c# - POST to REST API from winform returns empty -

i have project uses hockeystreams.com api. having trouble using api login winform. gives me blank response, whether give bad username/password combination or correct one. code follows:

public static bool login(string username, string password)     {         string url = string.format("{0}&username={1}&password={2}", global.login_api, username, password);         httpwebrequest webrequest = (httpwebrequest)httpwebrequest.create(url);         webrequest.contenttype = "application/json; charset=utf-8";         webrequest.accept = "application/json, text/javascript, */*";         webrequest.method = "post";         try         {              webresponse response = webrequest.getresponse();             stream stream = response.getresponsestream();             string json = "";              using (streamreader reader = new streamreader(stream))             {                 while (!reader.endofstream)                 {                     json += reader.readline();                 }             }              loginjson deserializedlogindata = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<loginjson>(json);             if (deserializedlogindata.status == "success")             {                 global.token = deserializedlogindata.token;                 global.username = deserializedlogindata.username;                 global.ispremium = deserializedlogindata.membership == "regular" ? false : true;                 global.favoriteteam = deserializedlogindata.favteam;                  return true;             }             else             {                 return false;             }         } 

i have tried changing post put, throws 406 error (bad request). green json don't know go here. appreciated!

edit: found on hockeystreams website similar issue using apache httpclient.

    buckinpgh's resolved issue.  else out there wondering, solution (if using apache httpclient) create httppost request url: "https://api.hockeystreams.com/login?"  add 2 headers: 1) stringentity value: "username=<username>&password=<password>&key=<apikey>" 2) "content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"  after can call httpclient.execute request. of course you'll have parse json result, @ least have result. 

i changed code try , follow best httpwebrequest:

public static bool login(string username, string password)     {         string url = global.login_path;         httpwebrequest webrequest = (httpwebrequest)httpwebrequest.create(url);         webrequest.contenttype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";         webrequest.accept = "application/json, text/javascript, */*";         webrequest.method = "post";         webrequest.headers.add("stringentity", string.format("username={0}&password={1}&key={2}", username, password, global.apikey);         try          {             webresponse response = webrequest.getresponse();             stream stream = response.getresponsestream();             string json = ""; 

but still comes blank response. there different way around i'm not seeing?

edit 2:

ended code fixing it. used restsharp this.

public static bool login(string username, string password)         {             string url = global.login_path;             try             {                 var client = new restclient("https://api.hockeystreams.com/");                 var request = new restrequest("login?", method.post);                 request.addheader("content-type", "application/x-www-forms-urlencoded");                 request.addparameter("username", username);                 request.addparameter("password", password);                 request.addparameter("key", global.apikey);                 irestresponse response = client.execute(request);                 var json = response.content;                  loginjson deserializedlogindata = jsonconvert.deserializeobject<loginjson>(json);                  try                 {                     if (deserializedlogindata.status == "success")                     {                         global.token = deserializedlogindata.token;                         global.username = deserializedlogindata.username;                         global.ispremium = deserializedlogindata.membership == "regular" ? false : true;                         global.favoriteteam = deserializedlogindata.favteam;                          return true;                     }                     else                     {                         global.error = deserializedlogindata.msg;                         return false;                     }                 } 

try putting key in url (outlined documentation):

https://api.hockeystreams.com/login?username=<username>&password=<password>&key=<api_key>