/// <summary>
/// Generates the PDF.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cv">The cv.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static MemoryStream GeneratePDF(Model.SkillsPassport cv)
{
try
{
var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/rest/v1/document/to/pdf");
var data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Converter.ToXmlString(cv));
request.Method = "POST";
request.ContentType = "application/xml";
request.ContentLength = data.Length;
request.Headers.Add("Accept-Language", cv.locale);
using (var stream = request.GetRequestStream())
{
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
}
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
MemoryStream memStream;
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
memStream = new MemoryStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int byteCount;
do
{
byteCount = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
memStream.Write(buffer, 0, byteCount);
} while (byteCount > 0);
}
memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
return(memStream);
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
using (var stream = ex.Response.GetResponseStream())
using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
Console.WriteLine(reader.ReadToEnd());
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Something more serious happened
// like for example you don't have network access
// we cannot talk about a server exception here as
// the server probably was never reached
}
return(new MemoryStream());
}
/// <summary>
/// To the json.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="skillsPassport">The skills passport.</param>
/// <param name="includeBinaries">If set to <c>true</c> will serialize images and attachments.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string ToJson(Model.SkillsPassport skillsPassport, bool includeBinaries = false)
{
if (includeBinaries)
{
return(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(skillsPassport));
}
var toSerialize = skillsPassport.Clone();
toSerialize.AttachmentList = new AttachmentType[0];
toSerialize.LearnerInfo.Identification.Photo = null;
toSerialize.LearnerInfo.Identification.Signature = null;
//TODO: Check if it's necessary to clean the references
//toSerialize.LearnerInfo.AchievementList[0].Documentation[0].
return(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(toSerialize));
}
/// <summary>
/// To the XML string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="cv">The cv.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string ToXmlString(Model.SkillsPassport cv)
{
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
using (XmlWriter writer = xml.CreateNavigator().AppendChild())
{
new XmlSerializer(cv.GetType()).Serialize(writer, cv);
}
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings
{
Encoding = new UnicodeEncoding(false, false),
Indent = true,
OmitXmlDeclaration = false
};
using (var stringWriter = new StringWriterWithEncoding(Encoding.UTF8))
using (var xmlTextWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter, settings))
{
xml.WriteTo(xmlTextWriter);
xmlTextWriter.Flush();
return(stringWriter.GetStringBuilder().ToString());
}
}
