/// <summary>
/// filter a specfic stock with a key word to find a specifc stock to get tips fpr later on in the program
/// username must be entered to filter stocks. can also filter with empty string to get all stocks back
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="e"></param>
private async void FindStocks_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MultipartFormDataContent form = new MultipartFormDataContent();
statusLabel.Text = "getting filtered data stocks";
{
// have user enter a username(needed to run request) and a filter word or words
//to filter for a specifc stock. done with a collection type
var postData = new Dictionary <string, string>()
{
{ "username", UsernameTextBox.Text },
{ "action", "stocks" },
{ "filter", FilterTextBox.Text }
};
// Transfer to form to send
foreach (var item in postData)
{
form.Add(new StringContent(item.Value), item.Key);
}
}
//send POSTdata request to webservice, return and display data in DGV_filter
using (HttpClient hc = new HttpClient())
{
//issuse request
var postResponse = await hc.PostAsync(url, form);
//if there is content in request,
//read it as a string and call a decode method to Deserialized json data
if (postResponse.Content != null)
{
// Get our response from the Content, decode the data
var stringResp = await postResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
//decode method to Deserialized json data and display to DGV_filter
Filterdecode(stringResp);
DGV_Filter.AutoResizeColumns();
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// pre-load filter data into DGV_Filter with empty string to see all data that can be filtered
/// </summary>
private async void loadData()
{
MultipartFormDataContent form = new MultipartFormDataContent();
//setup default data post data web request to load all avalible stocks with empty string
{
var postData = new Dictionary <string, string>()
{
{ "username", "name here" },
{ "action", "stocks" },
{ "filter", "" }
};
// Transfer to form to send
foreach (var item in postData)
{
form.Add(new StringContent(item.Value), item.Key);
}
}
//send POSTdata request to webservice, return and display data in DGV_filter
using (HttpClient hc = new HttpClient())
{
//issuse request
var postResponse = await hc.PostAsync(url, form);
//if there is content in request,
//read it as a string and call a decode method to Deserialized json data
if (postResponse.Content != null)
{
// Get our response from the Content, decode the data
var stringResp = await postResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
//decode method to Deserialized json data and display to DGV_filter
Filterdecode(stringResp);
DGV_Filter.AutoResizeColumns();
}
}
statusLabel.Text = "loaded stock data";
}
