Receive a webhook event in C# with HTTPWebRequest
In this guide, we'll show you how to receive webhook events when PDF conversion is complete using C# and the HTTPWebRequest library.
When converting documents asynchronously, you might want to be notified when the conversion is complete via a webhook.
using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
// You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
var apiKey = "sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx";
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf");
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
request.Headers.Add("X-API-Key", apiKey);
var payload = new
{
source = "https://www.example.com",
// Set up webhook notification
webhook = new
{
url = "https://your-server.com/webhook",
secret = "your-secret-key"
}
};
var json = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload);
byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
request.ContentLength = data.Length;
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
}
try
{
var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
// Handle errors:
if (response.StatusCode >= HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
{
throw new Exception($"Request failed with status code {response.StatusCode}");
}
using (var reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
var result = reader.ReadToEnd();
File.WriteAllText("result.pdf", result);
}
Console.WriteLine("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf");
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
This allows you to be notified when conversions are complete without polling.
For further details on the webhook property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.
We hope this guide was helpful. If you have any questions or noticed any issues on the code above,
feel free to drop us a line.