public async Task <Post> CreateNewThreadPreviewAsync(NewThread newThreadEntity)
{
if (!_webManager.IsAuthenticated)
{
throw new Exception("User must be authenticated before using this method.");
}
var result = new Result();
// We post to SA the same way we would for a normal reply, but instead of getting a redirect back to the
// thread, we'll get redirected to back to the reply screen with the preview message on it.
// From here we can parse that preview and return it to the user.
var form = new MultipartFormDataContent
{
{ new StringContent("postthread"), "action" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.ForumId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)), "forumid" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.FormKey), "formkey" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.FormCookie), "form_cookie" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.PostIcon.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)), "iconid" },
{ new StringContent(HtmlHelpers.HtmlEncode(newThreadEntity.Subject)), "subject" },
{ new StringContent(HtmlHelpers.HtmlEncode(newThreadEntity.Content)), "message" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.ParseUrl.ToString()), "parseurl" },
{ new StringContent("Submit Post"), "submit" },
{ new StringContent("Preview Post"), "preview" }
};
result = await _webManager.PostFormDataAsync(EndPoints.NewThreadBase, form);
return(PostHandler.ParsePostPreview(_webManager.Parser.Parse(result.ResultHtml)));
}
public async Task <Post> CreateNewThreadPreviewAsync(NewThread newThreadEntity, CancellationToken token = default)
{
if (newThreadEntity == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(newThreadEntity));
}
if (!this.webManager.IsAuthenticated)
{
throw new UserAuthenticationException(Awful.Core.Resources.ExceptionMessages.UserAuthenticationError);
}
// We post to SA the same way we would for a normal reply, but instead of getting a redirect back to the
// thread, we'll get redirected to back to the reply screen with the preview message on it.
// From here we can parse that preview and return it to the user.
using var form = new MultipartFormDataContent
{
{ new StringContent("postthread"), "action" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.ForumId.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)), "forumid" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.FormKey), "formkey" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.FormCookie), "form_cookie" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.PostIcon.Id.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)), "iconid" },
{ new StringContent(HtmlHelpers.HtmlEncode(newThreadEntity.Subject)), "subject" },
{ new StringContent(HtmlHelpers.HtmlEncode(newThreadEntity.Content)), "message" },
{ new StringContent(newThreadEntity.ParseUrl.ToString()), "parseurl" },
{ new StringContent("Submit Post"), "submit" },
{ new StringContent("Preview Post"), "preview" },
};
var result = await this.webManager.PostFormDataAsync(EndPoints.NewThreadBase, form, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
return(PostHandler.ParsePostPreview(await this.webManager.Parser.ParseDocumentAsync(result.ResultHtml, token).ConfigureAwait(false)));
}
