WriteAs.NET

An unofficial .NET Core client for the Write.as API written in C#.

Update Version 1.2.1:
Added interface for the WriteAsClient class to allow for use with dependency injection.

Update Version 1.2.0:
The latest version of the source code now allows you to enter an API key when initializing a WriteAsClient instance. This API key will allow you to bypass the rate limiting checks on the Write.as API.

Some basic in-memory caching has also been added to the client. You can configure some of the cache settings when initializing a WriteAsClient instance. The new settings are described below:

• cacheExpirationInSeconds determines how long data will stay in the cache before it expires. The default value for this setting is 300 seconds.
• cacheSize determines how many objects it can store in the cache. Note that a collection of posts (List<Post>) and a single post each count as 1 item. The default value for this setting is 4.

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This client/wrapper library only supports very basic "get" methods. I initially wrote this just for fun. Then I started using it to build out the Archive Page on my Write.as blog/journal.

This wrapper library is being used to power a number of other Blazor WASM apps I've written:

• WriteFreely Archive Page Generator app
• Search app
• Popular Posts app

Update on those apps listed above:

• It used to work for the apps listed above, but because those are Blazor WebAssemnbly apps, they are now being hindered by CORS errors outside of my control. This client/wrapper library itself still works, like from a console application. It just doesn't work on a purely client side web application without going through a CORS proxy.

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Currently Supported Operations

Task<List<Post>> GetAllPosts(string alias, SortOrder sortOrder = SortOrder.Descending);
Task<Post> GetPostById(string postId);
Task<Post> GetPostBySlug(string alias, string slug);
Task<List<Post>> GetPostsByPageNumber(string alias, int pageNumber, SortOrder sortOrder = SortOrder.Descending);
Task<List<Post>> Search(string alias, string searchKey, SortOrder sortOrder = SortOrder.Descending);

Usage Examples

Initialize new instance -- Note: To avoid creating multiple socket connections, initialize a single WriteAsClient instance and use it throughout the whole app.

var client = new WriteAsClient("https://write.as/", apiKey, cacheExpirationInSeconds, cacheSize);

GetAllPosts

List<Post> allPosts = await client.GetAllPosts(alias, sortOrder);

GetPostsByPageNumber

List<Post> allPosts = await client.GetPostsByPageNumber(alias, pageNumber, sortOrder);

GetPostBySlug

Post post = await client.GetPostBySlug(alias, slug);

GetPostById

Post post = await client.GetPostById(postId);

Search

List<Post> searchResults = await client.Search(alias, searchKey);

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Installing WriteAs.NET

You can install via nuget:

Install-Package WriteAs.NET -Version 1.2.1

Or via the .NET Core command line interface:

dotnet add package WriteAs.NET --version 1.2.1