static async Task TestRates()
{
//basic boiler plate to setup an HTTP client with authorization headers included automatically
var utf8 = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding(false, false);
var http = new HttpClient();
// http.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://192.168.12.1:3001/api/v1.0/"); //our local dev
// http.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://10.211.55.2:3001/api/v1.0/"); //our local dev
http.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://www.freightview.com/api/v1.0/");
//Auth header is username:password. For ours use: "api-key:"
//You should probably pull this from a secure config
//TODO: Change this to use your API credential; don't forget the ending `:`
var credentials = "1508ade3c6e255be5d75e5d37c7fc94525a2abd5cf7:";
//set the default AUTH header on all calls using this HTTPClient
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(utf8.GetBytes(credentials)));
//APIClient encapsulates an HttpClient to simplify parsing,serializing JSON to common endpoints. (You could even use dependency injection if you wanted to).
var apiClient = new ApiClient(http);
//basic rates request using sample on the API docs.
var request = new RatesRequest()
{
pickupDate = new DateTime(2014, 12, 1) //FYI - time is UTC-0
, originPostalCode = "30303"
, originType = "business dock"
, destPostalCode = "60606"
, destType = "business dock"
, paymentTerms = "Outbound Prepaid"
, items = new List <QuoteItem>()
{
new QuoteItem()
{
freightClass = 50
, weight = 500
, length = 48
, width = 48
, height = 48
, hazardous = false
, pieces = 1
, package = "Pallets_other"
}
}
, charges = new List <string>()
{
"liftgate pickup"
}
};
try
{
//Go get the results
var result = await apiClient.GetRates(request);
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Returned with {0} rates.", result.rates.Count));
foreach (var rate in result.rates)
{
Console.WriteLine(rate.ToString());
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//We've created a basic ErrorResponse type that can parse some of our errors. The `errors` field itself is
// dynamic which fluctuates depending on the type of error.
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
}
public async Task <RatesResponse> GetRates(RatesRequest ratesRequest)
{
var response = await Client.PostAsJsonAsync("rates", ratesRequest);
return(await HandleResponse <RatesResponse>(response));
}