HttpClientExtensions.PostAsJsonAsync<T> Method (HttpClient, Uri, T)

Sends a POST request as an asynchronous operation to the specified URI with the given value serialized as JSON.

Namespace:  System.Net.Http
Assembly:  System.Net.Http.Formatting (in System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function PostAsJsonAsync(Of T) ( _
    client As HttpClient, _
    requestUri As Uri, _
    value As T _
) As Task(Of HttpResponseMessage)
'Usage
Dim client As HttpClient 
Dim requestUri As Uri 
Dim value As T
Dim returnValue As Task(Of HttpResponseMessage)

returnValue = client.PostAsJsonAsync(requestUri, _
    value)
public static Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsJsonAsync<T>(
    this HttpClient client,
    Uri requestUri,
    T value
)
[ExtensionAttribute]
public:
generic<typename T>
static Task<HttpResponseMessage^>^ PostAsJsonAsync(
    HttpClient^ client, 
    Uri^ requestUri, 
    T value
)
static member PostAsJsonAsync : 
        client:HttpClient * 
        requestUri:Uri * 
        value:'T -> Task<HttpResponseMessage> 
JScript does not support generic types and methods.

Type Parameters

  • T
    The type of value.

Parameters

  • client
    Type: HttpClient
    The client used to make the request.
  • requestUri
    Type: System.Uri
    The URI the request is sent to.
  • value
    Type: T
    The value that will be placed in the request's entity body.

Return Value

Type: System.Threading.Tasks.Task<HttpResponseMessage>
A task object representing the asynchronous operation.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type HttpClient. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384936(v=vs.118) or https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383977(v=vs.118).

Remarks

This method uses the default instance of JsonMediaTypeFormatter.

See Also

Reference

HttpClientExtensions Class

PostAsJsonAsync Overload

System.Net.Http Namespace