/// <summary>
/// Returns the Request content as raw, properly encoded bytes
/// based on the TextEncoding setting.
///
/// Translates Unicode strings (except for binary data)
/// to underlying encoding and Binary data (b64_ prefix)
/// is returned as raw data.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>byte[] data or null if no RequestContent</returns>
public byte[] GetRequestContentBytes()
{
if (RequestContent == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (RequestContent.StartsWith("b64_"))
{
return(Convert.FromBase64String(RequestContent.Replace("b64_", "")));
}
string textEncoding = TextEncoding.ToLower();
if (textEncoding == "utf-8")
{
return(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(RequestContent));
}
try
{
// try to load the encoding specified
var enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(TextEncoding);
return(enc.GetBytes(RequestContent));
}
catch
{}
// fallback to 'as-is/no' encoding
return(WindowsEncoding.GetBytes(RequestContent));
}
/// <summary>
/// Reliably returns the request content as a string.
/// If the content is binary the result is returned
/// binary markup characters are shown.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public string GetRequestContentAsString()
{
if (RequestContent == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (RequestContent.StartsWith("b64_"))
{
var enc = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252);
var data = Convert.FromBase64String(RequestContent.Replace("b64_", ""));
return(enc.GetString(data));
}
return(RequestContent);
}