C#: HttpWebRequest.GetResponse() changing URI?

[namit101]

When I create an HttpWebRequest, it seems to have the right uri to access the website (with the GET variables there too). But as soon as I run request.GetResponse() the URL changes such that it no longer includes the GET variables and it uses that new uri for accessing the server. Anyone know what might be the problem?

string url = "http://internal.company.com?var1=x&var2=y";
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
 
request.Timeout = timeout;
 
request.UserAgent = "UserAgentName";               
request.Headers.Add("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate");
request.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
 
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
//Console.WriteLine(response.StatusDescription);
using (Stream dataStream = GetStream(response))
{
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream, Encoding.UTF8))
{
                            string data = reader.ReadToEnd();
                            //Console.WriteLine(data);
                            return data;
                        }
                    }
                }
 
 

[Plater]

(Not sure how this one slipped by me before)

Did you figure this out? What do you mean by "GET" variables?
Sometimes when you make a request to a server it returns the status saying "resource has moved, can now be found here:<location>" and the HttpWebRequest will automatically try the address given for <location>.
Is that what you ment?

[namit101]

After turning off automatic redirection, I realized that the server was sending me to another location (which changed my uri in the httpwebrequest). The original problem was related to using the right cookie container/credentials (now fixed).