converting mashape api response to c# class

Question

I am using mashape api for getting the speed post tracking information:-

https://www.mashape.com/blaazetech/indian-post

As this is in .NET c# following code is not getting complied:-

Task<HttpResponse<MyClass>> response = Unirest.get("https://indianpost.p.mashape.com/index.php?itemno=EF990403084IN")
.header("X-Mashape-Key", mykey)
.header("Accept", "application/json")
.asJson();

the complie error is "The type arguments for method 'unirest_net.request.HttpRequest.asJson()' cannot be inferred from the usage. Try specifying the type arguments explicitly."

I am not sure how this api can be consumed. Is it problem with "MyClass" and what?

BTW, the syntax provided by Mashape is wrong. The code sample you show is an asynchronous call and it's missing the class type. Replace last part with: .asJsonAsync(); - see here for more info (async section) http://unirest.io/net.html - but as a starting point, you can try my synchronous GET code down below to keep things simple. GL. — nanonerd, Mar 26 '15 at 15:43

nanonerd · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-19T07:15:25.377

RSDC - Ok, turns out that your API endpoints for Indian-Post don't work anyways. Tested them on Mashape and it returns error.

>>> I got it working for the metaCritic GET API <<<

https://www.mashape.com/byroredux/metacritic (Game List API, 2nd one down)

re: MyClass

1) On the mashape.com site in the API documentation page, find the 200/JSON response on the right side.

2) Copy the json data

3) go to http://json2csharp.com/ and paste the code

4) click Generate button to get c# class code. Copy the class code.

5) back in VS, go to Models folder and create class called MyClass.cs.

6) paste your code in as such:

public class MyClass
{
    public class Result
    {
        public string name { get; set; }
        public string score { get; set; }
        public string url { get; set; }
        public string rlsdate { get; set; }
        public string rating { get; set; }
        public string summary { get; set; }
        public string platform { get; set; }
    }

    public class RootObject
    {
        public List<Result> results { get; set; }
    }
}

7) Try this:

        HttpResponse<MyClass.RootObject> response = Unirest.get("https://byroredux-metacritic.p.mashape.com/game-list/ps4/coming-soon")
        .header("X-Mashape-Key", "KxdVFN6Vlymshd5ezOQwBvS2Svjtp1bq5YOjsnFOkgTOwqwM6y")
        .header("Accept", "application/json")
        .asJson<MyClass.RootObject>();

If you run the debugger, you can see that response > Body > results now holds 25 items of data.

Shouldn't `MyClass` and `RootObject` be actually the same class? — Arturo Torres Sánchez, Mar 18 '15 at 11:57
@ArturoTorresSánchez Hi, I think you have the right idea. I changed my answer using your idea + different API and it works. At least for the GET. I still have trouble with POST but I'll create a new Question for that. Thanks. — nanonerd, Mar 19 '15 at 07:11

converting mashape api response to c# class

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