/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* // ** MergeDocument **
* // This method implements the "v1/document/merge" Web API call
* //
* // Parameters:
* // - MergeBody MergeBody
* // - string TemplateName (default = null)
* // - ReturnFormat ReturnFormat (default = PDF)
* // - bool Append (default = true)
* //
* // Return value: A List of byte[]
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/// <summary>
/// This method merges a template with data.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mergeBody">The MergeBody object contains the data, optionally a template and merge settings.</param>
/// <param name="templateName">The name of the template in the template storage.</param>
/// <param name="returnFormat">The document format of the resulting document.</param>
/// <param name="append">Specifies whether the resulting documents should be appended or not.</param>
/// <param name="test">Specifies whether it is a test run or not. A test run is not counted against the quota and created documents contain a watermark.</param>
public List <byte[]> MergeDocument(MergeBody mergeBody,
string templateName = null,
ReturnFormat returnFormat = ReturnFormat.PDF,
bool append = true,
bool test = false)
{
// create a new HttpClient using the Factory method CreateHttpClient
using (HttpClient client = CreateHttpClient())
{
// set the endpoint and pass the query paramaters
// MergeBody is posted as a JSON object
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync("v1/document/merge?templateName=" + templateName +
"&returnFormat=" + returnFormat.ToString() +
"&append=" + append.ToString() + "&test=" + test.ToString(), mergeBody, formatter).Result;
// if sucessful, return the image list
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
List <byte[]> bResults = new List <byte[]>();
foreach (string sResult in response.Content.ReadAsAsync <List <string> >().Result)
{
bResults.Add(Convert.FromBase64String(sResult));
}
return(bResults);
//return response.Content.ReadAsAsync<List<string>>().Result;
}
else
{
// throw exception with the message from the endpoint
throw new ArgumentException(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
}
}
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* // ** MergeDocument **
* // This method implements the "v1/document/merge" Web API call
* //
* // Parameters:
* // - MergeBody MergeBody
* // - string TemplateName (default = null)
* // - ReturnFormat ReturnFormat (default = PDF)
* // - bool Append (default = true)
* //
* // Return value: A List of byte[]
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/// <summary>
/// This method merges a template with data.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mergeBody">The MergeBody object contains the data, optionally a template and merge settings.</param>
/// <param name="templateName">The name of the template in the template storage.</param>
/// <param name="returnFormat">The document format of the resulting document.</param>
/// <param name="append">Specifies whether the resulting documents should be appended or not.</param>
/// <param name="test">Specifies whether it is a test run or not. A test run is not counted against the quota and created documents contain a watermark.</param>
public List <byte[]> MergeDocument(MergeBody mergeBody,
string templateName = null,
ReturnFormat returnFormat = ReturnFormat.PDF,
bool append = true,
bool test = false)
{
// create a new HttpClient using the Factory method CreateHttpClient
using (HttpClient client = CreateHttpClient())
{
var sMergeBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(mergeBody, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver(),
});
// set the endpoint and pass the query paramaters
// MergeBody is posted as a JSON object
HttpResponseMessage response = client.PostAsync("v1/document/merge?templateName=" + templateName +
"&returnFormat=" + returnFormat.ToString() +
"&append=" + append.ToString() + "&test=" + test.ToString(),
new StringContent(sMergeBody, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")).Result;
// if sucessful, return the image list
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
List <byte[]> bResults = new List <byte[]>();
foreach (string sResult in (List <string>)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result, typeof(List <string>)))
{
bResults.Add(Convert.FromBase64String(sResult));
}
return(bResults);
//return response.Content.ReadAsAsync<List<string>>().Result;
}
else
{
// throw exception with the message from the endpoint
throw new ArgumentException(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
}
}
}
