Utilizing Meta's power for maximum flexibility and maximum leverage

create-link.cs

using VersionOne.SDK.APIClient;
using static System.Console;

namespace CreateLinkInVersionOneStory
{
	public class Program
	{
		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			MaximumFlexibility(); // Currently supported approach
			MaximumLeverage();    // Coming improvements
		}

    // This way provides the most flexibility, but it requires more typing
		public static void MaximumFlexibility()
		{
			var connector = V1Connector
				.WithInstanceUrl("https://www14.v1host.com/v1sdktesting")
				.WithUserAgentHeader("CreateLinkOnStory", "0.01")
				.WithUsernameAndPassword("admin", "admin")
				.Build();

			var services = new Services(connector);
			var linkMeta = services.Meta.GetAssetType("Link");
			var link = services.New(linkMeta, null);

			var urlAttrib = linkMeta.GetAttributeDefinition("URL");
			var nameAttrib = linkMeta.GetAttributeDefinition("Name");
			var onMenuAttrib = linkMeta.GetAttributeDefinition("OnMenu");
			var assetAttrib = linkMeta.GetAttributeDefinition("Asset");

			link.SetAttributeValue(urlAttrib, "http://www.versionone.com");
			link.SetAttributeValue(nameAttrib, "Link to VersionOne");
			link.SetAttributeValue(onMenuAttrib, false);
			link.SetAttributeValue(assetAttrib, "Story:90295");

			services.Save(link);

			WriteLine(link.Oid.Token);
		}
		
		// This way provides less flexibility, but reduces typing for the most common cases
		public static void MaximumLeverage()
		{
			var client = V1Client
				.WithInstanceUrl("https://www14.v1host.com/v1sdktesting")
				.WithUserAgentHeader("CreateLinkOnStory", "0.01")
				.WithUsernameAndPassword("admin", "admin")
				.Build();

			var asset = client.Create("Link", new
			{
				Asset = "Story:90295",
				URL = "http://www.versionone.com",
				Name = "This is the link to VersionOne",
				OnMenu = false
			});

			WriteLine(asset.OidToken);
		}
	}
}