/// <summary>
/// Gets a list of departments for the selected company
/// This sample uses a dynamic object rather than a class to get the results
/// For an example how to access properties via a class rather than dynamically see GetSites()
/// </summary>
private Task <string> GetDepartmentsAsync()
{
// If the site id has not been set on the APIClientFactory then raise an exception.
// Site id and company id are required headers on the majority of requests for the
// Sage 200 API, exceptions would include GetSites().
// In the sample app, get site reads the companies that this user has
// access to and selects the last one to use as the default company.
// While the get sites call is not required, you will need some method
// to identify the company id and site id to include in the request headers.
// If you do not specify the Site ID and Company ID, a 401 - Unauthorized exception
// will be thrown.
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(APIClientFactory.SiteID))
{
throw new Exception("Get Sites, before you can Get Departments");
}
// Create a new instance of the APIClient.
// This sets up the required properties on the APIClient
// See the APIClientFactory for details of what is set.
APIClient apiClient = APIClientFactory.CreateNew();
// Make the Get call to the APIClient, pass in the url from the version onwards
// e.g. https://api.columbus.sage.com/uk/sage200/accounts/v1/departments becomes
// v1/departments because the APIClient knows the base url for the API
return(apiClient.GetAsync("v1/departments"));
}
private Task <string> PostDepartmentAsync(string body)
{
// Create a new instance of the APIClient.
// This sets up the required properties on the APIClient
// See the APIClientFactory for details of what is set.
APIClient apiClient = APIClientFactory.CreateNew();
// Make the Post call to the APIClient, pass in the url from the version onwards
// e.g. https://api.columbus.sage.com/uk/sage200/accounts/v1/departments becomes
// v1/departments because the APIClient knows the base url for the API
return(apiClient.PostAsync("v1/departments", body));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the sites available to this API user
/// This sample uses a class based on the API documentation to get the results
/// For an example how to dynamically access properties see GetDepartments()
/// This is a Sage 200 API method and is not exposed on other API's
/// </summary>
private string GetSites()
{
// Create a new instance of the APIClient.
// This sets up the required properties on the APIClient.
// See the APIClientFactory for details of what is set.
APIClient apiClient = APIClientFactory.CreateNew();
// Make the Get call to the APIClient, pass in the url from the version onwards
// e.g. https://api.columbus.sage.com/uk/sage200/accounts/v1/sites becomes
// v1/sites because the APIClient knows the base url for the API
return(apiClient.Get("v1/sites"));
}
