private string postRequest(string url, NameValueCollection post = null, string referral = "")
{
//initialize client
CookieAwareWebClient webClient = new CookieAwareWebClient(cookies);
//Set webclient referrer
if (referral != "")
webClient.Headers["Referer"] = referral;
//issue the request
byte[] responseBytes = webClient.UploadValues(url, "POST", post);
string result = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes);
//clear buffers and return result
webClient.Dispose();
return result;
}
//web requests
private string getRequest(string url, NameValueCollection get = null, string referral = "")
{
//initialize client
CookieAwareWebClient webClient = new CookieAwareWebClient(cookies);
//generate GET uri
string request = url;
if (get != null)
{
request += "?";
int it = 0;
foreach (string s in get)
{
foreach (string v in get.GetValues(s))
{
if (it != 0)
request += "&";
request += s + "=" + v;
it++;
}
}
}
//Set webclient referrer
if (referral != "")
webClient.Headers["Referer"] = referral;
//issue the request and return output
string output = webClient.DownloadString(request);
webClient.Dispose();
return output;
}