Comic Vine API

A beautiful .NET API that wraps the awesome Comic Vine REST API.

Requirements

You will need an API key from https://comicvine.com/api.

Usage

There are 3 main ways to find/fetch information:

1. Request a resource by ID
2. Filter a specific type of resource
3. Search for any resource that matches a query

1. Request

For each of the resources, you can esily request a specific item in 1 line of code:

// create the client
var client = new ComicVineClient("<API-KEY>", "<CUSTOM-USER-AGENT>");

// request the Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) character
var cassie = await client.Character.GetAsync(65230);

// print something out
Console.WriteLine($"{cassie.Name} was born on {cassie.Birth}.");

2. Filter

Basic filter with values:

// create the client
var client = new ComicVineClient("<API-KEY>", "<CUSTOM-USER-AGENT>");

// request the female Cain family characters
var females = client.Character.Filter()
    .WithValue(x => x.Name, "Cain")
    .WithValue(x => x.Gender, Gender.Female);

// fetch the first result (all fields)
var first = await females.FirstOrDefaultAsync();

// print something out
Console.WriteLine($"{first.Name} was born on {first.Birth}.");

Filter with reduced fields for smaller payloads:

// create the client
var client = new ComicVineClient("<API-KEY>", "<CUSTOM-USER-AGENT>");

// request the female Cain family characters
var females = client.Character.Filter()
    .WithValue(x => x.Name, "Cain")
    .WithValue(x => x.Gender, Gender.Female);

// just fetch minimal data (id, name, birth)
var smallPayload = females
    .IncludeField(x => x.Id)
    .IncludeField(x => x.Name)
    .IncludeField(x => x.Birth);

// fetch all the results on the page
var page = await smallPayload.ToListAsync();

// fetch all the items on all the pages
foreach (var character in page)
{
    // print something out
    Console.WriteLine($"{character.Name} was born on {character.Birth}.");
}

Iterate over all the results on the server (via multiple API calls):

// create the client
var client = new ComicVineClient("<API-KEY>", "<CUSTOM-USER-AGENT>");

// request the female Cain family characters
var females = client.Character.Filter()
    .WithValue(x => x.Name, "Cain")
    .WithValue(x => x.Gender, Gender.Female);

// fetch all the items on all the pages
await foreach (var character in filter.ToAsyncEnumerable())
{
    // print something out
    Console.WriteLine($"{character.Name} was born on {character.Birth}.");
}

3. Search

TODO: add docs

Progress

TODO: add docs

• Search
• Resources
  • Characters
  • Chats
  • Concepts
  • Episodes
  • Issues
  • Locations
  • Movies
  • Objects
  • Origins
  • People
  • Powers
  • Promos
  • Publishers
  • Series
  • Story Arcs
  • Teams
  • Videos
  • Video Types
  • Video Categories
  • Volumes