out the HttpWebRequest.Proxy property

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

It's not often I ask questions but here goes...

I am writing a site that does Instant Payment Notification processing
through PayPal and I need to use HttpWebRequest to hit an HTTPS server
at their site to verify a transaction. The trouble is that the site
I'm hosting on uses a proxy and a port for https so I have to make the
request use this instead.

I would normally do this....

httpWebRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc
r);

but somehow I need to proxy this through a server with an IP address
of 123.123.123.123 on port 3128.

Can someone point me in the right direction??

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[Gabriel Lozano-Morán]

proxy element in config

Eg:
<system.net>
<defaultProxy>
<proxy
usessystemdefault = "false"
proxyaddress = "http://123.123.123.123:3128"
bypassonlocal = "true"
/>
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>
Gabriel Lozano-Morán
"Bob Powell [MVP]" <bob@_spamkiller_bobpowell.net> wrote in message
news:uG**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

It's not often I ask questions but here goes...

I am writing a site that does Instant Payment Notification processing
through PayPal and I need to use HttpWebRequest to hit an HTTPS server at
their site to verify a transaction. The trouble is that the site I'm
hosting on uses a proxy and a port for https so I have to make the request
use this instead.

I would normally do this....

httpWebRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr);

but somehow I need to proxy this through a server with an IP address of
123.123.123.123 on port 3128.

Can someone point me in the right direction??


--
Bob Powell [MVP]
Visual C#, System.Drawing

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[Bob Powell [MVP]]

Thanks. That was the trick I was looking for.

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Visual C#, System.Drawing

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"Brock Allen" <ba****@NOSPAMdevelop.com> wrote in message
news:56**********************@msnews.microsoft.com ...

Check out the HttpWebRequest.Proxy property

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

It's not often I ask questions but here goes...

I am writing a site that does Instant Payment Notification processing
through PayPal and I need to use HttpWebRequest to hit an HTTPS server
at their site to verify a transaction. The trouble is that the site
I'm hosting on uses a proxy and a port for https so I have to make the
request use this instead.

I would normally do this....

httpWebRequest =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc
r);

but somehow I need to proxy this through a server with an IP address
of 123.123.123.123 on port 3128.

Can someone point me in the right direction??

Find great Windows Forms articles in Windows Forms Tips and Tricks
http://www.bobpowell.net/tipstricks.htm

Answer those GDI+ questions with the GDI+ FAQ
http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm
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Subscribe to the RSS feeds provided and never miss a new article.