RestSharp recommend usage

[darknoobie]

Good afternoon forum,
I have a project that uses RestSharp. When I make a request such as a POST I get a session cookie in return which is dropped into a Cookie Container. This all easy if I only use it on 1 form. How would I go bout having the cookie container present in all forms. I currently create a new client per request and close it when I'm done. Should I just create the Cookie Container as a global in my Mainform and pass it to the client everytime its created or is there a better use.

[jmcilhinney]

There's nothing "global" about something declared in the main form. The whole point of "global" is that it can be accessed anywhere, which generally means in a module in VB. That said, if the main form is where you create all the clients then a member variable in the main form to store the cookie container is quite appropriate. I'd be inclined to create a class whose job it was to manage the cookie container and all the clients though.

[darknoobie]

This is my MainForm Code.

Public Class MainMenu

    Public Authenticated = False
    Public GlobCookieJar As CookieContainer

    Private Sub MainMenu_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        If Not Authenticated Then
            Login.ShowDialog()
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

This is my restsharp class:

Public Class MyApi

    Private Url As String = My.Settings.url
    Private _CookieJar As CookieContainer
    Private httpclient As RestClient

    Sub New(ByVal CookieJar As CookieContainer)
        _CookieJar = CookieJar

    End Sub

    Function Login(ByVal EmployeeId As String, ByVal PinNumber As String) As Boolean
        httpclient = New RestClient("http://127.0.0.1:3000")
        httpclient.CookieContainer = _CookieJar
        Dim request = New RestRequest("/login", Method.POST)
        request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Json
        request.AddBody(New With {.empId = EmployeeId, .pin = PinNumber})
        Dim response As RestResponse = httpclient.Execute(request)
        If Not response.StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK Then
            Return False
        End If
        Return True
    End Function

End Class

Usage:

dim client = new MyApi(GlobCookieJar)
client.Login("1234", "1234")

The GlobCookieJar contains a session cookie which I pass to the server in order to authenticate the user. So I must keep it global so different forms can make the api calls and be authenticated. If there is an easier way please let me know. The reason I put it in the MainForm its becuase I know the mainform is available through whole program. Thank you