/// <summary>
/// Makes an HTTP with option JSON data serialized from an object
/// and parses the result from JSON back into an object.
/// Assumes that the service returns a JSON response
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TResultType">The type of the object returned</typeparam>
/// <param name="settings"><see cref="HttpRequestSettings"/>
/// Configuration object for the HTTP request made to the server.
/// </param>
/// <returns>deserialized value/object from returned JSON data</returns>
public static TResultType JsonRequest <TResultType>(HttpRequestSettings settings)
{
var client = new HttpUtilsWebClient(settings);
client.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");
string jsonResult;
if (settings.Content != null)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings.ContentType))
{
client.Headers["Content-type"] = settings.ContentType;
}
else
{
client.Headers["Content-type"] = "application/json;charset=utf-8;";
}
if (!settings.IsRawData)
{
settings.CapturedRequestContent = JsonSerializationUtils.Serialize(settings.Content,
throwExceptions: true);
}
else
{
settings.CapturedRequestContent = settings.Content as string;
}
jsonResult = client.UploadString(settings.Url, settings.HttpVerb, settings.CapturedRequestContent);
if (jsonResult == null)
{
return(default(TResultType));
}
}
else
{
jsonResult = client.DownloadString(settings.Url);
}
settings.CapturedResponseContent = jsonResult;
settings.Response = client.Response;
return((TResultType)JsonSerializationUtils.Deserialize(jsonResult, typeof(TResultType), true));
}
/// <summary>
/// Makes an HTTP with option JSON data serialized from an object
/// and parses the result from JSON back into an object.
/// Assumes that the service returns a JSON response
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TResultType">The type of the object returned</typeparam>
/// <param name="settings"><see cref="HttpRequestSettings"/>
/// Configuration object for the HTTP request made to the server.
/// </param>
/// <returns>deserialized value/object from returned JSON data</returns>
public static TResultType JsonRequest <TResultType>(HttpRequestSettings settings)
{
var client = new HttpUtilsWebClient();
if (settings.Credentials != null)
{
client.Credentials = settings.Credentials;
}
if (settings.Proxy != null)
{
client.Proxy = settings.Proxy;
}
client.Headers.Add("Accept", "application/json");
if (settings.Headers != null)
{
foreach (var header in settings.Headers)
{
client.Headers[header.Key] = header.Value;
}
}
string jsonResult;
if (settings.HttpVerb == "GET")
{
jsonResult = client.DownloadString(settings.Url);
}
else
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(settings.ContentType))
{
client.Headers["Content-type"] = settings.ContentType;
}
else
{
client.Headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";
}
if (!settings.IsRawData)
{
settings.CapturedRequestContent = JsonSerializationUtils.Serialize(settings.Content, throwExceptions: true);
}
else
{
settings.CapturedRequestContent = settings.Content as string;
}
jsonResult = client.UploadString(settings.Url, settings.HttpVerb, settings.CapturedRequestContent);
if (jsonResult == null)
{
return(default(TResultType));
}
}
settings.CapturedResponseContent = jsonResult;
settings.Response = client.Response;
return((TResultType)JsonSerializationUtils.Deserialize(jsonResult, typeof(TResultType), true));
}