Program.cs

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using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace UriHtpStatus
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args == null || args.Count() == 0)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The syntax of the command is incorrect.");
            }
            else
            {
                if (args[0].Equals("-h", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) ||
                    args[0].Equals("-help", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) ||
                    args[0].Equals("/h", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) ||
                    args[0].Equals("/help", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) ||
                    args[0].Equals("/?", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Checks the HTTP status of URI. This command requires Internet access if the URI is on the Internet.\n");
                    Console.WriteLine("UriHtpStatus [-text | -numeric] uri");
                    Console.WriteLine("-text   \tGet HTTP Status of the uri and return the status in text representation.");
                    Console.WriteLine("-numeric\tGet HTTP Status of the uri and return the status in numeric representation.");
                    Console.WriteLine("uri     \tURI that you need to check status for.\n");
                    Console.WriteLine("You can only use one option, either -text or -numeric and you cannot use both together.\n");
                }
                else
                {
                    if (args.Count() != 2)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("The syntax of the command is incorrect.");
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (args[0].Equals("-text", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine(HttpOperations.GetHttpResponseCode(args[1]).ToString());
                        }

                        if (args[0].Equals("-numeric", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine(((int)HttpOperations.GetHttpResponseCode(args[1])).ToString());
                        }
                    }
                }


#if DEBUG
                Console.ReadLine();
#endif

            }
        }
    }
}