/// <summary>
/// Create, print, and mail a postcard to an address. The postcard front must be supplied as a PDF, image, or an HTML string. The back can be a PDF, image, HTML string, or it can be automatically generated by supplying a custom message.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Models.PostcardCreatepostcardInput">Object containing request parameters</param>
/// <return>Returns the string response from the API call</return>
public string PostcardCreatepostcard(Models.PostcardCreatepostcardInput input)
{
Task <string> t = PostcardCreatepostcardAsync(input);
APIHelper.RunTaskSynchronously(t);
return(t.Result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create, print, and mail a postcard to an address. The postcard front must be supplied as a PDF, image, or an HTML string. The back can be a PDF, image, HTML string, or it can be automatically generated by supplying a custom message.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Models.PostcardCreatepostcardInput">Object containing request parameters</param>
/// <return>Returns the string response from the API call</return>
public async Task <string> PostcardCreatepostcardAsync(Models.PostcardCreatepostcardInput input)
{
//the base uri for api requests
string _baseUri = Configuration.BaseUri;
//prepare query string for API call
StringBuilder _queryBuilder = new StringBuilder(_baseUri);
_queryBuilder.Append("/Postcard/createpostcard.json");
//validate and preprocess url
string _queryUrl = APIHelper.CleanUrl(_queryBuilder);
//append request with appropriate headers and parameters
var _headers = new Dictionary <string, string>()
{
{ "user-agent", "APIMATIC 2.0" }
};
//append form/field parameters
var _fields = new List <KeyValuePair <string, Object> >()
{
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("to", input.To),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("from", input.From),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("attachbyid", input.Attachbyid),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("front", input.Front),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("back", input.Back),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("message", input.Message),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("setting", input.Setting),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("description", input.Description),
new KeyValuePair <string, object>("htmldata", input.Htmldata)
};
//remove null parameters
_fields = _fields.Where(kvp => kvp.Value != null).ToList();
//prepare the API call request to fetch the response
HttpRequest _request = ClientInstance.Post(_queryUrl, _headers, _fields, Configuration.BasicAuthUserName, Configuration.BasicAuthPassword);
//invoke request and get response
HttpStringResponse _response = (HttpStringResponse)await ClientInstance.ExecuteAsStringAsync(_request).ConfigureAwait(false);
HttpContext _context = new HttpContext(_request, _response);
//handle errors defined at the API level
base.ValidateResponse(_response, _context);
try
{
return(_response.Body);
}
catch (Exception _ex)
{
throw new APIException("Failed to parse the response: " + _ex.Message, _context);
}
}
