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        private string PostWebRequest(string postUrl, string paramData, Encoding dataEncode)
        {
            string ret = string.Empty;
            try
            {
                byte[] byteArray = dataEncode.GetBytes(paramData);
                HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(new Uri(postUrl));

                request.Method = "POST";
                request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
                request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;

                Stream stream = request.GetRequestStream();
                stream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
                stream.Close();

                HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.Default);
                ret = sr.ReadToEnd();
                sr.Close();
                response.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }
            return ret;
        }