/// <summary>
/// This is a simple method that tries to fetch 1 record of the specified report
/// and if 0 or 1 record return then the authN & authZ to this report is validated
/// otherwise throws an exception
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool ValidateAccessToReport()
{
try
{
IReportVisitor visitor = new DefaultReportVisitor();
int res = RetrieveData(visitor, new QueryFilter()
{
TopCount = 1
});
if (res == 0 || res == 1)
{
return(true);
}
else
{
throw new ApplicationException("Tried to validate your credentials against the report specified, however the response we received from the server did not match what we expected to receive. Please try again.");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
if (ex is AggregateException)
{
if (ex.InnerException is HttpRequestException)
{
//Indicates that this is an HTTP request unauthorized exception
if (ex.InnerException.Message.Contains("401"))
{
return(false);
}
else
{
throw ex;
}
}
else
{
throw ex;
}
}
else
{
throw ex;
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This RetrieveData method the built-in ReportVisitor (Console)
/// </summary>
public void RetrieveData()
{
IReportVisitor visitor = new DefaultReportVisitor();
RetrieveData(visitor);
}