example-csharp-rest-client

This csharp project is most suitable for Visual Studio Community 2017.

Ensure that the current source control plug-in is set to Git:

1. Click the Tools > Options... main menu item to open the Options dialog window.
2. Select the Source Control tree view item to open the Plug-in Selection tab page.
3. Select the Git selection in the Current source control plug-in: option.

Clone to local git repositories via Team Explorer:

1. Click the Team > Manage Connection main menu item to open the Team Explorer connection manager.
2. Select the Clone option from the Local Git Repositories section.
3. Paste the repo location https://github.com/smsglobal/example-csharp-rest-client.git into the applicable url field.
4. Click the Clone button to begin the project cloning process.
5. Click the Home button in the Team Explorer main menu.
6. Select the Open option from the Solutions section.
7. Open the example-csharp-rest-client.sln file located in the cloned repository.

Add the following reference, Newtonsoft.Json and System.Net.Http.Formatting:

1. Click the Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Manage NuGet Packages for Solution main menu item to open the NuGet Package Manager.
2. Click the Browse tab and search for Newtonsoft.Json and select the top most search result.
3. Check SMSGlobal.SMS under the Version(s) sections.
4. Click the Install button beside the latest version selection (accept review changes and licences as applicable).
5. Click the Browse tab and search for System.Net.Http.Formatting and select the top most search result.
6. Check SMSGlobal.SMS under the Version(s) sections.
7. Click the Install button beside the latest version selection (accept review changes and licences as applicable).

Update the App.config file with api key information:

1. Open the App.config file in the example-csharp-rest-client folder.
2. Place the appropriate value for the rest_key.
3. Place the appropriate value for the rest_secret.

Update the Program.cs file with appropriate send sms message test data:

1. Open the Program.cs file in the example-csharp-rest-client folder.
2. Place the appropriate value for the origin number.
3. Place the appropriate value for the destination number.

Try the client:

1. Press Ctrl + F5 to run the console window application and see the output displayed.

Please note that charges will apply to the account when sending message.