public static WebResponseData IssueRequest(
Uri uri,
string method = "GET",
string requestContent = null,
IEnumerable<Cookie> cookies = null,
TimeSpan? timeout = null,
bool downloadAsBinary = false)
{
cookies = cookies ?? Enumerable.Empty<Cookie>();
timeout = timeout ?? DefaultTimeout;
var responseData = new WebResponseData { RequestedUri = uri };
try
{
var webRequest = GetRequest(uri, method, timeout.Value, requestContent);
AttachOutgoingCookies(webRequest, cookies);
using (var webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)webRequest.GetResponse())
using (var responseStream = webResponse.GetResponseStream())
{
responseData.StatusCode = webResponse.StatusCode;
responseData.ContentType = webResponse.GetResponseHeader("Content-Type");
if (downloadAsBinary)
{
ProcessResponseBinary(responseStream, responseData);
}
else
{
ProcessResponse(responseStream, responseData);
}
}
}
catch (WebException e)
{
if (e.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError)
{
var webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)e.Response;
responseData.StatusCode = webResponse.StatusCode;
}
}
return responseData;
}
private static void ProcessResponseBinary(
Stream responseStream,
WebResponseData responseData)
{
var buffer = new byte[BinaryBufferLength];
using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
{
while (true)
{
int read = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
if (read <= 0)
{
responseData.Bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
return;
}
memoryStream.Write(buffer, 0, read);
}
}
}
private static void ProcessResponse(
Stream responseStream,
WebResponseData responseData)
{
using (var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream, Encoding.UTF8))
{
responseData.Content = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
