private async Task UpdateTopic()

in code/PublishToEmbeddedSocial/EmbeddedSocial/EmbeddedSocial.cs [181:225]
36 lines of code
9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

        private async Task UpdateTopic(string topicName, string topicTitle, string topicText, string topicCategory)
        {
            // get the handle for the topic name
            HttpOperationResponse<GetTopicByNameResponse> getTopicByNameOperationResponse = await this.client.Topics.GetTopicByNameWithHttpMessagesAsync(topicName: topicName, publisherType: PublisherType.App, authorization: this.authorization);

            // check response
            if (getTopicByNameOperationResponse == null || getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Response == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("got null response");
            }
            else if (!getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                throw new Exception("request failed with HTTP code: " + getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Response.StatusCode + ", and reason: " + getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Response.ReasonPhrase);
            }
            else if (getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Body == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("got null response body");
            }
            else if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Body.TopicHandle))
            {
                throw new Exception("topicHandle is null or whitespace");
            }

            // format the updated topic request
            string topicHandle = getTopicByNameOperationResponse.Body.TopicHandle;
            PutTopicRequest updatedTopic = new PutTopicRequest()
            {
                Text = topicText,
                Title = topicTitle,
                Categories = topicCategory,
            };

            // submit the updated topic request
            HttpOperationResponse putTopicOperationResponse = await this.client.Topics.PutTopicWithHttpMessagesAsync(topicHandle: topicHandle, request: updatedTopic, authorization: this.authorization);

            // check response
            if (putTopicOperationResponse == null || putTopicOperationResponse.Response == null)
            {
                throw new Exception("got null response");
            }
            else if (!putTopicOperationResponse.Response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
            {
                throw new Exception("request failed with HTTP code: " + putTopicOperationResponse.Response.StatusCode + ", and reason: " + putTopicOperationResponse.Response.ReasonPhrase);
            }
        }