Help with HttpClient GetAsync syntax

[Richard.Haggard]

I'm trying to call GetAsync on my HttpClient object but the call just hangs forever.

This is the (slightly obfuscated) URL that works from an internet browser:

http://HostingMachine/TheService/ThePage.asmx/HasAdminRights?user=RHaggard&computer=WS-RHAGGARD

My WPF C# test program is very simple. It has an HttpClient object that is named httpClient and defined as a static member. In the class's static constructor httpClient is instantiated and its BaseAddress member is loaded with a Uri containing http://HostingMachine/TheService/ThePage.asmx .

httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

string user = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("USERNAME");
string computer = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("COMPUTERNAME");

// This string will look like this:
// HasAdminRights?user=RHaggard&computer=WS-RHAGGARD
string subAddr = string.Format("{0}?user={1}&computer={2}", func, user, computer);

// This is where the program stalls.
// It never returns from the GetAsync.
HttpResponseMessage resp = await httpClient.GetAsync(subAddr);
if (resp.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string strResp = await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
}





Richard Lewis Haggard

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