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Soapi.CS Fluent Configuration var ctx = new ApiContext(ApiKey).Options // obviates a call to stackauth .SerializedSites("{ 'api_sites': [ {'name': 'Stack....") // can also be accomplished by seeding the cache .SeedCache(new RequestCacheItem { Uri = new Uri("http://stackauth.com/1.0/sites"), ResponseText = "{ ...

Asynchronous Requests Async requests can be made using the Site's RouteFactory. A salient use case for this functionality is using Soapi in Silverlight. [TestMethod, Asynchronous] public void AnswersByIdTestValid() { // The thing to be aware of is that the IEnumerable, lazyloading // model is synchronous, and since we are on the UI thread here ...

Soapi.CS Paged Results Pay particular attention to the third example; thats all 2800+ stack apps users in less than 5 seconds without breaking any rules. not too shabby. // Soapi elegantly handles multi-page requests. // Multi-paged requests are issued in parallel making data retrieval quick // get the default, 1 page of 30 using default sort var ...

Soapi.CS Full API Coverage // instantiate a context ApiContext ctx = new ApiContext("qgAq_KfDu0KYzlNG-qaTuw"); ctx.Initialize().AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(); // get a site Site sofu = ctx.Official.StackOverflow; // or Site stackapps = ctx.Sites.First(s=>s.ApiEndpoint == "http://api.stackapps.com"); --- // StackAuth Routes // /sites ...

Soapi Caching and Throttling Throttle All API requests made by Soapi are routed first through Soapi.Net.RequestCache and failing a cache hit, they are then routed through Soapi.Net.RequestThrottle. The throttle, which is described in detail here, works on a sliding window, allowing maximum request rate up to the prescribed limits, currently 30 per 5 ...

MakerOfThings7: Why is SOAPICS GPL? That really limits it's usage. Can you change it to LGPL? http://soapics.codeplex.com/license My application is proprietary, and the GPL license requires that I distribute source of my app if I simply link to this library. That's a no-go for me. code poet: There are many reasons that this, and other libraries, are ...

Soapi.CS - Full Parameter Parity Soapi provides full API coverage including parameters. [Test] public void info_param() { // /questions SO.Questions // answers (optional) When "true", the answers to a question will be returned .WithAnswers(true) // body (optional) When "true", a post's body will be included in the ...

Bulk Data Import This is a simple example of using Soapi.CS for bulk data importation. This sample creates/updates a SQLite database with the the complete profile of all Stack Exchange users with reputation >= 100 and assigns a rank according to order of appearance. Soapi processes the ~1000 requests required in less than 5 minutes. You may run this ...

Building a simple app with Soapi.CS Suppose you would like to build a complete dataset containing all of your content and activity for all of your accounts on all Stack Exchange sites. You would need to: Get a list of your accounts from stackauth /users/{id}/associated For each account Get all of your questions Get all of your answers Get all of your ...