I made a post request class that I could re-use to make POST requests to an external api and return the objects they send me (JSON):
class PostRequest
{
private Action<DataUpdateState> Callback;
public PostRequest(string urlPath, string data, Action<DataUpdateState> callback)
{
Callback = callback;
// form the URI
UriBuilder fullUri = new UriBuilder(urlPath);
fullUri.Query = data;
// initialize a new WebRequest
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fullUri.Uri);
request.Method = "POST";
// set up the state object for the async request
DataUpdateState dataState = new DataUpdateState();
dataState.AsyncRequest = request;
// start the asynchronous request
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(HandleResponse),
dataState);
}
private void HandleResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
{
// get the state information
DataUpdateState dataState = (DataUpdateState)asyncResult.AsyncState;
HttpWebRequest dataRequest = (HttpWebRequest)dataState.AsyncRequest;
// end the async request
dataState.AsyncResponse = (HttpWebResponse)dataRequest.EndGetResponse(asyncResult);
if (dataState.AsyncResponse.StatusCode.ToString() == "OK")
{
Callback(dataState); // THIS IS THE LINE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT :)
}
}
}
public class DataUpdateState
{
public HttpWebRequest AsyncRequest { get; set; }
public HttpWebResponse AsyncResponse { get; set; }
}
}
the Callback method gets the datastate object and pushes it to this function:
public void LoadDashboard( DataUpdateState dataResponse )
{
Stream response = dataResponse.AsyncResponse.GetResponseStream();
//Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");
//StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(response, encode);
//readStream.Close();
Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => {
App.RootFrame.Navigate(new Uri("/Interface.xaml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));
});
}
I'm now unsure of how to get the body of that reply that has been sent to me from the API. It is returning a json format, I need to be able to map it to a nice C# class and use it to display stuff on the phone.
I can't find an example that doesn't use JSON.NET (which doesn't have an assembly for windows phone 8)
This is error I get installing HTTPClient class:
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Microsoft.Bcl (≥ 1.1.3)'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Microsoft.Bcl.Build (≥ 1.0.4)'.
Successfully installed 'Microsoft.Bcl.Build 1.0.10'.
Successfully installed 'Microsoft.Bcl 1.1.3'.
Successfully installed 'Microsoft.Net.Http 2.2.13'.
Successfully added 'Microsoft.Bcl.Build 1.0.10' to UnofficialPodio.
Executing script file ***\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.Build.1.0.10\tools\Install.ps1'.
This reference cannot be removed from the project because it is always referenced by the compiler.
This reference cannot be removed from the project because it is always referenced by the compiler.
This reference cannot be removed from the project because it is always referenced by the compiler.
This reference cannot be removed from the project because it is always referenced by the compiler.
Executing script file ***\packages\Microsoft.Bcl.Build.1.0.10\tools\Uninstall.ps1'.
Successfully uninstalled 'Microsoft.Bcl 1.1.3'.
Successfully uninstalled 'Microsoft.Bcl.Build 1.0.10'.
Install failed. Rolling back...
Failed to add reference to 'System.IO'.
"{
\"access_token\": \"123803120312912j\",
\"token_type\": \"bearer\",
\"ref\": {
\"type\": \"user\",
\"id\": 123123
},
\"expires_in\": 28800,
\"refresh_token\": \"234234f23f423q432f\"
}"
...
public class Auth
{
[DataMember(Name = "access_token")]
public string AccessToken { get; set; }
[DataMember(Name = "token_type")]
public string TokenType { get; set; }
[DataMember(Name = "expires_in")]
public string ExpiresIn { get; set; }
[DataMember(Name = "refresh_token")]
public string RefreshToken { get; set; }
//[DataMember(Name = "ref")]
//public string Ref { get; set; }
}