/// <summary>
/// Downloads the requested resource as a <see cref="string"/>.
/// The resource to download is specified as a <see cref="string"/> containing the URI.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="address">A string containing the URI to download</param>
/// <param name="headers">Defines header values to add to the request</param>
/// <param name="userName">The user name associated with the credentials</param>
/// <param name="password">The password for the user name associated with the credentials</param>
/// <returns>The requested resource as a <see cref="string"/></returns>
public string Download(string address, PyObject headers = null, string userName = null, string password = null)
{
var dict = new Dictionary <string, string>();
if (headers != null)
{
using (Py.GIL())
{
// In python algorithms, headers must be a python dictionary
// In order to convert it into a C# Dictionary
if (PyDict.IsDictType(headers))
{
foreach (PyObject pyKey in headers)
{
var key = (string)pyKey.AsManagedObject(typeof(string));
var value = (string)headers.GetItem(pyKey).AsManagedObject(typeof(string));
dict.Add(key, value);
}
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException($"QCAlgorithm.Fetch(): Invalid argument. {headers.Repr()} is not a dict");
}
}
}
return(Download(address, dict, userName, password));
}
public bool TryDecode <T>(PyObject pyObj, out T value)
{
if (!PyDict.IsDictType(pyObj))
{
value = default;
return(false);
}
using (var pyDict = new PyDict(pyObj))
{
if (typeof(T).IsGenericType)
{
value = pyDict.ToDictionary <T>();
}
else
{
value = (T)pyDict.ToDictionary();
}
return(true);
}
}
