GET and POST functioning

PostmanCloneLibrary/ApiAccess.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace PostmanCloneLibrary;
 
@@ -6,13 +7,42 @@ public class ApiAccess : IApiAccess
 {
 
     private readonly HttpClient _httpClient = new();
+
     public async Task<string> CallApiAsync(
         string url,
-        bool formaOutput = true,
+        string content,
-        HttpAction action = HttpAction.GET
+        HttpAction action = HttpAction.GET,
+        bool formaOutput = true
     )
     {
-        var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url);
+        StringContent stringContent = new(content, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
+        return await CallApiAsync(url, stringContent, action, formaOutput);
+    }
+    public async Task<string> CallApiAsync(
+        string url,
+        HttpContent? content = null,
+        HttpAction action = HttpAction.GET,
+        bool formaOutput = true
+     )
+    {
+        HttpResponseMessage response;
+
+        switch (action)
+        {
+            case HttpAction.GET:
+                response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url);
+                break;
+            case HttpAction.POST:
+                response = await _httpClient.PostAsync(url, content);
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(action), action, null);
+
+        }
+
+
+        //response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(url);
+
         if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
         {
             string json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

PostmanCloneLibrary/Enums.cs

@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ namespace PostmanCloneLibrary;
 
 public enum HttpAction
 {
-    GET
+    GET,
+    POST
 }

PostmanCloneLibrary/IApiAccess.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 
+
 namespace PostmanCloneLibrary
 {
     public interface IApiAccess
     {
-        Task<string> CallApiAsync(string url, bool formaOutput, HttpAction action);
+        Task<string> CallApiAsync(string url, string content, HttpAction action = HttpAction.GET, bool formaOutput = true);
+        Task<string> CallApiAsync(string url, HttpContent? content = null, HttpAction action = HttpAction.GET, bool formaOutput = true);
         bool IsValidUrl(string url);
     }
 }

PostmanCloneUI/Dashboard.Designer.cs

@@ -32,11 +32,18 @@
             apiLabel = new Label();
             apiText = new TextBox();
             callApi = new Button();
-            resultsText = new TextBox();
             statusStrip = new StatusStrip();
             systemStatus = new ToolStripStatusLabel();
-            resultLabel = new Label();
+            httpVerbSelection = new ComboBox();
+            callData = new TabControl();
+            bodyTab = new TabPage();
+            resultsTab = new TabPage();
+            resultsText = new TextBox();
+            bodyText = new TextBox();
             statusStrip.SuspendLayout();
+            callData.SuspendLayout();
+            bodyTab.SuspendLayout();
+            resultsTab.SuspendLayout();
             SuspendLayout();
             // 
             // formHeader
@@ -62,9 +69,9 @@
             // 
             apiText.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Top | AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right;
             apiText.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
-            apiText.Location = new Point(95, 113);
+            apiText.Location = new Point(210, 113);
             apiText.Name = "apiText";
-            apiText.Size = new Size(709, 39);
+            apiText.Size = new Size(594, 39);
             apiText.TabIndex = 2;
             // 
             // callApi
@@ -78,19 +85,6 @@
             callApi.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
             callApi.Click += callApi_Click;
             // 
-            // resultsText
-            // 
-            resultsText.Anchor = AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right;
-            resultsText.BackColor = Color.White;
-            resultsText.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
-            resultsText.Location = new Point(36, 215);
-            resultsText.Multiline = true;
-            resultsText.Name = "resultsText";
-            resultsText.ReadOnly = true;
-            resultsText.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Both;
-            resultsText.Size = new Size(843, 240);
-            resultsText.TabIndex = 4;
-            // 
             // statusStrip
             // 
             statusStrip.BackColor = Color.White;
@@ -109,14 +103,72 @@
             systemStatus.Size = new Size(62, 25);
             systemStatus.Text = "Ready";
             // 
-            // resultLabel
+            // httpVerbSelection
             // 
-            resultLabel.AutoSize = true;
+            httpVerbSelection.DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList;
-            resultLabel.Location = new Point(36, 180);
+            httpVerbSelection.FormattingEnabled = true;
-            resultLabel.Name = "resultLabel";
+            httpVerbSelection.Items.AddRange(new object[] { "GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE" });
-            resultLabel.Size = new Size(88, 32);
+            httpVerbSelection.Location = new Point(95, 112);
-            resultLabel.TabIndex = 6;
+            httpVerbSelection.Name = "httpVerbSelection";
-            resultLabel.Text = "Results";
+            httpVerbSelection.Size = new Size(109, 40);
+            httpVerbSelection.TabIndex = 7;
+            // 
+            // callData
+            // 
+            callData.Controls.Add(bodyTab);
+            callData.Controls.Add(resultsTab);
+            callData.Location = new Point(48, 182);
+            callData.Name = "callData";
+            callData.SelectedIndex = 0;
+            callData.Size = new Size(832, 336);
+            callData.TabIndex = 8;
+            // 
+            // bodyTab
+            // 
+            bodyTab.Controls.Add(bodyText);
+            bodyTab.Location = new Point(4, 41);
+            bodyTab.Name = "bodyTab";
+            bodyTab.Padding = new Padding(3);
+            bodyTab.Size = new Size(824, 291);
+            bodyTab.TabIndex = 0;
+            bodyTab.Text = "Body";
+            bodyTab.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            // 
+            // resultsTab
+            // 
+            resultsTab.Controls.Add(resultsText);
+            resultsTab.Location = new Point(4, 41);
+            resultsTab.Name = "resultsTab";
+            resultsTab.Padding = new Padding(3);
+            resultsTab.Size = new Size(824, 291);
+            resultsTab.TabIndex = 1;
+            resultsTab.Text = "Results";
+            resultsTab.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+            // 
+            // resultsText
+            // 
+            resultsText.BackColor = Color.White;
+            resultsText.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+            resultsText.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+            resultsText.Location = new Point(3, 3);
+            resultsText.Multiline = true;
+            resultsText.Name = "resultsText";
+            resultsText.ReadOnly = true;
+            resultsText.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Both;
+            resultsText.Size = new Size(818, 285);
+            resultsText.TabIndex = 5;
+            // 
+            // bodyText
+            // 
+            bodyText.BackColor = Color.White;
+            bodyText.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.FixedSingle;
+            bodyText.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
+            bodyText.Location = new Point(3, 3);
+            bodyText.Multiline = true;
+            bodyText.Name = "bodyText";
+            bodyText.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Both;
+            bodyText.Size = new Size(818, 285);
+            bodyText.TabIndex = 5;
             // 
             // Dashboard
             // 
@@ -124,9 +176,9 @@
             AutoScaleMode = AutoScaleMode.Font;
             BackColor = Color.White;
             ClientSize = new Size(903, 551);
-            Controls.Add(resultLabel);
+            Controls.Add(callData);
+            Controls.Add(httpVerbSelection);
             Controls.Add(statusStrip);
-            Controls.Add(resultsText);
             Controls.Add(callApi);
             Controls.Add(apiText);
             Controls.Add(apiLabel);
@@ -138,6 +190,11 @@
             Text = "Postman Clone by Tim Corey";
             statusStrip.ResumeLayout(false);
             statusStrip.PerformLayout();
+            callData.ResumeLayout(false);
+            bodyTab.ResumeLayout(false);
+            bodyTab.PerformLayout();
+            resultsTab.ResumeLayout(false);
+            resultsTab.PerformLayout();
             ResumeLayout(false);
             PerformLayout();
         }
@@ -148,9 +205,14 @@
         private Label apiLabel;
         private TextBox apiText;
         private Button callApi;
-        private TextBox resultsText;
         private StatusStrip statusStrip;
-        private Label resultLabel;
         private ToolStripStatusLabel systemStatus;
+        private ComboBox httpVerbSelection;
+        private TabControl callData;
+        private TabPage bodyTab;
+        private TabPage resultsTab;
+        private TabPage tabPage1;
+        private TextBox bodyText;
+        private TextBox resultsText;
     }
 }

PostmanCloneUI/Dashboard.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public partial class Dashboard : Form
     public Dashboard()
     {
         InitializeComponent();
+        httpVerbSelection.SelectedItem = "GET";
     }
 
     private async void callApi_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -21,11 +22,18 @@ public partial class Dashboard : Form
             return;
         }
 
+        HttpAction action;
+        if (Enum.TryParse(httpVerbSelection.SelectedItem!.ToString(), out action) == false)
+        {
+            systemStatus.Text = "Invalid Http Verb";
+            return;
+        }
+
         try
         {
-
+            resultsText.Text = await _apiAccess.CallApiAsync(apiText.Text, bodyText.Text, action);
-
+            callData.SelectedTab = resultsTab;
-            resultsText.Text = await _apiAccess.CallApiAsync(apiText.Text);
+            resultsTab.Focus();
 
             systemStatus.Text = "Ready";
         }