static public async Task <Response> Send_OTHERS(this Request request, Action <long[]> onProgress = null)
{
Response response = null;
try
{
#if NET45
var req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(request.Uri);
#else
var req = new HttpWebRequest(request.Uri);
#endif
req.Method = request.Method;
req.AddHeaders(request.Headers);
if (request.Content != null && request.Content.Length > 0)
{
var reqStream = Task.Factory.FromAsync <Stream>(req.BeginGetRequestStream, req.EndGetRequestStream, null).Result;
request.Content.CopyTo(reqStream);
reqStream.Flush();
}
//var res = (HttpWebResponse) await Task.Factory.FromAsync<WebResponse>(req.BeginGetResponse, req.EndGetResponse, null);
// weird problems with some datasoures, replace the above line for the following; this should not block UI cause the public interfaces
// are async
var wr = Task.Factory.FromAsync <WebResponse>(req.BeginGetResponse, req.EndGetResponse, null).Result;
var res = (HttpWebResponse)wr;
var resStream = default(Stream);
if (res.ContentLength > 0)
{
resStream = res.GetResponseStream();
}
response = await Response.Create(res.StatusCode, resStream);
foreach (var name in res.Headers.AllKeys)
{
response.Headers.Add(name, res.Headers[name]);
}
return(response);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw e;
}
}
