I've written a C# Windows service (.NET Framework 3.5, C# 3.0) that posts files & HTML form information to a remote server, and then stores the XML server response in a database. Here is the main chunk of pertinent code:
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(postUrl) as HttpWebRequest;
request.ProtocolVersion = HttpVersion.Version10;
request.KeepAlive = false;
request.Timeout = 600000;
request.ReadWriteTimeout = 600000;
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = contentType;
request.UserAgent = userAgent;
request.CookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
request.ContentLength = formData.Length;
using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
// Push it out there
requestStream.Write(formData, 0, formData.Length);
requestStream.Close();
}
return request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
My service works properly for all small files, but I get the following error when I try to send larger files (8-9 MB).
The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.
I looked at the outgoing request using Fiddler, and was able to glean the following info:
HTTP/1.1 504 Fiddler - Receive Failure
Content-Type: text/html
Connection: close
Timestamp: 12:25:04.067
ReadResponse() failed: The server did not return a response for this request.
The failure occurs ~7 minutes after I call request.GetResponse(). Is there any way to identify who shut down the connection? And is there anything else I should try on my end to resolve this issue? Thanks in advance!
Since you mention it working for small files, but not larger, I'd suggest checking the max file upload size on the server. I believe the default is 4mb. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295626
EDIT: Noticed the link above is somewhat out of date. Here's one for iis7: http://www.cyprich.com/2008/06/19/fixing-file-upload-size-limit-in-iis-7/