aswi2022bug-thugs-gitlab/ld_client/LDClient/network/HttpClient.cs @ a155a763

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using LDClient.network.data;

namespace LDClient.network {
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Implementation of IHttpClient which defines the functionality
    /// of a HTTP client that is used by the API client to send data to the server. 
    /// </summary>
    public class HttpClient : IHttpClient{

        /// <summary>
        /// Instance of System.Net.Http.HttpClient
        /// </summary>
        private readonly System.Net.Http.HttpClient _httpClient;

        /// <summary>
        /// URL to which the HTTP client will connect
        /// </summary>
        private readonly string _uri;
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates an instance of the class
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="uri">URL to which the HTTP client will connect</param>
        public HttpClient(string uri) {
            _httpClient = new System.Net.Http.HttpClient();
            _uri = uri;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Asynchronically sends data in JSON format to the server.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="payload">Payload to be sent to the server</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Task<HttpResponseMessage> PostAsJsonAsync(Payload payload) {
            // Serialize the payload and send it to the server as JSON.
            return _httpClient.PostAsJsonAsync(_uri, payload, new JsonSerializerOptions {
                Converters = {
                    new JsonStringEnumConverter( JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase)
                }
            });

        }
    }
}