Throw exceptions instead of trying to recover

BritishHorseRacingApi/ApiClient.cs

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ namespace BritishHorseRacingApi
             var response = await _client.SendAsync(message);
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
-                throw new Exception("Token not retrieved");
+                throw new ApiResponseException("Token not retrieved:" + response.Content);
             }
 
             var content = response.Content;
-            while (content.StartsWith("<") || content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
+            if (content.StartsWith("<") || content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
             {
                 await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_waitTimeAfterFail));
                 if (content.StartsWith("<"))
@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@ namespace BritishHorseRacingApi
                 }             
                 response = await _client.SendAsync(message);
                 content = response.Content;
-                if (content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
+                if (content.StartsWith("<") || content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
                 {
-                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
-                    Trace.WriteLine("Waiting after conntect fail");
+                    throw new ApiResponseException("Failed to get token. Response: " + content);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -262,16 +261,18 @@ namespace BritishHorseRacingApi
             }
 
             var content = response.Content;
-            while (content.StartsWith("<") || content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
+            if(content.StartsWith("<") || content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
             {
                 Trace.WriteLine("Content not valid requerying. Content: "+ content);
-                if (!content.StartsWith("<"))
-                {
-                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
-                    response = await SendRequest(endpoint);
-                    content = response.Content;
-                    continue;
-                }
+                await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_waitTimeAfterFail));
+
+                if (content.StartsWith("<"))
+                    await GetNewToken();
+
+                response = await SendRequest(endpoint);
+                content = response.Content;
+                if (content.StartsWith("<") || content.StartsWith("Error: \"Failed to connect"))
+                    throw new ApiResponseException($"Error in response: {content}");
 
                 await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(_waitTimeAfterFail));
                 await GetNewToken();
@@ -285,7 +286,7 @@ namespace BritishHorseRacingApi
 
             if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
-                throw new Exception($"Unexpected error: {content}" );
+                throw new ApiResponseException($"Unexpected error: {content}" );
             }
 
             if(preDeserilizationValidation != null && !preDeserilizationValidation(JToken.Parse(content)))

BritishHorseRacingApi/ApiResponseException.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace BritishHorseRacingApi
+{
+    [Serializable]
+    internal class ApiResponseException : Exception
+    {
+        public ApiResponseException()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ApiResponseException(string message) : base(message)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ApiResponseException(string message, Exception innerException) : base(message, innerException)
+        {
+        }
+
+        protected ApiResponseException(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) : base(info, context)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}