/// <summary>
/// creates a HttpPostDataCollection instance from a POST data string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="postdata">
/// the POST data string
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// a HttpPostDataCollection instance from the given POST data string
/// </returns>
public static HttpPostDataCollection FromString(string postdata)
{
HttpPostDataCollection col = new HttpPostDataCollection();
string[] pds = postdata.Split('&');
foreach (string[] pdkvp in pds.Select(pd => pd.Split('=')))
{
if (pdkvp.Length != 2)
{
throw new ArgumentException("malformed postdata", "postdata");
}
col.Add(new HttpPostData(pdkvp[0], pdkvp[1]));
}
return(col);
}
/// <summary>
/// sends a HTTP POST request to a given URL with given POST data and a optional referer
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TRespType">
/// return type of the Post request
/// </typeparam>
/// <param name="url">
/// the URL to send the post request to
/// </param>
/// <param name="postdata">
/// the POST data
/// </param>
/// <param name="referer">
/// the referer to send the request from
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// the response as TRespType
/// </returns>
public TRespType Post <TRespType>(string url, HttpPostDataCollection postdata, string referer = null)
where TRespType : class
{
return(this.Post <TRespType>(url, postdata.ToString(), referer));
}
