public CreatePollResponse CreatePoll(PollType newPoll)
{
Debug.Assert(null != newPoll);
// create a POST request
WebRequest postRequest = WebRequest.Create(baseApiUrl + "/polls");
postRequest.ContentType = "application/xml";
postRequest.Method = "POST";
byte[] byteBuffer = serializePoll(newPoll);
// set the content length before opening the stream
postRequest.ContentLength = byteBuffer.Length;
Stream postStream = postRequest.GetRequestStream();
postStream.Write(byteBuffer, 0, byteBuffer.Length);
postStream.Close();
HttpWebResponse postResponse = null;
try
{
// now we send the HTTP POST request
postResponse = (HttpWebResponse)(postRequest.GetResponse());
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// bad HTTP requests will throw an exception
}
if ((null != postResponse) && (HttpStatusCode.Created == postResponse.StatusCode))
{
// Successfully created .... now get the details
string pollId = postResponse.Headers["Content-Location"];
string pollKey = postResponse.Headers["X-DoodleKey"];
string pollUrl = basePollUrl + "/" + pollId;
return new CreatePollResponse { PollId = pollId, PollKey = pollKey, PollUrl = pollUrl };
}
else
{
// Error of some form. TODO: throw appropriate exceptions
return null;
}
}
// return content length
private byte[] serializePoll(PollType poll)
{
System.IO.MemoryStream memStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
XmlTextWriter xtWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memStream, Encoding.UTF8);
XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PollType));
xmlSerializer.Serialize(xtWriter, poll);
xtWriter.Flush();
return memStream.ToArray();
}
/// <summary>
/// returns an ID for the constructed Doodle poll
/// </summary>
/// <param name="request"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private CreatePollResponse createDoodlePoll(ServiceRequest request)
{
PollType newPoll = new PollType(PollTypeType.TEXT, false, "Please answer this!", "2", request.Question);
newPoll.initiator = new InitiatorType();
newPoll.initiator.name = "Praveen";
newPoll.options = new OptionsTypeOption[3];
newPoll.options[0] = new OptionsTypeOption();
newPoll.options[0].Value = "Three?";
newPoll.options[1] = new OptionsTypeOption();
newPoll.options[1].Value = "Four?";
newPoll.options[2] = new OptionsTypeOption();
newPoll.options[2].Value = "Five?";
CreatePollResponse createPollResponse = doodleClient.CreatePoll(newPoll);
return createPollResponse; ;
}