public byte[] GetResponseFromUrl(string url)
{
// If we have a file to post, do a POST with the file as the payload, otherwise
// do a simple GET
byte[] responseBytes;
int retries = 6;
int msWait = 200;
while (retries > 0)
{
try {
//TODO: WebClient nicely wraps this functionaly but if we need more power
// or diagnostics we might move to other WebRequest types that are available.
using (CustomWebClient wc = new CustomWebClient()) {
if (fileToPost != null)
{
responseBytes = wc.UploadFile(url, fileToPost);
}
else if (dataToPost != null)
{
responseBytes = wc.UploadValues(url, dataToPost);
}
else
{
responseBytes = wc.DownloadData(url);
}
}
return(responseBytes);
}
catch (WebException) {
Thread.Sleep(msWait);
retries--;
msWait *= 2;
if (retries == 0)
{
throw;
}
}
}
throw new Exception("Could not retrieve a response from " + this.Server);
}
public byte[] GetResponseFromUrl(string url)
{
// If we have a file to post, do a POST with the file as the payload, otherwise
// do a simple GET
byte[] responseBytes;
int retries = 6;
int msWait = 200;
while (retries > 0) {
try {
//TODO: WebClient nicely wraps this functionaly but if we need more power
// or diagnostics we might move to other WebRequest types that are available.
using (CustomWebClient wc = new CustomWebClient()) {
if (fileToPost != null)
responseBytes = wc.UploadFile(url, fileToPost);
else
responseBytes = wc.DownloadData(url);
}
return responseBytes;
}
catch (WebException) {
Thread.Sleep(msWait);
retries--;
msWait *= 2;
if (retries == 0) {
throw;
}
}
}
throw new Exception("Could not retrieve a response from " + this.Server);
}
