public async void ServerRequest(Device dev)
{
_dev = dev;
_dev.client_name = "Requesting...";
UpdateUI();
//Send a request to the server for Device Info
RequestInfo requestinfo = new RequestInfo();
requestinfo.hostname = _serverComm.GetNETBIOSName();
requestinfo.localIP = _serverComm.GetLocalIPAddress();
if (DevicesForm._client_id != null)
{
requestinfo.client_id = DevicesForm._client_id;
}
string request = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(requestinfo);
Console.WriteLine("Request to server: {0}", request);
StringBuilder deviceUri = new StringBuilder(_serverComm.Root);
deviceUri.Append("/device/");
deviceUri.Append(device_id);
deviceUri.Append("/connect");
var result = await _serverComm.PostAsync(deviceUri.ToString(),
new StringContent(request), contentType : "application/json");
if (result.Item1 != ServerResponse.Connected)
{
// should be handled better
MessageBox.Show("Server disconnected during intialisation.");
_dev.client_name = null;
}
else
{
//successful request
string jsonstr = await result.Item2.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine("Request Response: {0}", jsonstr);
ConnectRequest connectrequest = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ConnectRequest>(jsonstr);
DevicesForm._client_id = connectrequest.client_id;
Registry.SetValue(DevicesForm._keyName, _serverComm.Email, DevicesForm._client_id);
Console.WriteLine("Registry written: {0} : {1} : {2}", DevicesForm._keyName, _serverComm.Email, DevicesForm._client_id);
_dev.client_name = "Polling...";
UpdateUI();
pollCounter = 0;
_timer.Start(); //start the polling timer
}
}