Stacky - A .NET client library (Full support for API v2.0)

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Stacky - A .NET Client Library

The same great library now supports the 2.0 API!

https://bitbucket.org/lfoust/stacky

Sample Code

IUrlClient urlClient = new UrlClient();
IProtocol protocol = new JsonProtocol();

var client = new StackyClient(version, apiKey, Sites.StackOverflow, urlClient, protocol);
var questions = client.GetQuestions();
foreach (var question in questions)
{
    Console.WriteLine(question.Title);
}

Silverlight and Windows Phone

IUrlClient urlClient = new UrlClient();
IProtocol protocol = new JsonProtocol();

var client = new StackyClient(version, apiKey, Sites.StackOverflow, urlClient, protocol);
client.GetQuestions(questions =>
{
    foreach (var question in questions)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(question.Title);
    }
});

You can view more detailed documentation in Getting Started.

About

Stacky is a .NET client library for the Stack Apps API. It is a simple library and to supports a variety of platforms such as Silverlight and Windows Phone 7, .NET 4 and .NET 3.5.

License

MSPL

Download

http://stacky.codeplex.com

Source

https://bitbucket.org/lfoust/stacky

Platform

.NET (Windows, Windows Phone 7). Not tested on Mono.

Contact

Luke Foust - Feel free to contact through CodePlex site

Code

.NET 4, .NET 3.5, C#, Silverlight 4, Windows Phone 7

Answer 1

Just wanted to let everybody know that I just made a new release of the library here. This release includes tons of bug fixes as well as some breaking changes which shouldn't be a problem if you have been running off the trunk.

Also, by popular demand, I added a .Net 3.5 version of the library to this release. The hope here is to eventually have a mono version and possibly an Silverlight 3 version if there is any interest.

Please feel free to leave any feedback on the codeplex site or submit any bugs here.

Thanks for helping me make this great release!

Answer 2

With the way the API is currently set up (lots of caching the info page says) is it possible to update the information on a question you've already looked at? I have a list of questions but, as time goes on, the information changes (# of answers, votes, etc) and I would like to be able to update the questions with the new info.

Answer 3

Thanks for this super library!

I've used it for my Overflow 7 app. (See also the Overflow 7 video.)

I've put a few detailed comments on your Stacky codeplex discussion site. I hope they help.

Thanks again,
Stuart

Answer 4

In the StackyClient.GetQuestions function, for the tags parameter, will you get questions with any of the tags in the array, or questions that have all of the tags in the array?

Also I don't see really any documentation except for the page with a few examples, which don't explain what exactly the parameters do and stuff. If anyone could link me to a thorough documentation or tell me where to find one it would be much appreciated.

Also, this is an excellent library, and very reliable. Good job OP.

Answer 5

Feature Request

If you look at my other question over here, I figured out that by specifying min&max I can get a basic "exact match" feature working for user name searches. The main problem is that StackOverflow.Net doesn't support string min and max parameters. I've added the following overloads to my own copy of UserMethods.cs:

public virtual IPagedList<User> GetUsers(string min, string max, UserSort sortBy = UserSort.Reputation, SortDirection sortDirection = SortDirection.Descending, int? page = null, int? pageSize = null, string filter = null, DateTime? fromDate = null, DateTime? toDate = null)
{
    var response = MakeRequest<UserResponse>("users", null, new
    {
        key = apiKey,
        page = page ?? null,
        pagesize = pageSize ?? null,
        filter = filter,
        sort = sortBy.ToString().ToLower(),
        order = GetSortDirection(sortDirection),
        fromdate = fromDate.HasValue ? (long?)fromDate.Value.ToUnixTime() : null,
        todate = toDate.HasValue ? (long?)toDate.Value.ToUnixTime() : null,
        min = min ?? null,
        max = max ?? null
    });
    return new PagedList<User>(response.Users, response);
}

public virtual IPagedList<User> GetUsers(IEnumerable<int> userIds, string min, string max, UserSort sortBy = UserSort.Reputation, SortDirection sortDirection = SortDirection.Descending, int? page = null, int? pageSize = null, string filter = null, DateTime? fromDate = null, DateTime? toDate = null)
{
    var response = MakeRequest<UserResponse>("users", new string[] { userIds.Vectorize() }, new
    {
        key = apiKey,
        page = page ?? null,
        pagesize = pageSize ?? null,
        filter = filter,
        sort = sortBy.ToString().ToLower(),
        order = GetSortDirection(sortDirection),
        fromdate = fromDate.HasValue ? (long?)fromDate.Value.ToUnixTime() : null,
        todate = toDate.HasValue ? (long?)toDate.Value.ToUnixTime() : null,
        min = min ?? null,
        max = max ?? null
    });
    return new PagedList<User>(response.Users, response);
}

Note in this overload, I had to make min and max not take default values (otherwise the overload resolution got confused if you didn't specify either of them). Not sure if that's the best way, but it works for me :)

Answer 6

Feature Request

The active questions queue shows posts that have been edited. I like to watch that. But I can't get a List of Answers sorted by activity, only Questions. I am looking for something like this

var o = new PostOptions();
o.SortBy = Sort.Activity;                
o.SortDirection = SortDirection.Descending;                
o.FromDate = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-10);
var list = client.GetPosts(o);