Added ability to specify a RouteResponse and RouteRequest as a dynamic. Improved documentation and fixed some null checks that were missing with this change. Bumped package version to 1.7.6

Rest.Net.Example/Program.cs

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net.Example
         }
 
         [RouteGroup("Auth")]
-        [RouteResponse(typeof(JObject))]
+        [RouteResponse(Dynamic = true)]
         public static HttpListenerResponse Dynamic(HttpListenerContext context)
         {
             return context.Response.WithStatus(HttpStatusCode.OK).WithJson(777);

Rest.Net/Rest.Net.csproj

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <AssemblyName>MontoyaTech.Rest.Net</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>MontoyaTech.Rest.Net</RootNamespace>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>True</GenerateDocumentationFile>
-    <Version>1.7.5</Version>
+    <Version>1.7.6</Version>
     <PackageReleaseNotes></PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageIcon>Logo_Symbol_Black_Outline.png</PackageIcon>
   </PropertyGroup>

Rest.Net/RestCSharpClientGenerator.cs

@@ -378,9 +378,9 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
 
             //Generate the route function header
             if (this.StaticCode)
-                writer.Write($"public static {(routeResponse == null ? "void" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType))} {(routeName == null ? methodInfo.Name : routeName.Name)}(");
+                writer.Write($"public static {(routeResponse == null ? "void" : (routeResponse.Dynamic ? "dynamic" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType)))} {(routeName == null ? methodInfo.Name : routeName.Name)}(");
             else
-                writer.Write($"public {(routeResponse == null ? "void" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType))} {(routeName == null ? methodInfo.Name : routeName.Name)}(");
+                writer.Write($"public {(routeResponse == null ? "void" : (routeResponse.Dynamic ? "dynamic" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType)))} {(routeName == null ? methodInfo.Name : routeName.Name)}(");
 
             //Generate the functions parameters
             var parameters = methodInfo.GetParameters();
@@ -397,13 +397,25 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
             if (routeRequest != null)
             {
                 writer.WriteSeparator();
-                writer.Write(this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeRequest.RequestType)).Write(" request");
+
+                if (routeRequest.Dynamic)
+                    writer.Write("dynamic");
+                else
+                    writer.Write(this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeRequest.RequestType));
+
+                writer.Write(" request");
             }
 
             if (routeResponse != null && routeResponse.Parameter)
             {
                 writer.WriteSeparator();
-                writer.Write(this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType)).Write(" input");
+
+                if (routeResponse.Dynamic)
+                    writer.Write("dynamic");
+                else
+                    writer.Write(this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType));
+
+                writer.Write(" input");
             }
 
             writer.WriteLine(")").WriteLine("{").Indent();
@@ -507,7 +519,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
             {
                 writer.WriteBreak().WriteLine("if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)").WriteLine("{").Indent();
 
-                if (routeResponse.ResponseType.IsAssignableTo(typeof(Stream)))
+                if (routeResponse.ResponseType != null && routeResponse.ResponseType.IsAssignableTo(typeof(Stream)))
                 {
                     if (routeResponse.Parameter)
                     {
@@ -532,7 +544,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
 
                     if (routeResponse.Json)
                     {
-                        writer.WriteBreak().WriteLine($"return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<{this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType)}>(content);");
+                        writer.WriteBreak().WriteLine($"return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<{(routeResponse.Dynamic ? "dynamic" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType))}>(content);");
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -599,7 +611,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
                                 break;
 
                             case TypeCode.Object:
-                                throw new NotSupportedException("ResponseType isn't JSON but is an object.");
+                                throw new NotSupportedException("RouteResponse has JSON=false but ResponseType is an object.");
                         }
                     }
                 }

Rest.Net/RestClientGenerator.cs

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
 
                 var routeRequest = methodInfo.GetCustomAttribute<RouteRequest>();
 
-                if (routeRequest != null)
+                if (routeRequest != null && routeRequest.RequestType != null)
                 {
                     var types = this.FindTypeDependencies(routeRequest.RequestType);
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
 
                 var routeResponse = methodInfo.GetCustomAttribute<RouteResponse>();
 
-                if (routeResponse != null)
+                if (routeResponse != null && routeResponse.ResponseType != null)
                 {
                     var types = this.FindTypeDependencies(routeResponse.ResponseType);
 

Rest.Net/RestJavascriptClientGenerator.cs

@@ -496,11 +496,11 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
 
             //Generate request doc if any
             if (routeRequest != null)
-                writer.WriteLine($"@param {{{this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeRequest.RequestType)}}} request");
+                writer.WriteLine($"@param {{{(routeRequest.Dynamic ? "Any" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeRequest.RequestType))}}} request");
 
             //Generate response doc if any
             if (routeResponse != null)
-                writer.WriteLine($"@returns {{{this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType)}}}");
+                writer.WriteLine($"@returns {{{(routeResponse.Dynamic ? "Any" : this.GetTypeFullyResolvedName(routeResponse.ResponseType))}}}");
 
             writer.WriteLine("@throws {Response} If response status was not ok.");
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
             {
                 writer.WriteBreak().WriteLine("if (response.ok) {").Indent();
 
-                if (routeResponse.ResponseType.IsAssignableTo(typeof(Stream)))
+                if (routeResponse.ResponseType != null && routeResponse.ResponseType.IsAssignableTo(typeof(Stream)))
                 {
                     if (routeResponse.Parameter)
                     {

Rest.Net/RouteRequest.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
         /// </summary>
         public bool Json = true;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether or not the request is a dynamic type. Default is false.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool Dynamic = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a default route request.
         /// </summary>

Rest.Net/RouteResponse.cs

@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@ namespace MontoyaTech.Rest.Net
         public bool Json = true;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether or not the response is passed as a parameter to the route function.
+        /// Whether or not the response is passed as a parameter to the route function. Default is false.
         /// </summary>
         public bool Parameter = false;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether or not the response is a dynamic type. Default is false.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool Dynamic = false;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a default route response.
         /// </summary>