public JsonRequest(string dax, FormattingCulture culture) : this(
dax,
culture == FormattingCulture.EU ? ';' : ',',
culture == FormattingCulture.EU ? ',' : '.'
)
{
}
/// <summary>
/// Formats a string by calling www.daxformatter.com.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inputDax">input dax text</param>
/// <exception cref="FormatException">Error message from www.daxformatter.com</exception>
/// <returns>formatted text</returns>
public static string Format(string inputDax, FormattingCulture culture)
{
if (redirectUrl == null)
{
// www.daxformatter.com redirects request to another site. HttpWebRequest does redirect with GET. It fails, since the web service works only with POST
// The following 2 requests are doing manual POST re-direct
var redirectRequest = WebRequest.Create(daxFormatterUrl) as HttpWebRequest;
redirectRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
var redirectResponse = redirectRequest.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse;
redirectUrl = redirectResponse.Headers["Location"];
}
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
var content = new StringContent(
new JsonRequest(inputDax, culture).ToString(),
Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"
);
Debug.WriteLine($"Content: {content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result}");
var responseMessage = client.PostAsync(redirectUrl, content).Result;
var responseString = responseMessage.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
var response = GetValidJsonFromResponse(responseString);
Debug.WriteLine($"Response: {response}");
var result = new Response(response);
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(result.Error))
{
Debug.WriteLine($"Error: {result.Error}");
throw new FormatException(result.Error);
}
Debug.WriteLine($"Formatted DAX: {result.DAX}");
return(result.DAX);
}
}