HttpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect

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I’m trying to connect to a REST web service on a Panda II with the FEZ connect shield. The service requires a post back URI, which seams to be in conflict with the disabled AllowAutoRedirect. I’m at a bit of a lose trying to make this work…

This is simple HttpWebRequest and WebResponse.

The error I get on my response item is- NullReferenceException

ContentType ‘resp.ContentType’ threw an exception of type ‘System.NullReferenceException’ string

I’m making the assumption, that HttpWebRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = 0 is providing this error.


-		resp	{GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse}	GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.WebResponse {GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse}
+		[GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse]	{GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse}	GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse
		base	{GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse}	System.MarshalByRefObject {GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse}
		ContentLength	0	long
-		ContentType	'resp.ContentType' threw an exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException'	string {System.NullReferenceException}
-		base	{System.NullReferenceException}	System.SystemException {System.NullReferenceException}
-		base	{System.NullReferenceException}	System.Exception {System.NullReferenceException}
		_message	null	string
		InnerException	null	System.Exception
		m_HResult	2701131776	int {uint}
		m_innerException	null	System.Exception
+		m_stackTrace	{byte[16]}	object {byte[]}
		Message	"Exception was thrown: System.NullReferenceException"	string
		StackTrace	"GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse::GetResponseHeader\r\nGHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.HttpWebResponse::get_ContentType\r\n"	string
+		Headers	null	GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.WebHeaderCollection
+		ResponseUri	{GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.Uri}	GHIElectronics.NETMF.Net.Uri

I wrote a simple php service without redirection, and the system works fine…

Any one have any thoughts on how I may over come this?

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I am not sure if I got the answer but if you like here is the source code of the http library used with FEZ connect. Maybe you can fined answers over there.
http://netmfw5100http.codeplex.com/

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You should check the response headers and handle any redirect requests that you get before trying to get the content type. You can put that logic in a do while loop.