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Al - Hi, I'm trying to call this API via C# cod...

Hi, I'm trying to call this API via C# code. I tested it in Postman, and it only accepts x-www-form-urlencoded, throwing an error when I use JSON. My issue is that I need to pass an array of strings, and despite serializing the ids part as a string[], I’m still getting a 500 error from the server. Additionally, I found that the API only works with callosum/v1 included in the URL, which makes the documentation a bit unclear. Do you have an example of how to handle this in C#?

Solution:

The userId that you gave is supposed to be userid, can you check once using that? Also I gave this curl to chatgpt

curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --header 'Accept: application/json' -d 'type=PINBOARD_ANSWER_BOOK&ids=%5B%27fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7%27%2C%27c88c508c-5965-4c85-9cec-236c5ef57ac5%27%5D&userid=7e9b23ce-f954-426a-986a-d1aa8be52414' 'https://{tsurl}/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/metadata/markunmarkfavoritefor'

curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --header 'Accept: application/json' -d 'type=PINBOARD_ANSWER_BOOK&ids=%5B%27fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7%27%2C%27c88c508c-5965-4c85-9cec-236c5ef57ac5%27%5D&userid=7e9b23ce-f954-426a-986a-d1aa8be52414' 'https://{tsurl}/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/metadata/markunmarkfavoritefor'

to code for C# this is what is produced : ```...

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shikharTS•3mo ago

I might need to check this, but does ids=['guid1','guid2'] does not work? Can you check how the data is being sent in the request in C#? It should be language agnostic if the request being formed is correct Also both in the request URL and in the cURL url we have callosum/v1 included in URL, the resource URL is just to understand the endpoint (since every v1 endpoint will have callosum/v1 as its prefix we have not included it in the endpoint URL) rather than full URL, we have request url given there. Can you suggest how to improve the documentation here?

AlOP•3mo ago

no it does not work because in C#, to pass something as x-www-form-urlencoded, you need to use FormUrlEncodedContent which takes a KeyValuePair<string, string>. The parameter ids is setup to be an array of id. This is what makes it complicated. As far as the doc is concern, I guess you could just include callosum/v1 in everything for consistency. But that's just me. Anyway, it's a minor thing. I just want to be able to get the API to work.

AlOP•3mo ago

btw this is what my request content looks like. Still throws a 500 error from the server

AlOP•3mo ago

here's the full method for your reference

AlOP•3mo ago

here's the error I get

shikharTS•3mo ago

@pallav can you check this?

AlOP•3mo ago

Hello, I just wanted to kindly follow up on this.

shikharTS•3mo ago

nvm let me check how to do this for C#

AlOP•3mo ago

yes please, thank you

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shikharTS•3mo ago

The userId that you gave is supposed to be userid, can you check once using that? Also I gave this curl to chatgpt

curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --header 'Accept: application/json' -d 'type=PINBOARD_ANSWER_BOOK&ids=%5B%27fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7%27%2C%27c88c508c-5965-4c85-9cec-236c5ef57ac5%27%5D&userid=7e9b23ce-f954-426a-986a-d1aa8be52414' 'https://{tsurl}/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/metadata/markunmarkfavoritefor'

curl -X POST --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --header 'Accept: application/json' -d 'type=PINBOARD_ANSWER_BOOK&ids=%5B%27fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7%27%2C%27c88c508c-5965-4c85-9cec-236c5ef57ac5%27%5D&userid=7e9b23ce-f954-426a-986a-d1aa8be52414' 'https://{tsurl}/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/metadata/markunmarkfavoritefor'

to code for C# this is what is produced :

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
        {
            // Set headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/json");

            // Prepare the form data
            var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
            {
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("type", "PINBOARD_ANSWER_BOOK"),
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ids", "['fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7','c88c508c-5965-4c85-9cec-236c5ef57ac5']"),
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("userid", "7e9b23ce-f954-426a-986a-d1aa8be52414")
            });

            // Make the POST request
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync(
                "https://{tsurl}/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/metadata/markunmarkfavoritefor", 
                content
            );

            // Read response
            string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
        {
            // Set headers
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept", "application/json");

            // Prepare the form data
            var content = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
            {
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("type", "PINBOARD_ANSWER_BOOK"),
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ids", "['fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7','c88c508c-5965-4c85-9cec-236c5ef57ac5']"),
                new KeyValuePair<string, string>("userid", "7e9b23ce-f954-426a-986a-d1aa8be52414")
            });

            // Make the POST request
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync(
                "https://{tsurl}/callosum/v1/tspublic/v1/metadata/markunmarkfavoritefor", 
                content
            );

            // Read response
            string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
        }
    }
}

shikharTS•3mo ago

let me know if this helps

AlOP•3mo ago

so the ids parameter expects a string[], but what if I only pass one? it's not gonna treat it as array

shikharTS•3mo ago

no it won't. Though just giving a single element in the array should work new KeyValuePair<string, string>("ids", "['fded567b-8047-4185-b702-cee652725ac7']"), should be fine

AlOP•3mo ago

tried it. it doesn't work. here's the error

AlOP•3mo ago

I wish we can just get it to accept json, is that not possible?

AlOP•3mo ago

here's what the param looks like

AlOP•3mo ago

actually, it works. Didn't notice that I had the I in userId as uppercase thanks for the help

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