This function is used to send the XMLDate to request the webservice

C# code

 

 

 

        /// <summary>
        /// Sends XML request and returns corresponding XML response.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="requestXmlData">The request XML.</param>
        /// <param name="requestUrl">The request URL.</param>
        /// <returns>The XML response returned.</returns>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Takes advantage of the Dispose design pattern and to minimize the variables used
        /// by utilizing some static method calls instead.
        /// </remarks>
        private static string GetXmlResponse(string requestXmlData, string requestUrl)
        {
            HttpWebRequest request;
            HttpWebResponse response = null;
            string xmlResponse = String.Empty;
            byte[] requestByteArray;

            try
            {
                requestByteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestXmlData);

                request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(requestUrl);
                request.Method = "POST";
                request.ContentType = "text/xml; charset=utf-8";
         
                request.ContentLength = requestByteArray.Length;

                using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
                {
                    requestStream.Write(requestByteArray, 0, requestByteArray.Length);

                    response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();

                    using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
                    {
                        using (StreamReader responseStreamReader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8))
                        {
                            xmlResponse = responseStreamReader.ReadToEnd();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            finally
            {
                if (response != null)
                {
                    response.Close();
                }
            }

            return xmlResponse;
        }