public HttpRequestInfo(string url, RequestType requestType, HttpContentToSend content)
{
this.url = url;
this.requestType = requestType;
this.content = content;
}
public HttpRequestInfo(string url, RequestType type, HttpContentToSend content, AuthenticationHeader authentication) : this(url, type, content)
{
this.authentication = authentication;
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends a http request
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The data needed for sending the request(url, type, ...)</param>
/// <returns>String response from the http request</returns>
/// <exception cref="URLNotSuppliedException">No Url was supplied</exception>
/// <exception cref="HttpRequestFailedException">Error happened when attempting to send request</exception>
/// <exception cref="HttpFailedStatusCodeException">A bad status was returned from the request</exception>
public static string SendHttpRequest(HttpRequestInfo data)
{
string responseText = string.Empty;
//string url = data.GetURL();
Uri requestUri = data.GetURI();
RequestType type = data.GetRequestType();
HttpContentToSend content = data.GetContent();
if (data.GetURI() == null)
{
throw new EmptyOrInvalidUriException("No url was specified");
}
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient()){
if (data.GetHeader() == null)
{
//todo make authorization work
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = data.GetHeader();
}
/* Ignore bad certificates -- Remove for production */
//todo make certificates work
ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback = delegate { return(true); };
HttpResponseMessage response = null;
// Request times out after 5 seconds
//todo Add in option to pass in timeout
//client.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 5);
try{
if (type == RequestType.Get)
{
requestUri = new Uri(requestUri, string.Concat("?", content.GetContentString()));
response = client.GetAsync(requestUri).Result;
}
else if (type == RequestType.Post)
{
response = client.PostAsync(requestUri, content.GetContent()).Result;
}
else if (type == RequestType.Put)
{
response = client.PutAsync(requestUri, content.GetContent()).Result;
}
else if (type == RequestType.Delete)
{
response = client.DeleteAsync(requestUri).Result;
}
else
{
response = client.GetAsync(requestUri).Result;
}
}catch (Exception excep) {
throw new HttpRequestFailedException("Http request could not be finished, likely a bad/unreachable url(" + requestUri.ToString() + ")", excep);
}
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
using (HttpContent responseContent = response.Content){
responseText = responseContent.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
}
}
else
{
//throw new HttpFailedStatusCodeException("Http request returned failing status code" + response.StatusCode);
throw new HttpFailedStatusCodeException(responseText + response.StatusCode);
}
}
return(responseText);
}