/// <summary>
/// Executes an HTTP POST against the Url specified with the supplied post data,
/// returning the entire response body in string form.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url">The URL to post to</param>
/// <param name="postData">The x-www-form-urlencoded data to post to the URL</param>
/// <param name="requireHttp200">
/// Boolean indicating whether or not to return
/// null if the repsonse status code is not 200 (OK).
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The response body or null if the response status is required to
/// be 200 (OK) but is not
/// </returns>
internal static string PerformHttpPost(string url, string postData, bool requireHttp200) {
var restClient = new RestClient();
BodyContent content = new WwwFormUrlEncodedContent(postData);
var response = restClient.Post(url, content);
if (requireHttp200 || response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
return null;
return response.Body;
}
public void CanConstructContentFromObjectProperties()
{
var objectSource = new
{
Value1="Alpha",
Value2="Bravo",
Value3="Charlie",
};
var content = new WwwFormUrlEncodedContent(objectSource);
Assert.That(content.MediaType, Is.EqualTo("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
using (var reader = new StreamReader(content.AsStream()))
{
var contentString = reader.ReadToEnd();
Assert.That(contentString, Is.EqualTo("Value1=Alpha&Value2=Bravo&Value3=Charlie"));
}
}
public void CanConstructContentFromDictionaryWithCharactersNeedingEscaping()
{
var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{"Value1", "Al&pha"},
{"Value2", "Bra<vo Beta"},
{"Value3", "Char\"lie"},
};
var content = new WwwFormUrlEncodedContent(dictionary);
Assert.That(content.MediaType, Is.EqualTo("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
using (var reader = new StreamReader(content.AsStream()))
{
var contentString = reader.ReadToEnd();
Assert.That(contentString, Is.EqualTo("Value1=Al%26pha&Value2=Bra%3cvo+Beta&Value3=Char%22lie"));
}
}
public void CanConstructContentFromDictionary()
{
var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{"Value1", "Alpha"},
{"Value2", "Bravo"},
{"Value3", "Charlie"},
};
var content = new WwwFormUrlEncodedContent(dictionary);
Assert.That(content.MediaType, Is.EqualTo("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
using (var reader = new StreamReader(content.AsStream()))
{
var contentString = reader.ReadToEnd();
Assert.That(contentString, Is.EqualTo("Value1=Alpha&Value2=Bravo&Value3=Charlie"));
}
}