Method SendDataToServer

GameEvents/EventLogger.cpp:90–162

* @brief Pushes the queue of events to the endpoint server * @details if failure occurs, will re-try 5 times until success * @return true/false, indicating successful network request * @usage Should not be directly called. A worker thread is created in the class constructor to handle data pushes */

 * @usage  Should not be directly called. A worker thread is created in the class constructor to handle data pushes
 */
bool EventLogger::SendDataToServer()
{
	if (this->ServerEndpoint.empty())
	{
		Logger::log(Err, "Server endpoint is not set. Cannot send event data.");
		return false;
	}

	int sendFailureCount = 0;

	while (true)
	{
		GameEvent event;

		{
			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
			if (eventQueue.empty())
				break;

			event = eventQueue.front();
			eventQueue.pop();
		}

		if (event.details.empty() || event.playerID.empty() || event.timestamp == 0)
			continue;

		json j =
		{
			{"type", static_cast<int>(event.type)},
			{"playerID", event.playerID},
			{"timestamp", event.timestamp},
			{"details", event.details}
		};

		HttpRequest request;
		request.url = ServerEndpoint;
		request.cookie = "";
		request.body = j.dump();
		request.requestHeaders =
		{
		    "Content-Type: application/json",
		    "Accept: application/json",
		    "User-Agent: GameEventLogger/1.0"
		};

		if (!HttpClient::PostRequest(request) || (request.responseHeaders.empty() && sendFailureCount < 5) )
		{
			Logger::log(Err, "Failed to send event data to server.");
			sendFailureCount++;

			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
			eventQueue.push(event);
			continue;
		}
		else if (sendFailureCount >= 5)
		{
			Logger::log(Err, "Failed to send event data after multiple attempts.");
			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);