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| 1 | +# MercadoLibre's .NET SDK |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This is the official .NET SDK for MercadoLibre's Platform. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## How do I install it? |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +You can download the latest build at: |
| 8 | + https://github.com/mercadolibre/net-sdk/downloads |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +And that's it! |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +## How do I start using it? |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +The first thing to do is to instance a ```Meli``` class. You'll need to give a ```clientId``` and a ```clientSecret```. You can obtain both after creating your own application. For more information on this please read: [creating an application](http://developers.mercadolibre.com/creating-your-own-application/) |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +```csharp |
| 17 | +Meli m = new Meli(1234, "a secret"); |
| 18 | +``` |
| 19 | +With this instance you can start working on MercadoLibre's APIs. |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +There are some design considerations worth to mention. |
| 22 | +1. This SDK is just a thin layer on top of an http client to handle all the OAuth WebServer flow for you. |
| 23 | +2. There is no JSON parsing. This is left to you. But this SDK uses [json.net](http://www.json.net/) library for internal usage. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +## How do I redirect users to authorize my application? |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +This is a 2 step process. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +First get the link to redirect the user. This is very easy! Just: |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +```csharp |
| 32 | +string redirectUrl = m.GetAuthUrl("http://somecallbackurl"); |
| 33 | +``` |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +This will give you the url to redirect the user. You need to specify a callback url which will be the one that the user will redirected after a successfull authrization process. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Once the user is redirected to your callback url, you'll receive in the query string, a parameter named ```code```. You'll need this for the second part of the process. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +```csharp |
| 40 | +m.Authorize("the received code", "http://somecallbackurl"); |
| 41 | +``` |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +This will get an ```accessToken``` and a ```refreshToken``` (is case your application has the ```offline_access```) for your application and your user. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +At this stage your are ready to make call to the API on behalf of the user. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +## Making GET calls |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +```csharp |
| 50 | +var p = new Parameter (); |
| 51 | +p.Name = "access_token"; |
| 52 | +p.Value = m.AccessToken; |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +var ps = new List<Parameter> (); |
| 55 | +ps.Add (p); |
| 56 | +IRestResponse response = m.Get ("/users/me", ps); |
| 57 | +``` |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +## Making POST calls |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +```csharp |
| 62 | +var p = new Parameter (); |
| 63 | +p.Name = "access_token"; |
| 64 | +p.Value = m.AccessToken; |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +var ps = new List<Parameter> (); |
| 67 | +ps.Add (p); |
| 68 | +IRestResponse r = m.Post ("/items", ps, new {foo="bar"}); |
| 69 | +``` |
| 70 | +## Making PUT calls |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +```csharp |
| 73 | +var p = new Parameter (); |
| 74 | +p.Name = "access_token"; |
| 75 | +p.Value = m.AccessToken; |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +var ps = new List<Parameter> (); |
| 78 | +ps.Add (p); |
| 79 | +IRestResponse r = m.Put ("/items/123", ps, new {foo="bar"}); |
| 80 | +``` |
| 81 | +## Making DELETE calls |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +```csharp |
| 84 | +var p = new Parameter (); |
| 85 | +p.Name = "access_token"; |
| 86 | +p.Value = m.AccessToken; |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +var ps = new List<Parameter> (); |
| 89 | +ps.Add (p); |
| 90 | +IRestResponse r = m.Delete ("/items/123", ps); |
| 91 | +``` |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +## Do I always need to include the ```access_token``` as a parameter? |
| 94 | +No. Actually most ```GET``` requests don't need an ```access_token``` and it is easier to avoid them and also it is better in terms of caching. |
| 95 | +But this decision is left to you. You should decide when it is necessary to include it or not. |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +## Community |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +You can contact us if you have questions using the standard communication channels described in the [developer's site](http://developers.mercadolibre.com/discuss) |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +## I want to contribute! |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +That is great! Just fork the project in github. Create a topic branch, write some code, and add some tests for your new code. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +To run the tests run ```make test```. |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +You'll need [nodejs](http://www.nodejs.org) in order to run the tests. We use it to mock the API. |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +Thanks for helping! |
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