Extensions/BinaryDad.Extensions/RestUtility.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

namespace BinaryDad.Extensions
{
    public class RestUtility
    {
        public const int DefaultTimeout = 30000;

        #region Get

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a GET request with optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T Get<T>(string url, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) => Send(url, HttpMethod.Get, typeof(T), null, additionalHeaders, timeout).To<T>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a GET request with optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string Get(string url, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) =>
            // response type is always a string if no returnObjectType is used
            Send(url, HttpMethod.Get, null, null, additionalHeaders, timeout) as string;

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a GET request with optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="returnObjectType"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object Get(string url, Type returnObjectType, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) => Send(url, HttpMethod.Get, returnObjectType, null, additionalHeaders, timeout);

        #endregion

        #region Post

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a POST request with optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="body"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T Post<T>(string url, object body, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) => Send(url, HttpMethod.Post, typeof(T), body, additionalHeaders, timeout).To<T>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a POST request with optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="body"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string Post(string url, object body, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) =>
            // response type is always a string if no returnObjectType is used
            Send(url, HttpMethod.Post, null, body, additionalHeaders, timeout) as string;

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a POST request with optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="returnObjectType"></param>
        /// <param name="body"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object Post(string url, Type returnObjectType, object body, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) => Send(url, HttpMethod.Post, returnObjectType, body, additionalHeaders, timeout);

        #endregion

        #region Send

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a request with custom method/verb and optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="method"></param>
        /// <param name="body"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static T Send<T>(string url, HttpMethod method, object body = null, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) => Send(url, method, typeof(T), body, additionalHeaders, timeout).To<T>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a request with custom method/verb and optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="method"></param>
        /// <param name="body"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string Send(string url, HttpMethod method, object body = null, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout) => Send(url, method, null, body, additionalHeaders, timeout) as string;

        /// <summary>
        /// Invokes a request with custom method/verb and optional headers
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="url"></param>
        /// <param name="method"></param>
        /// <param name="returnObjectType"></param>
        /// <param name="body"></param>
        /// <param name="additionalHeaders"></param>
        /// <param name="timeout">Timeout of the request in milliseconds</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object Send(string url, HttpMethod method, Type returnObjectType, object body = null, Dictionary<string, string> additionalHeaders = null, int timeout = DefaultTimeout)
        {
            var serializedResponse = string.Empty;

            var request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(url);

            request.Method = method.ToString();
            request.Timeout = timeout;
            request.ContentType = "application/json";
            request.Accept = "application/json, text/javascript, *; q=0.01"; // Accept is a reserved header, so you must modify it rather than add

            // add additional headers
            if (additionalHeaders != null)
            {
                foreach (var key in additionalHeaders.Keys)
                {
                    if (additionalHeaders[key] != null)
                    {
                        request.Headers.Add(key, additionalHeaders[key]);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        request.Headers.Add(key);
                    }
                }
            }

            if (body != null)
            {
                var serializedBody = body.Serialize();
                var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(serializedBody);

                request.ContentLength = bytes.Length;

                using (var writeStream = request.GetRequestStream())
                {
                    writeStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
                }
            }
            else if (method == HttpMethod.Post) // POST requires a content length, set to 0 for null body
            {
                request.ContentLength = 0;
            }

            using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
            {
                if (response.StatusCode < HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
                {
                    // Success	
                    using (var responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
                    {
                        if (responseStream != null)
                        {
                            using (var reader = new StreamReader(responseStream))
                            {
                                serializedResponse = reader.ReadToEnd();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if (returnObjectType != null)
            {
                return serializedResponse.Deserialize(returnObjectType);
            }
            else
            {
                return serializedResponse;
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}