feature: Add Additional Options for Generic Http Client

Feature: Add constructor to set client options

feature: Add overloaded methods to set Request Types for Client Requests

essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/GenericHttpClient.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using Crestron.SimplSharp;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using Crestron.SimplSharp.Net.Http;
+using Crestron.SimplSharp.Ssh;
+using Crestron.SimplSharpPro.EthernetCommunication;
 using PepperDash.Core;
-using PepperDash.Core.DebugThings;
 
 namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 {
@@ -17,52 +16,130 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 		public GenericHttpClient(string key, string name, string hostname)
 			: base(key, name)
 		{
-			Client = new HttpClient();
-			Client.HostName = hostname;
-			
-			
+			Client = new HttpClient {HostName = hostname};
 		}
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// 
+	    public GenericHttpClient(string key, string name, string hostname, GenericHttpClientConnectionOptions options)
+	        : base(key, name)
+	    {
+	        Client = new HttpClient
+	        {
+	            HostName = hostname,
+	            Accept = options.Accept,
+	            KeepAlive = options.KeepAlive,
+	            Password = options.Password,
+	            Timeout = options.Timeout,
+	            TimeoutEnabled = options.TimeoutEnabled,
+	            UserAgent = options.UserAgent,
+	            UserName = options.UserName,
+	            Version = options.Version
+	        };
+	        if (options.Port > 0) Client.Port = options.Port;
+	    }
+
+	    /// <summary>
+		/// Send a HTTP Get Request to a client
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="path"></param>
-		public void SendText(string path)
-		{
-			HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-			string url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, path);
-			request.Url = new UrlParser(url);
-			HttpClient.DISPATCHASYNC_ERROR error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request); 
-		}
-		public void SendText(string format, params object[] items)
-		{
-			HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-			string url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
-			request.Url = new UrlParser(url);
-			HttpClient.DISPATCHASYNC_ERROR error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request);
-		}
+		/// <param name="path">Path to request node</param>
+        public void SendText(string path)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, path);
+            var request = new HttpClientRequest()
+            {
+                Url = new UrlParser(url)
+            };
+            var error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request);
+        }
 
-		public void SendTextNoResponse(string format, params object[] items)
-		{
-			HttpClientRequest request = new HttpClientRequest();
-			string url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
-			request.Url = new UrlParser(url);
-			Client.Dispatch(request);
-		}
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send a HTTP Get Request to a client using a formatted string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="format">Path</param>
+        /// <param name="items">Parameters for Path String Formatting</param>
+        public void SendText(string format, params object[] items)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
+            var request = new HttpClientRequest()
+            {
+                Url = new UrlParser(url)
+            };
+            var error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send a unidirectional HTTP Get Request to a client using a formatted string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="format">Path</param>
+        /// <param name="items">Parameters for Path String Formatting</param>
+        public void SendTextNoResponse(string format, params object[] items)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
+            var request = new HttpClientRequest()
+            {
+                Url = new UrlParser(url)
+            };
+            Client.Dispatch(request);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send an HTTP Request of a specific request type
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="requestType">HTTP Request Type</param>
+        /// <param name="path">Path to request node</param>
+        public void SendText(RequestType requestType, string path)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, path);
+            var request = new HttpClientRequest()
+            {
+                Url = new UrlParser(url),
+                RequestType = requestType
+            };
+            var error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send an HTTP Request of a specific request type using a formatted string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="requestType">HTTP Request Type</param>
+        /// <param name="format">Path</param>
+        /// <param name="items">Parameters for Path String Formatting</param>
+        public void SendText(RequestType requestType, string format, params object[] items)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
+            var request = new HttpClientRequest()
+            {
+                Url = new UrlParser(url),
+                RequestType = requestType
+            };
+            var error = Client.DispatchAsyncEx(request, Response, request);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Send a unidirectional HTTP Request of a specific request type using a formatted string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="requestType">HTTP Request Type</param>
+        /// <param name="format">Path</param>
+        /// <param name="items">Parameters for Path String Formatting</param>
+        public void SendTextNoResponse(RequestType requestType, string format, params object[] items)
+        {
+            var url = string.Format("http://{0}/{1}", Client.HostName, string.Format(format, items));
+            var request = new HttpClientRequest()
+            {
+                Url = new UrlParser(url)
+            };
+            Client.Dispatch(request);
+        }
 
 		private void Response(HttpClientResponse response, HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR error, object request)
 		{
-			if (error == HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR.COMPLETED)
-			{
-				var responseReceived = response;
-
-				if (responseReceived.ContentString.Length > 0)
-				{
-					if (ResponseRecived != null)
-						ResponseRecived(this, new GenericHttpClientEventArgs(responseReceived.ContentString, (request as HttpClientRequest).Url.ToString(), error));
-				}
-			}
+		    if (error != HTTP_CALLBACK_ERROR.COMPLETED) return;
+		    var responseReceived = response;
 
+		    if (responseReceived.ContentString.Length <= 0) return;
+		    if (ResponseRecived == null) return;
+		    var httpClientRequest = request as HttpClientRequest;
+		    if (httpClientRequest != null)
+		        ResponseRecived(this, new GenericHttpClientEventArgs(responseReceived.ContentString, httpClientRequest.Url.ToString(), error));
 		}
 
 
@@ -100,6 +177,8 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 
 		#endregion
 	}
+
+
 	public class GenericHttpClientEventArgs : EventArgs
 	{
 		public string ResponseText { get; private set; }
@@ -112,4 +191,84 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
 			Error = error;
 		}
 	}
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Objedct to set parameters for HTTP Requests
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GenericHttpClientConnectionOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets content types that are acceptable for the response. The default
+        ///     value is "text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, */*".
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue("text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png")]
+        public string Accept { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Controls whether to use HTTP Keep-Alive to keep the connection alive between
+        ///     requests. If enabled (true) , once a request is made and a connection is
+        ///     established, this connection is kept open and used for future requests. If
+        ///     disabled, the connection is closed, and a new connection is created for future
+        ///     requests.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(true)]
+        public bool KeepAlive { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     This property controls whether the request operation will do an automatic
+        ///     timeout checking. If timeout handling is turned on (i.e. this property is
+        ///     set to true) and a request takes longer than Timeout, it will be terminated.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(true)]
+        public bool TimeoutEnabled { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the maximum amount of time (in seconds) that a client will wait
+        ///     for a server response within a single request. The default value is 60 seconds
+        ///     (1 minute).  The timeout handling can be activated via the TimeoutEnabled
+        ///     property.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue(60)]
+        public int Timeout { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the version identifier of the UserAgent. Can be used to mimic
+        ///     particular browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue("1.1")]
+        public string Version { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the identifier of the software being used to retrieve data via
+        ///     the URL. Some custom HTTP servers check this HTTP header to provide content
+        ///     optimized for particular HTTP browsers.
+        /// </summary>
+        [DefaultValue("Crestron SimplSharp HTTP Client")]
+        public string UserAgent { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///    Name that will be inserted into the Authorization HTTP header in the request
+        ///    to the server.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string UserName { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Password that will be inserted into the Authorization HTTP header in the
+        ///     request to the server.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Password { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The server Port that you intend the client to connect to.  If you do not
+        ///     assign a port number on this property, the port number in the parsed URL
+        ///     will be used. If a port number is assigned in the parsed URL, it will take
+        ///     precedence over this property.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     If you do not assign a port number on this property, the port number in the
+        ///     parsed URL will be used.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// 
+        public int Port { get; set; }
+    }
 }