/// <summary>
/// Send the request, given content is serialized in JSON into the request body
/// </summary>
public ResponseEx SendAsJson <TContent>(TContent content = null, int?timeout = null)
where TContent : class
{
ResponseEx result = null;
// prepare the request and force JSON
string errorMessage;
var request = InnerPrepareRequest(new ContentType("application/json"), timeout, (content != null), out errorMessage);
// if we have a request
if ((request != null)
// and no error message
&& string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage))
{
// if we got a content
if (content != null)
{
// get the encoding
var encoding = (this._encoding ?? EncodingDefault);
// open the stream
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
// serialize
if (!SerializerForJson.Serialize(stream, content, encoding))
{
// if serialization failed
errorMessage = "JSON serialization failed";
}
}
}
}
// if we have a request
if ((request != null)
// and no error message
&& string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage))
{
// then send the request and get the response
result = ResponseEx.SendRequest(request);
}
// if we had an error at some point
else
{
// then this is a failure
result = ResponseEx.Failure(this._url, errorMessage);
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Send the request, get the result as a string
/// </summary>
public ResponseEx Send(string content = null, int?timeout = null)
{
ResponseEx result = null;
// prepare the request
string errorMessage;
var request = InnerPrepareRequest(null, timeout, !string.IsNullOrEmpty(content), out errorMessage);
// if we have a request
if ((request != null)
// and no error message
&& string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage))
{
// if we got a content
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(content))
{
// we really need an encoding here
var encoding = (this._encoding ?? EncodingDefault);
// convert content as a byte array
var buffer = encoding.GetBytes(content);
// set length
request.ContentLength = buffer.Length;
// open a stream
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
// push the byte array
stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
}
}
}
// if we have a request
if ((request != null)
// and no error message
&& string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage))
{
// then send the request and get the response
result = ResponseEx.SendRequest(request);
}
// if we had an error at some point
else
{
// then this is a failure
result = ResponseEx.Failure(this._url, errorMessage);
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Send given request and get its response
/// </summary>
public static ResponseEx SendRequest(HttpWebRequest request)
{
ResponseEx result = null;
// if we got a request
if (request != null)
{
HttpWebResponse response = null;
MemoryStream memStream = null;
string errorMessage = null;
try
{
// now get a response
response = (request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse);
}
catch (WebException wexc)
{
// get the response
response = (wexc.Response as HttpWebResponse);
// if we have no response
if (response == null)
{
// set an error message
errorMessage = "Request failed: " + wexc.Message;
}
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
// set an error message
errorMessage = "Request failed: " + exc.Message;
}
// if we got a response
if ((response != null)
// and no error message
&& string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage))
{
try
{
// open a stream
using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
// if any
if (responseStream != null)
{
// create the memory stream
memStream = new MemoryStream();
// create a buffer
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int byteCount;
// read
do
{
byteCount = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
memStream.Write(buffer, 0, byteCount);
}
// read until end of stream
while (byteCount > 0);
// reset memory stream position
memStream.Position = 0;
}
}
}
catch (Exception exc)
{
// set an error message
errorMessage = "Exception while reading JSON content of a request to " + exc.Message;
}
}
// create the result
result = new ResponseEx(request.RequestUri.ToString(), response, memStream, errorMessage);
}
return(result);
}