/// <summary>
/// Delete the specified resource
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url"></param>
/// <param name="encodedId">The user's base64 encoded user ID</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <HttpResponseMessage> DeleteData(string url, string encodedId)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
string token = JsonWebTokenServices.CreateJsonWebtoken();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(WebServiceConstants.Subscriber, token);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("WebRequestUserID", encodedId);
return(await client.DeleteAsync(new Uri(url)));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Posts HTTP data to the specified endpoint
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url"></param>
/// <param name="content"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <HttpResponseMessage> PostData(string url, HttpContent content)
{
string token = JsonWebTokenServices.CreateJsonWebtoken();
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
new AuthenticationHeaderValue(WebServiceConstants.Subscriber, token);
return(await client.PostAsync(new Uri(url), content));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves data from the specified endpoint
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url"></param>
/// <param name="encodedId">The user's base64 encoded user ID.
/// N.B. Not needed when initially retrieveing the user's information.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <string> GetData(string url, string encodedId = null)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
string token = JsonWebTokenServices.CreateJsonWebtoken();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(WebServiceConstants.Subscriber, token);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(encodedId))
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("WebRequestUserID", encodedId);
}
using (var r = await client.GetAsync(new Uri(url)))
{
string result = await r.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return(result);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a JSON web token - used for unit testing by allowing us to inject a Datetime into the method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dt"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string CreateJsonWebtoken(DateTime dt)
{
return JsonWebTokenServices.CreateToken(dt);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a JSON web token
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string CreateJsonWebtoken()
{
return JsonWebTokenServices.CreateToken(DateTime.UtcNow);
}