/// <summary>This function converts a dictionary to a JSON string and posts it as content to a website
/// and then returns a JSONWebResponse object to the user with the content, statuscode, and any Exception.</summary>
/// <param name="url">url where to post the data</param>
/// <param name="dictionay">Dictionary<string,string> of key value to send to url</param>
/// <param name="sendAsJSON">If set to true sends as JSON, otherwise sends as posted form fields</param>
/// <returns>A JSONWebResponse object</returns>
public static JSONWebResponse DictionaryToUrl(string url, Dictionary <string, string> dictionay)
{
try
{
//Set up the web request
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(new Uri(url)) as HttpWebRequest;
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/json";
//Convert the Dictionary to JSON
string jsondata = DictionaryToJSON(dictionay);
// Encode the parameters as content data, and set the content length
byte[] JSONContent = UTF8Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsondata);
request.ContentLength = JSONContent.Length;
// Send the request:
using (Stream post = request.GetRequestStream())
{
post.Write(JSONContent, 0, JSONContent.Length);
}
// Pick up the response
using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
JSONWebResponse webresponse = new JSONWebResponse()
{
StatusCode = response.StatusCode,
Content = reader.ReadToEnd(),
ErrorDetails = null
};
return(webresponse);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
JSONWebResponse response = new JSONWebResponse()
{
StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError,
Content = "Error Retrieving Data",
ErrorDetails = ex
};
return(response);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This function takes a parser and options from the CommandLion Parser Nuget and the
/// args sent by the user and tries to post the inputs as JSON to a website using
/// the PostJSON class
/// </summary>
public static void PostOptions(Parser parser, Options options, string[] args)
{
//Try to parse the args into the options variable
if (parser.ParseArguments(args, options))
{
Dictionary <string, string> JSONData = new Dictionary <string, string>();
//Check to see if the Type is 2Elements of ElementArray
// *************** TYPE: 2Elements ***************
if (options.InputType == "2Elements")
{
JSONData.Add(options.ContentName, options.Content);
if (options.Content2 != null && options.ContentName2 != null)
{
JSONData.Add(options.ContentName2, options.Content2);
}
}
// *************** TYPE: Element Array ***************
else //If the input is an ElementArray Do This
{
string[] NameList = options.NameList.Split('|');
string[] ValueList = options.ValueList.Split('|');
if (NameList.Count() != ValueList.Count() || NameList.Count() == 0 || ValueList.Count() == 0)
{
//If they didn't enter valid args show the description
Console.WriteLine(options.GetUsage());
return;
}
for (int i = 0; i < NameList.Count(); i++)
{
JSONData.Add(NameList[i], ValueList[i]);
}
}
//*************** Send Data *******************
// consume Options type properties
if (options.Verbose)
{
Console.WriteLine("Sending...");
Console.WriteLine("");
//Post the JSON data to the URL
JSONWebResponse response = PostJSON.DictionaryToUrl(options.url, JSONData);
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
Console.WriteLine("Sent Successfully!");
Console.WriteLine("");
if (response.Content != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Data Returned:");
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
Console.WriteLine("");
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Error Code: " + response.StatusCode.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("");
if (response.Content != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Data Returned:");
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
Console.WriteLine("");
}
if (response.ErrorDetails != null && response.ErrorDetails.Message != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Details:");
Console.WriteLine(response.ErrorDetails.Message);
Console.WriteLine("");
}
}
}
else
{
JSONWebResponse response = PostJSON.DictionaryToUrl(options.url, JSONData);
}
}
else
{
//If they didn't enter valid args show the description
Console.WriteLine(options.GetUsage());
}
}