/// <summary>
/// Performs an HTTP request to an URL using the specified method and data, returning the response as a string
/// </summary>
protected virtual LatchResponse HTTP(Uri URL, HttpVerbs method, IDictionary<string, string> headers, IDictionary<string, string> data)
{
HttpWebRequest request = BuildHttpUrlConnection(URL, headers);
if (request == null)
{
throw new HttpException("Request could not be created correctly");
}
request.Method = method.ToString();
try
{
if (method.Equals(HttpVerbs.Post) || method.Equals(HttpVerbs.Put))
{
request.ContentType = HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE_FORM_URLENCODED;
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
{
sw.Write(GetSerializedParams(data));
sw.Flush();
}
}
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()))
{
string json = sr.ReadToEnd();
return new LatchResponse(json);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
return null;
}
}