public async Task<ValidateResult> Validate(Address address)
{
// Convert input address data to query string
string querystring = string.Empty;
querystring += (address.Line1 == null) ? string.Empty : "Line1=" + address.Line1.Replace(" ", "+");
querystring += (address.Line2 == null) ? string.Empty : "&Line2=" + address.Line2.Replace(" ", "+");
querystring += (address.Line3 == null) ? string.Empty : "&Line3=" + address.Line3.Replace(" ", "+");
querystring += (address.City == null) ? string.Empty : "&City=" + address.City.Replace(" ", "+");
querystring += (address.Region == null) ? string.Empty : "&Region=" + address.Region.Replace(" ", "+");
querystring += (address.PostalCode == null) ? string.Empty : "&PostalCode=" + address.PostalCode.Replace(" ", "+");
querystring += (address.Country == null) ? string.Empty : "&Country=" + address.Country.Replace(" ", "+");
// Call the service
Uri webAddress = new Uri(_svcUrl + "address/validate.xml?" + querystring);
var request = HttpHelper.CreateRequest(webAddress, _accountNumber, _license);
request.Method = "GET";
ValidateResult result = new ValidateResult();
try
{
WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync();
XmlSerializer r = new XmlSerializer(result.GetType());
result = (ValidateResult)r.Deserialize(response.GetResponseStream());
address = result.Address; // If the address was validated, take the validated address.
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Stream responseStream = ((HttpWebResponse)ex.Response).GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
string responseString = reader.ReadToEnd();
// The service returns some error messages in JSON for authentication/unhandled errors.
if (responseString.StartsWith("{") || responseString.StartsWith("["))
{
result = new ValidateResult();
result.ResultCode = SeverityLevel.Error;
Message msg = new Message();
msg.Severity = result.ResultCode;
msg.Summary = "The request was unable to be successfully serviced, please try again or contact Customer Service.";
msg.Source = "Avalara.Web.REST";
if (!((HttpWebResponse)ex.Response).StatusCode.Equals(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError))
{
msg.Summary = "The user or account could not be authenticated.";
msg.Source = "Avalara.Web.Authorization";
}
result.Messages = new Message[1] { msg };
}
else
{
XmlSerializer r = new XmlSerializer(result.GetType());
byte[] temp = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(responseString);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(temp);
result = (ValidateResult)r.Deserialize(stream); // Inelegant, but the deserializer only takes streams, and we already read ours out.
}
}
return result;
}
public async Task<GeoTaxResult> EstimateTax(decimal latitude, decimal longitude, decimal saleAmount)
{
// Call the service
Uri address = new Uri($"{_svcUrl}tax/{latitude},{longitude}/get.xml?saleamount={saleAmount}");
var request = HttpHelper.CreateRequest(address, _accountNumber, _license);
request.Method = "GET";
GeoTaxResult result = new GeoTaxResult();
try
{
WebResponse response = await request.GetResponseAsync();
XmlSerializer r = new XmlSerializer(result.GetType());
result = (GeoTaxResult) r.Deserialize(response.GetResponseStream());
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Stream responseStream = ((HttpWebResponse) ex.Response).GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
string responseString = reader.ReadToEnd();
// The service returns some error messages in JSON for authentication/unhandled errors.
if (responseString.StartsWith("{") || responseString.StartsWith("["))
{
result = new GeoTaxResult {ResultCode = SeverityLevel.Error};
Message msg = new Message
{
Severity = result.ResultCode,
Summary =
"The request was unable to be successfully serviced, please try again or contact Customer Service.",
Source = "Avalara.Web.REST"
};
if (!((HttpWebResponse) ex.Response).StatusCode.Equals(HttpStatusCode.InternalServerError))
{
msg.Summary = "The user or account could not be authenticated.";
msg.Source = "Avalara.Web.Authorization";
}
result.Messages = new[] {msg};
}
else
{
XmlSerializer r = new XmlSerializer(result.GetType());
byte[] temp = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(responseString);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(temp);
result = (GeoTaxResult) r.Deserialize(stream);
// Inelegant, but the deserializer only takes streams, and we already read ours out.
}
}
return result;
}