/// <summary>
/// Function to create a new instance of HttpRequestMessage using provided parameters and returning this newly created object
/// </summary>
private static HttpRequestMessage BuildRequestMessage(string URI, HttpMethod Method, ServiceHeader[] Headers, RequestContent Content)
{
HttpRequestMessage Message = new HttpRequestMessage();
if (Method == null)
{
throw new Exception("Request method cannot be null");
}
Message.Method = Method;
if (URI == null)
{
throw new Exception("Request URI cannot be null");
}
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(URI))
{
throw new Exception("Request URI cannot be empty");
}
Message.RequestUri = new Uri(URI);
if (Headers != null)
{
foreach (ServiceHeader Header in Headers)
{
Message.Headers.Add(Header.Name, Header.Value);
}
}
if (Content != null)
{
Message.Content = new StringContent(Content.Body, Content.ContentEncoding, Content.ContentType);
}
return(Message);
}
/// <summary>
/// Function to send a REST HTTP request with custom headers and content (dynamic depending on if its XML or JSON)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Client">HttpClient wrapper class</param>
/// <param name="URI">Service endpoint for the request</param>
/// <param name="Method">REST method (GET, POST, DELETE, PUT)</param>
/// <param name="Headers">Custom headers in an array to be pushed into the HttpRequestMessage</param>
/// <param name="Content">Content wrapper class for the request content</param>
public static async Task <ServiceResponse> SendRequestAsync(ServiceClient Client, string URI, HttpMethod Method, ServiceHeader[] Headers = null, RequestContent Content = null)
{
HttpClient RequestClient = Client.GetClient();
HttpResponseMessage RequestResponse = null;
try
{
using (HttpRequestMessage Request = BuildRequestMessage(URI, Method, Headers, Content))
{
RequestResponse = await RequestClient.SendAsync(Request);
}
return(new ServiceResponse(RequestResponse));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Error has occured, return error exception
return(new ServiceResponse(ex));
}
}