private static string GetSignpostServerDataVersion(string signpostServer, out int signpostServerDataVersion)
{
signpostServerDataVersion = -1;
// Build the web service url for the signpost server
string url = signpostServer + "/DataVersion?secretkey=CDEF9B9357CD47B7A87CDF510674C327";
string responseJson = "";
// Call the web service on the signpost server
if (!HttpHelper.RestGet(url, "application/json", out responseJson))
{
return("Error connecting to " + url);
}
// Check for errors
string errorMessage = SignpostServerSync.CheckForError(responseJson);
if (errorMessage != null)
{
return(errorMessage);
}
// Extract the data version from the JSON returned by the signpost server
SignPostServerVersion signPostServerVersion = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SignPostServerVersion>(responseJson);
if (signPostServerVersion == null)
{
return("Data version missing from Signpost web service json: " + url + " " + responseJson);
}
signpostServerDataVersion = signPostServerVersion.Version;
return("");
}
private static string DoSync(string signpostServer, string syncJson)
{
// Build the web service url for the signpost server
string url = signpostServer + "/sync?secretkey=CDEF9B9357CD47B7A87CDF510674C327";
string responseJson = "";
// Call the web service on the signpost server
if (!HttpHelper.RestPost(url, syncJson, "application/json", null, out responseJson))
{
return("Error connecting to " + url);
}
// Check for errors
return(SignpostServerSync.CheckForError(responseJson));
}