/// <summary>
/// Download a (single file) Gist from the github server.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="id">Id of Gist to download.</param>
/// <returns>Gist object with contents set to Gist contents.</returns>
internal static Gist Get(string id)
{
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(String.Format(GetUrl, id));
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
while (!reader.EndOfStream)
{
sb.AppendLine(reader.ReadLine());
}
string contents = sb.ToString();
reader.Close();
if (contents.Length > 0)
{
Gist result = new Gist();
result.Contents = contents;
return result;
}
else
{
return null;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method is called when the user clicks on the
/// Post button. If all information is present, then the Gist
/// is sent to the server.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">Event sender (ignored).</param>
/// <param name="e">Event arguments (ignored).</param>
private void ButtonPost_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Gist gist = new Gist();
gist.Filename = this.textFile.Text;
gist.Contents = this.textContent.Text;
gist.Private = this.checkPrivate.Checked;
try
{
GistServer.Post(gist);
this.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
this.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(
"Posting gist wasn't successful: " + ex.Message,
"GistBoard",
MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Send a new Gist to the server.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gist">Gist to post on server.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException">If the login data is missing.</exception>
internal static void Post(Gist gist)
{
string user = Config.Instance.User;
string token = Config.Instance.Token;
if (user == null || token == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Need login data!");
}
byte[] data = PrepareFormData(user, token, gist);
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(PostUrl);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentLength = data.Length;
request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
Stream dataStream = request.GetRequestStream();
dataStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
dataStream.Close();
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Console.WriteLine("Response code: " + ((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusCode);
}
/// <summary>
/// Prepares the urlencoded data sent to the server.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">Github user name.</param>
/// <param name="token">Github API token.</param>
/// <param name="gist">Object with Gist information.</param>
/// <returns>Urlencoded data which will be sent to the server.</returns>
private static byte[] PrepareFormData(string user, string token, Gist gist)
{
Dictionary<string, string> parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
parameters.Add("login", user);
parameters.Add("token", token);
parameters.Add("file_ext[gistfile1]", string.Empty);
parameters.Add("file_name[gistfile1]", gist.Filename);
parameters.Add("file_contents[gistfile1]", gist.Contents);
if (gist.Private)
{
parameters.Add("private", "on");
}
string[] tokens = new string[parameters.Keys.Count];
int idx = 0;
foreach (string key in parameters.Keys)
{
tokens[idx] = key + "=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(parameters[key]);
idx++;
}
string data = string.Join("&", tokens);
return Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
}
