.NET library for UserApp

Getting started

Finding your App Id and Token

If you don't have a UserApp account, you need to create one.

• App Id: The App Id identifies your app. After you have logged in, you should see your App Id instantly. If you're having trouble finding it, follow this guide.

• Token: A token authenticates a user on your app. If you want to create a token for your logged in user, follow this guide. If you want to authenticate using a username/password, you can acquire your token by calling api.User.Login(...);

Referencing the library

To reference the library you need to add UserApp using NuGet. If you're unfamiliar with adding NuGet references, read more about it here: http://docs.nuget.org/docs/start-here/Managing-NuGet-Packages-Using-The-Dialog

Creating your first client

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("YOUR APP ID");

Additional ways of creating a client

If you want to create a client with additional options the easiest way is to pass an anonymous object with the options as shown below.

dynamic api = new UserApp.API(new {
    Debug = true,
    ThrowErrors = false
});

If you pass a string value into the constructor the first argument will be treated as the App Id, the second as the Token. If you pass an anonymous object then it will always be treated as additional options. I.e. some valid constructs are:

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("MY APP ID");

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("MY APP ID", new {
    Option = "some value"
});

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("MY APP ID", "MY TOKEN", new {
    Option = "some value"
});

Calling services and methods

This client has no hard-coded API definitions built into it. It merly acts as a proxy which means that you'll never have to update the client once new API methods are released or changed. If you want to call a method all you have to do is look at the API documentation and follow the convention below:

dynamic result = api.[Service].[Method](argument: value, otherArgument: "otherValue");

Some examples

The API user.login and its arguments login and password translates to:

var loginResult = api.User.Login(
    login: "test",
    password: test"
);

The API user.invoice.search and its argument user_id translates to:

var invoices = api.User.Invoice.Search(
    userId: "test123"
);

The API property.save and its arguments name, type and default_value translates to:

var property = api.Property.Save(
    name: "my new property",
    type: "boolean",
    defaultValue: true
);

The API user.logout without any arguments translates to:

api.User.Logout();

Configuration

Options determine the configuration of a client. If no options are passed to a client, the options will automatically be inherited from the client global options (UserApp.ClientOptions.GetGlobal()).

Available options

• Version (Version): Version of the API to call against. Default 1.
• App Id (AppId): App to authenticate against. Default null.
• Token (Token): Token to authenticate with. Default null.
• Debug mode (Debug): Log steps performed when sending/recieving data from UserApp. Default: false.
• Secure mode (Secure): Call the API using HTTPS. Default: true.
• Base address (BaseAddress): The address to call against. Default: api.userapp.io.
• Throw errors (ThrowErrors): Whether or not to throw an exception when response is an error. I.e. result {"error_code":"SOME_ERROR","message":"Some message"} results in an exception of type UserApp.Exceptions.ServiceException.

Setting options

Options can either be set in global or local scope. Global is the scope in which all clients inherit their default options from.

Global scope

Global options can be set using

UserApp.API.SetGlobalOptions(new {
    AppId = "MY APP ID",
    Token = "MY TOKEN"
});

Local scope

The easiest way to set a local scoped option is to do it in the constructor when creating a new client.

dynamic api = new UserApp.API(new {
    Debug = true,
    ThrowErrors = false
});

If you want to set an option after the client has been created you can do it as shown below.

api.GetOptions().Debug = true;

Setting multiple options is done almost the same way.

api.SetOptions(new {
    Debug = true,
    ThrowErrors = false
});

Example code

A more detailed set of examples can be found in /examples.

Example code (sign up a new user)

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("YOUR APP-ID");

var newUser = api.User.Save(
   login: "johndoe81",
   password: "iwasfirst!111"
);

Example code (logging in and updating a user)

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("YOUR APP-ID");

api.User.Login(
   login: "johndoe81",
   password: "iwasfirst!111"
);

api.User.Save(
   userId: "self",
   firstName: "John",
   lastName: "Doe"
);

api.User.Logout();

Example code (finding a specific user)

dynamic api = new UserApp.API("YOUR APP-ID", "YOUR TOKEN");

var searchResult = api.User.Search(
   filters: new {
       query: "*bob*"
   },
   sort: new {
       createdAt: "desc"
   }
);

var items = searchResult.items;

Versioning

If you want to configure the client to call a specific API version you can do it by either setting the version option, or by calling the client using the convention api.V[version number]. If no version is set it will automatically default to 1.

Examples

Since no version has been specified, this call will be made against version 1 (default).

api.User.Login(login: "test", password: "test");

Since the version has been explicitly specified using options, the call will be made against version 2.

dynamic api = new UserApp.API(new { Version = 2 });
api.User.Login(login: "test", password: "test");

Since the version has been explicitly specified, the call will be made against version 3.

api.V3.User.Login(login: "test", password: "test");

Error handling

Debugging

Sometimes to debug an API error it's important to see what is being sent/recieved from the calls that one make to understand the underlying reason. If you're interested in seeing these logs, you can set the client option Debug to true, then hook into the log event stream and output it to the console as shown below.

var options = api.GetOptions() as ClientOptions;
options.Logger.OnLogAdded += (log) => {
    Console.WriteLine(log);
};

Catching errors

When the option ThrowErrors is set to true (default) the client will automatically throw a UserApp.Exceptions.ServiceException exception when a call results in an error. I.e.

try
{
	api.User.Save(userId: "invalid user id");
}
catch(UserApp.Exceptions.ServiceException exception)
{
	switch(exception.GetErrorCode()){
        // Handle specific error
        case "INVALID_ARGUMENT_USER_ID":
			throw new Exception("User does not exist");
		default:
			throw;
    }
}

Setting ThrowErrors to false is more of a way to tell the client to be silent. This will not throw any service specific exceptions. Though, it might throw a UserApp.Exceptions.UserAppException, UserApp.Exceptions.InvalidServiceException, or UserApp.Exceptions.InvalidMethodException.

var result = api.User.Save(userId: "invalid user id");

if((result as IDictionary<string, Object>) != null && result.ContainsKey("error_code")){
    if(result.error_code == "INVALID_ARGUMENT_USER_ID"){
        // Handle specific error
    }
}

Solving issues

See what is being sent to/from UserApp

1. Set the client option Debug to true (see section options for more details on setting client options). If no logger is set, this automatically adds a MemoryLogger to your API client. The logger is retrievable using api.GetOptions().Logger.
2. Like above, set the option ThrowErrors to false. This disables any error exceptions (UserApp.Exceptions.ServiceException) being thrown.
3. Make the API calls that you want to debug. E.g. api.User.Login(login: "test");.
4. Print the logs! See the section Debugging.
5. Stuck? Send the output to support@userapp.io and we'll help you out.

Special cases

Even though this client works as a proxy and there are no hard-coded API definitions built into it, there are still a few tweaks that are API specific.

Calling API user.login will automatically set the client token

In other words:

var loginResult = api.User.Login(login: "test", password: "test");

Is exactly the same as:

var loginResult = api.User.Login(login: "test", password: "test");
api.GetOptions().Token = loginResult.token;

Calling API user.logout will automatically remove the client token

In other words:

api.User.Logout();

Is exactly the same as:

api.User.Logout();
api.GetOptions().Token = null;

Code Convention Magic

To improve language integration, this library automatically translates naming conventions between the C# and UserApp domain. I.e. even though the UserApp docs state user.paymentMethod.get argument user_id, this library is able to accept it as User.PaymentMethod.Get argument UserId. This also applies to objects. So if the UserApp docs state that a object has the property first_name it can be accessed as FirstName (i.e. user.FirstName).

Dependencies

• JsonFx
• EasyHttp

License

MIT - For more details, see LICENSE.