Transfer-Encoding: chunked in Windows Phone

Question

I have a server response with Transfer-Encoding: chunked

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.2.1
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:22:49 GMT
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Vary: Accept-Encoding

c7
{<some json data>}
0

See that c7 chunk size before json data.

How can I read a raw response stream without chunks in Windows Phone using HttpWebResponse?

Hint: to make sever disable chunked output, I just have to specify HTTP/1.0 protocol version. But I don't know how to do that as there is no ProtocolVersion property in HttpWebRequest class in Windows Phone or Silverlight

Did you solve this? I'm also having trouble with the HTTP protocol for Windows Phone... — Alek Arsovski, Jul 18 '14 at 14:35
I have added my own answer. Please check it. I use HttpClient now — kza, Aug 14 '14 at 09:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '14 at 09:51

HttpClient is able to parse chunked output automatically http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.http.httpclient(v=vs.110).aspx

HttpClient is an overall cool thing with PostAsync and GetAsinc and tons of other goodness. I never-ever use HttpWebRequest again.

HttpClient is readily available in .NET Framework 4.5, Windows 8, or Windows Phone 8.1

Use NuGet package http://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Net.Http if you need HttpClient in - .NET Framework 4 - Windows Phone Silverlight 7.5 - Silverlight 4 - Portable Class Libraries

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 07 '18 at 05:57

You can read chunked response in the following way:

public static byte[] ReadChunkedResponse(this WebResponse response)
    {
        byte[] buffer;

        using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
        {
            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
            {
                var content = new StringBuilder();
                while (!streamReader.EndOfStream)
                {
                    content.Append((char)streamReader.Read());
                }

                buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(content.ToString());
            }
        }

        return buffer;
    }

Transfer-Encoding: chunked in Windows Phone

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