static void Main(string[] args) { var host = args.Length > 0 ? args[0] : "news.fysh.org"; Console.WriteLine("Hello World!"); var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(); var client = new NntpClient(); try { Console.WriteLine($"Connecting to {host}..."); var connectTask = client.ConnectAsync(host).Result; if (connectTask.IsCommandError || connectTask.IsServerError) { // Following a 400 or 502 response, the server MUST immediately close the connection. var quitAbortiveResult = client.DisconnectAsync().Result; Console.Out.WriteLine($"Closed connection: {quitAbortiveResult}"); return; } Console.WriteLine($"Connected to {host}"); Console.WriteLine($"\r\nRetrieving server capabilities"); var caps = client.GetCapabilitiesAsync(cts.Token).Result; foreach (var cap in caps) { Console.WriteLine($"\t{cap}"); } var sasl = client.AuthenticateSaslPlainAsync("john", "doe", cts.Token).Result; var date = client.DateAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"Server date: {date.DateTime}"); var newsgroups = client.GetNewsgroupsListAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\r\nGroups count={newsgroups.Count}"); foreach (var ng in newsgroups) { Console.WriteLine($"\t{ng}"); } Console.WriteLine($"\r\nRetrieving news..."); foreach (var ng in newsgroups) { Console.WriteLine($"\tGroup summary for {ng}"); var group = client.GetGroupAsync(ng, cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\tEstimated article count: {group.EstimatedArticleCount}"); Console.WriteLine($"\t\tLow watermark: {group.LowWatermark}"); Console.WriteLine($"\t\tHigh watermark: {group.HighWatermark}"); if (group.HighWatermark == group.LowWatermark - 1) { Console.WriteLine("\t\t--- EMPTY GROUP WITH NO ARTICLES ---"); } else { var groupList = client.GetGroupListAsync(ng, null, null, cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\tLISTGROUP also called low {groupList.LowWatermark}~={group.LowWatermark}"); Console.WriteLine($"\tNews for {ng}"); var overResponse = client.OverAsync(group.LowWatermark, group.HighWatermark, cts.Token).Result; Console.Write($"\t\tArticle count={overResponse.Count}"); foreach (var over in overResponse.Take(2)) { Console.WriteLine($"\t\t#{over.ArticleNumber}: {over.Subject}"); var articleByNumber = client.ArticleAsync(over.ArticleNumber, cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\t\t({articleByNumber.Code}) ARTICLE:\r\n{articleByNumber.Lines.Take(50).Aggregate((c, n) => c + "\r\n\t\t\t" + n)}"); var headers = articleByNumber.GetHeaders(); var messageId = articleByNumber.GetHeaderValues("Message-ID").FirstOrDefault(); var articleByMessageId = client.ArticleAsync(messageId, cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\t\t\t({articleByMessageId.Code}) ARTICLE: {articleByNumber.Lines.Take(5).Aggregate((c, n) => c + "\r\n\t\t\t" + n)}"); var articleCurrent = client.ArticleAsync(cts.Token).Result; var messageIdCurrent = articleCurrent.GetHeaderValues("Message-ID").FirstOrDefault(); var stat = client.StatAsync(over.ArticleNumber, cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\t\t\tArticle-Num={messageId} ~= Article-Current={messageIdCurrent} ~= Stat={stat.MessageId}"); } // Test some other commands for groups var next = client.LastAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\tNEXT ({next.Code}) article={next.ArticleNumber}, messageId={next.MessageId}"); var last = client.LastAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\t\tLAST ({last.Code}) article={last.ArticleNumber}, messageId={last.MessageId}"); } } // Test some other commands globally { var newGroups = client.NewGroupsAsync(DateTime.Now.AddYears(-30), cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\r\nChecking for new groups in the past 30 years..."); foreach (var ng in newGroups.Groups.Take(20)) { Console.WriteLine($"\t{ng.Group} {ng.LowWatermark}-{ng.HighWatermark} {ng.Status}"); } var newNews = client.NewNewsAsync("*", DateTime.Now.AddYears(-30), cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\r\nChecking for new messages in the past 30 years..."); foreach (var msg in newNews.MessageIds.Take(20)) { Console.WriteLine($"\t{msg}"); } var activeGroups = client.ListActiveAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\r\nLIST ACTIVE Groups count={activeGroups.Groups.Count}"); var activeTimesGroups = client.ListActiveTimesAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\r\nLIST ACTIVE.TIMES Groups count={activeGroups.Groups.Count}"); var newsgroupsList = client.ListNewsgroupsAsync(cts.Token).Result; Console.WriteLine($"\r\nLIST NEWSGROUPS Groups count={newsgroupsList.Groups.Count}"); } } catch (ArgumentException aex) { Console.Error.WriteLine($"Caught ArgumentException: {aex.Message}\r\n{aex}"); return; } catch (AggregateException agg) { Console.Error.WriteLine($"Caught AggregateException: {agg.Message}"); foreach (var ex in agg.InnerExceptions) { Console.Error.WriteLine($"...InnerException: {ex.Message}: {ex}"); } return; } var quitResponse = client.DisconnectAsync().Result; if (quitResponse == null) { Console.Out.WriteLine($"Connection is already closed"); } else { Console.Out.WriteLine($"Closed connection: {quitResponse}"); } }