How can I convert an HttpContext.Current.Request to HttpWebRequest?

I keep getting the following error message:

error BC30311: Value of type 'System.Web.HttpRequest' cannot be converted to 'System.Net.WebRequest'.





        objRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request '(CType(HttpContext.Current.Request, HttpWebRequest))

Jason,

HttpContext.Current.Request is of type System.Web.HttpRequest, not of type System.Net.HttpWebRequest, so that can't be done.

Why do you want to convert it to that?

Well, I found a way around what I needed to accomplish. I had a bad brain blockage this week. I was attempting to do this:

Dim objRequest as HttpWebRequest


Dim stmOutput as StreamReader





objRequest = (CType(HttpContext.Current.Request, HttpWebRequest))


stmOutput = New StreamReader(objRequest.GetRequestStream(),System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)

I then realized I didn't have to do that. So, to get my Stream, I just grabbed the InputStream like this:

Dim stmOutput as StreamReader





stmOutput = New StreamReader(HttpContext.Current.Request.InputStream)

Thanks to Ben for forcing me to think this through. ;)