ProxyRequest proxies a request to a JSON-based API to avoid the cross origin request issue.

ProxyRequest.cs

// ProxyRequest proxies a request to a JSON-based API
// to avoid the cross origin request issue.
// It assumes the API supports POST.
// JsonResult is an ASP.NET MVC construct.
private JsonResult ProxyRequest(string url, string data)
{
	HttpWebRequest wr = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(url);
	wr.Method = "POST";
	wr.ContentType = "application/json";

	// Set the data to send.
	using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(wr.GetRequestStream()))
	{
		streamWriter.Write(data);
	}

	// Get the response.
	var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)wr.GetResponse();
	using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(httpResponse.GetResponseStream()))
	{
		JsonResult jr = new JsonResult();
		jr.Data = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
		return jr;
	}
}

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