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1-File Robust RESTful API internal layer for Windows Phone 8
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
namespace RESTAPI
{
/// <summary>
/// Encapsulates functionality to make it possible to make
/// RESTful API calls on web resources and services
/// </summary>
class RESTAPHandler
{
public delegate void RESTSuccessCallback(Stream stream);
public delegate void RESTErrorCallback(String reason);
public void get(Uri uri, Dictionary<String,String> extra_headers, RESTSuccessCallback success_callback, RESTErrorCallback error_callback)
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(uri);
if(extra_headers != null)
foreach (String header in extra_headers.Keys)
try
{
request.Headers[header] = extra_headers[header];
}
catch (Exception) { }
request.BeginGetResponse((IAsyncResult result) => {
HttpWebRequest req = result.AsyncState as HttpWebRequest;
if (req != null)
{
try
{
WebResponse response = req.EndGetResponse(result);
success_callback(response.GetResponseStream());
}
catch (WebException e)
{
error_callback(e.Message);
return;
}
}
}, request);
}
public void post(Uri uri, Dictionary<String, String> post_params, Dictionary<String, String> extra_headers, RESTSuccessCallback success_callback, RESTErrorCallback error_callback)
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(uri);
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.Method = "POST";
if (extra_headers != null)
foreach (String header in extra_headers.Keys)
try
{
request.Headers[header] = extra_headers[header];
}
catch (Exception) { }
request.BeginGetRequestStream((IAsyncResult result) =>
{
HttpWebRequest preq = result.AsyncState as HttpWebRequest;
if (preq != null)
{
Stream postStream = preq.EndGetRequestStream(result);
StringBuilder postParamBuilder = new StringBuilder();
if (post_params != null)
foreach (String key in post_params.Keys)
postParamBuilder.Append(String.Format("{0}={1}&", key, post_params[key]));
Byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(postParamBuilder.ToString());
postStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
postStream.Close();
preq.BeginGetResponse((IAsyncResult final_result) =>
{
HttpWebRequest req = final_result.AsyncState as HttpWebRequest;
if (req != null)
{
try
{
WebResponse response = req.EndGetResponse(final_result);
success_callback(response.GetResponseStream());
}
catch (WebException e)
{
error_callback(e.Message);
return;
}
}
}, preq);
}
}, request);
}
}
}
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System.Argument exception when I add a header with "Content-Type" and its calling error_callback. Please help me out

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