httpwebrequest problems

[Guest]

I am using httpwebrequest to do a screen scrape.

This works great on my development box, but does not on the production box.

Here is the code.

Dim webRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(webRequest.Create(LOGIN_URL),
HttpWebRequest)
webRequest.Proxy = System.Net.GlobalProxySelection.GetEmptyWebProxy
webRequest.KeepAlive = False
Dim responseReader As StreamReader = New
StreamReader(webRequest.GetResponse.GetResponseStream)
Dim responseData As String = responseReader.ReadToEnd
responseReader.Close()

On my production box, I get this error:
The underlying connection was closed. Unable to connect to the remote server.

I have made sure I have .NET framework 1.1 SP 1 installed

I have added the following code to my web.config file

<system.net>
<defaultProxy>
<proxy
usesystemdefault = "false"
proxyaddress="http://proxy:port"
bypassonlocal="false"
/>
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>

And now I am at a loss?

Any thoughts?
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Um,
don't you want GetDefaultProxy, not
webRequest.Proxy = System.Net.GlobalProxySelection.GetEmptyWebProxy

Its' DefaultProxy that you show in your config. You can also try more
specific code like this:



if (ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxy"] != null)
{
WebProxy p = null;
string proxyAddressAndPort =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxy"];
string proxyUserName =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxyUserName"];
string proxyPassword =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxyPassword"];
ICredentials cred;
cred = new NetworkCredential(proxyUserName, proxyPassword);
p = new WebProxy(proxyAddressAndPort, true, null, cred);
GlobalProxySelection.Select = p;
}


Peter

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your response Peter. I tried both suggestions with the same
result. This one has me baffled. I can type the url into a browser on the
production box and it will pull up the site just fine. And again, it works
on my development box, but not the production box.
--
Tyler

Um,
don't you want GetDefaultProxy, not
webRequest.Proxy = System.Net.GlobalProxySelection.GetEmptyWebProxy

Its' DefaultProxy that you show in your config. You can also try more
specific code like this:



if (ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxy"] != null)
{
WebProxy p = null;
string proxyAddressAndPort =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxy"];
string proxyUserName =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxyUserName"];
string proxyPassword =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["proxyPassword"];
ICredentials cred;
cred = new NetworkCredential(proxyUserName, proxyPassword);
p = new WebProxy(proxyAddressAndPort, true, null, cred);
GlobalProxySelection.Select = p;
}


Peter
--
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I am using httpwebrequest to do a screen scrape.

This works great on my development box, but does not on the production box.

Here is the code.

Dim webRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(webRequest.Create(LOGIN_URL),
HttpWebRequest)
webRequest.Proxy = System.Net.GlobalProxySelection.GetEmptyWebProxy
webRequest.KeepAlive = False
Dim responseReader As StreamReader = New
StreamReader(webRequest.GetResponse.GetResponseStream)
Dim responseData As String = responseReader.ReadToEnd
responseReader.Close()

On my production box, I get this error:
The underlying connection was closed. Unable to connect to the remote server.

I have made sure I have .NET framework 1.1 SP 1 installed

I have added the following code to my web.config file

<system.net>
<defaultProxy>
<proxy
usesystemdefault = "false"
proxyaddress="http://proxy:port"
bypassonlocal="false"
/>
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>

And now I am at a loss?

Any thoughts?
Thanks