JSON API

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using Common;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {

        internal static DataContractJsonSerializer jss;
        private static WebClient client = new WebClient();
        private static NameValueCollection values = new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection();

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Use ModelBinding in WebSite to resolve types to Controller Actions
            Person pers = new Person(1, "name", null);
            AddValue(values,"person", pers);

            //NOTE : WebClient doesn't allow you to set ContentType header to "application/json"
            //       which is a shame as it would be very nice. But since the WebClient allows
            //       you to add anything to its collection of values, it makes sense to restrict the
            //       WebClient ContentType header to "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" (the default)
            //       as you can't really know what data you are sending, could be anything being sent up
            //       in one go, so what ContentType could be reasonably provided except 
            //       "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
            //       Also the WebClient is kind of a dumbed down HttpRequest, so its more limited, but also
            //       more convenient

            Byte[] results = client.UploadValues("http://localhost:8300/Rest/Index", values);
            //get results
            List<Person> people = GetValue<List<Person>>(results);

            Console.ReadLine();

        }



        internal static T GetValue<T>(Byte[] results) where T : class
        {
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(results))
            {
                jss = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
                return (T)jss.ReadObject(ms);
            }
        }


        internal static void AddValue(NameValueCollection values, string key, object value)
        {
            jss = new DataContractJsonSerializer(value.GetType());
            using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                jss.WriteObject(ms, value);
                string json = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray());
                values.Add(key, json);
            }
        }
    }
}