HttpWebRequest.AllowWriteStreamBuffering Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Net

Assembly:

System.Net.Requests.dll

Source:

HttpWebRequest.cs

Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to buffer the data sent to the Internet resource.

public:
 virtual property bool AllowWriteStreamBuffering { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

public virtual bool AllowWriteStreamBuffering { get; set; }

member this.AllowWriteStreamBuffering : bool with get, set

Public Overridable Property AllowWriteStreamBuffering As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true to enable buffering of the data sent to the Internet resource; false to disable buffering. The default is true.

Examples

The following code example uses the AllowWriteStreamBuffering property to disable data buffering.

// Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' object to the mentioned Uri.
HttpWebRequest^ myHttpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest^)( WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp" ) );
// Set AllowWriteStreamBuffering to 'false'.
myHttpWebRequest->AllowWriteStreamBuffering = false;
Console::WriteLine( "\nPlease Enter the data to be posted to the (http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp) uri:" );
String^ inputData = Console::ReadLine();
String^ postData = String::Concat( "firstone= ", inputData );
// Set 'Method' property of 'HttpWebRequest' class to POST.
myHttpWebRequest->Method = "POST";
ASCIIEncoding^ encodedData = gcnew ASCIIEncoding;
array<Byte>^ byteArray = encodedData->GetBytes( postData );
// Set 'ContentType' property of the 'HttpWebRequest' class to S"application/x-www-form-urlencoded".
myHttpWebRequest->ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// If the AllowWriteStreamBuffering property of HttpWebRequest is set to false, the contentlength has to be set to length of data to be posted else Exception(411) is raised.
myHttpWebRequest->ContentLength = byteArray->Length;
Stream^ newStream = myHttpWebRequest->GetRequestStream();
newStream->Write( byteArray, 0, byteArray->Length );
newStream->Close();
Console::WriteLine( "\nData has been posted to the Uri\n\nPlease wait for the response.........." );
// Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
HttpWebResponse^ myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse^)( myHttpWebRequest->GetResponse() );

// Create a new 'HttpWebRequest' object to the mentioned Uri.				
HttpWebRequest myHttpWebRequest=(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp");
// Set AllowWriteStreamBuffering to 'false'.
myHttpWebRequest.AllowWriteStreamBuffering=false;
Console.WriteLine("\nPlease Enter the data to be posted to the (http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp) uri:");
string inputData =Console.ReadLine();
string postData="firstone="+inputData;
// Set 'Method' property of 'HttpWebRequest' class to POST.
myHttpWebRequest.Method="POST";
ASCIIEncoding encodedData=new ASCIIEncoding();
byte[]  byteArray=encodedData.GetBytes(postData);
// Set 'ContentType' property of the 'HttpWebRequest' class to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".
myHttpWebRequest.ContentType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
// If the AllowWriteStreamBuffering property of HttpWebRequest is set to false,the contentlength has to be set to length of data to be posted else Exception(411) is raised.
myHttpWebRequest.ContentLength=byteArray.Length;
Stream newStream=myHttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream();
newStream.Write(byteArray,0,byteArray.Length);
newStream.Close();
Console.WriteLine("\nData has been posted to the Uri\n\nPlease wait for the response..........");
// Assign the response object of 'HttpWebRequest' to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse=(HttpWebResponse)myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse();

 ' A new 'HttpWebRequest' object is created 				
 Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp"), HttpWebRequest)
' AllowWriteStreamBuffering is set to 'false' 
 myHttpWebRequest.AllowWriteStreamBuffering = False
 Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Please Enter the data to be posted to the (http://www.contoso.com/codesnippets/next.asp) uri:")
 Dim inputData As String = Console.ReadLine()
 Dim postData As String = "firstone" + ChrW(61) + inputData
 ' 'Method' property of 'HttpWebRequest' class is set to POST.
 myHttpWebRequest.Method = "POST"
 Dim encodedData As New ASCIIEncoding()
 Dim byteArray As Byte() = encodedData.GetBytes(postData)
 ' 'ContentType' property of the 'HttpWebRequest' class is set to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded".
 myHttpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
 ' If the AllowWriteStreamBuffering property of HttpWebRequest is set to false,then contentlength has to be set to length of data to be posted else Exception(411) Length required is raised.
  myHttpWebRequest.ContentLength=byteArray.Length
 Dim newStream As Stream = myHttpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()
 newStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length)
 newStream.Close()
 Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Data has been posted to the Uri" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Cr + "Please wait for the response..........")
 ' The response object of 'HttpWebRequest' is assigned to a 'HttpWebResponse' variable.
 Dim myHttpWebResponse As HttpWebResponse = CType(myHttpWebRequest.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)

Remarks

Caution

WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.

When AllowWriteStreamBuffering is true, the data is buffered in memory so it is ready to be resent in the event of redirections or authentication requests.

Notes to Inheritors

Setting AllowWriteStreamBuffering to true might cause performance problems when uploading large datasets because the data buffer could use all available memory.