Sample: Web access from a sandboxed plug-in
Applies To: Dynamics 365 (online), Dynamics 365 (on-premises), Dynamics CRM 2016, Dynamics CRM Online
Requirements
This sample code is for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online & on-premises). Download the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK package. It can be found in the following location in the download package:
SDK\SampleCode\CS\Plugins\WebClientPlugin.cs
Register the compiled plug-in to run in the sandbox on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 server.
Demonstrates
Demonstrates how to code a plug-in that has Web (network) access and be registered in the sandbox.
Example
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
// Microsoft Dynamics CRM namespace(s)
using Microsoft.Xrm.Sdk;
namespace Microsoft.Crm.Sdk.Samples
{
/// <summary>
/// A sandboxed plug-in that can access network (Web) resources.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Register this plug-in in the sandbox. You can provide an unsecure string
/// during registration that specifies the Web address (URI) to access from the plug-in.
/// </remarks>
public sealed class WebClientPlugin : IPlugin
{
private string webAddress;
/// <summary>
/// The plug-in constructor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="config">The Web address to access. An empty or null string
/// defaults to accessing www.bing.com. The Web address can use the HTTP or
/// HTTPS protocol.</param>
public WebClientPlugin(string config)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(config))
{
webAddress = "https://www.bing.com";
}
else
{
webAddress = config;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Main execute method that is required by the IPlugin interface. Uses the WebClient
/// .NET class to access the target Web address.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="serviceProvider">The service provider from which you can obtain the
/// tracing service, plug-in execution context, organization service, and more.</param>
public void Execute(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
{
//Extract the tracing service for use in plug-in debugging.
ITracingService tracingService =
(ITracingService)serviceProvider.GetService(typeof(ITracingService));
try
{
tracingService.Trace("Downloading the target URI: " + webAddress);
try
{
// Download the target URI using a Web client. Any .NET class that uses the
// HTTP or HTTPS protocols and a DNS lookup should work.
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
byte[] responseBytes = client.DownloadData(webAddress);
string response = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes);
tracingService.Trace(response);
// For demonstration purposes, throw an exception so that the response
// is shown in the trace dialog of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM user interface.
throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException("WebClientPlugin completed successfully.");
}
}
catch (WebException exception)
{
string str = string.Empty;
if (exception.Response != null)
{
using (StreamReader reader =
new StreamReader(exception.Response.GetResponseStream()))
{
str = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
exception.Response.Close();
}
if (exception.Status == WebExceptionStatus.Timeout)
{
throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException(
"The timeout elapsed while attempting to issue the request.", exception);
}
throw new InvalidPluginExecutionException(String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
"A Web exception occurred while attempting to issue the request. {0}: {1}",
exception.Message, str), exception);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
tracingService.Trace("Exception: {0}", e.ToString());
throw;
}
}
}
}
See Also
IPlugin
ITracingService
Plug-in development
Write a plug-in
Plug-in isolation, trusts, and statistics
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