public virtual bool Post()
{
try
{
// Create a request using a URL that can receive a post.
var request = _webRequestFactory.Create(RequestUrl);
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = @"application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
request.Headers["X-Auth-Token"] = _credentialRepository.GetApiKey();
var parameters = new Dictionary <string, string>();
PopulateRequestParameters(parameters);
// Pack the parameters for form encoding.
var buffer = new StringBuilder();
var prefix = string.Empty;
foreach (var parameter in parameters)
{
buffer.AppendFormat("{0}{1}={2}", prefix, parameter.Key, parameter.Value);
prefix = "&";
}
// Encode the body for the request
var byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(buffer.ToString());
request.ContentLength = byteArray.Length;
// Get the request stream and write the data to the request stream.
using (var dataStream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
dataStream.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
}
// Get the response and update the status
_log.DebugFormat("Performing post to \"{0}\".", RequestUrl);
var response = (IHttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
ResponseStatus = response.StatusDescription;
_log.DebugFormat("Received response with code [{0}].", response.StatusCode);
// Pull the response data out and place it into the corresponding property.
using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
if (responseStream != null)
{
_log.DebugFormat("Reading response data for last request.");
var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
ResponseData = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
else
{
_log.DebugFormat("Response data is null for last request. Bypassing parsing.");
}
}
return(response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK);
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
_log.Error(string.Format("Failed posting to server.{0}{1}", Environment.NewLine, this), ex);
return(false);
}
}
