/// <summary>
/// Make the actual HTTP request to the Bitcoin RPC interface.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="walletRequest">The request to make.</param>
/// <returns>The HTTP request object.</returns>
private HttpWebRequest MakeHttpRequest(WalletRequest walletRequest)
{
var webRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(RpcUrl);
webRequest.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(RpcUser, RpcPassword);
// Important, otherwise the service can't deserialse your request properly
webRequest.ContentType = "application/json-rpc";
webRequest.Method = "POST";
webRequest.Timeout = 2000; // 2 seconds
byte[] byteArray = walletRequest.GetBytes();
webRequest.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
try
{
using (Stream dataStream = webRequest.GetRequestStream())
{
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
dataStream.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("There was a problem sending the request.", ex);
}
return(webRequest);
}
/// <summary>
/// Make an JSON RPC request, and return a JSON RPC response object with the result
/// deserialized as the given type.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type to deserialize the result as.</typeparam>
/// <param name="walletRequest">The request object.</param>
/// <returns>A JSON RPC response with the result deserialized as the given type.</returns>
private WalletResponse <T> MakeRpcRequest <T>(WalletRequest walletRequest)
{
HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = MakeHttpRequest(walletRequest);
return(GetRpcResponse <T>(httpWebRequest));
}
/// <summary>
/// Make a raw JSON RPC request with the given request object. Returns raw JSON.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="walletRequest">The request object.</param>
/// <returns>The raw JSON string.</returns>
public string MakeRawRpcRequest(WalletRequest walletRequest)
{
HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest = MakeHttpRequest(walletRequest);
return(GetJsonResponse(httpWebRequest));
}