Aconex_API_call_for_xml.cs

using System;
using System.Xml;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
namespace AconexSampleSheet
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Sample request values.
            // API Service: List projects for user
            //list all the projects for this user
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects";
            //list all the documents in this project for that user, and return the tracking ID for each
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/register?return_fields=trackingid";
            //list all the versions of the document of tracking ID 271341877549073739 and return the document ID, tracking ID, version number for each document
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/register?search_query=trackingid:1348828088418370096&return_fields=registered,trackingid,versionnumber&show_document_history=true";
            //search all documents in P027C
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/register?search_query=attribute3:P027c*&return_fields=author,received,registered,filename,docno,title&search_type=Full&show_document_history=true";
            //search all mail in inbox of P027C
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/mail?mail_box=Inbox&search_query=thirdattribute:P027c*&search_type=Full";
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/mail?mail_box=Inbox&search_query=thirdattribute:P027c*&search_type=Full";
            //search all general correspondence items in inbox
            //note the space each side of the boolean operator " AND "
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/mail?mail_box=Inbox&search_query=thirdattribute:P027c* AND corrtypeid:268435877&search_type=Full";
            //search all sent transmittals in sent mail
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/mail?mail_box=Sentbox&search_query=thirdattribute:P027c* AND corrtypename:Transmittal&return_fields=docno,sentdate,subject&&search_type=Full";
            //search all sent mail general correspondence
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/mail?mail_box=Sentbox&search_query=thirdattribute:P027c* AND corrtypeid:268435877&return_fields=docno,subject&search_type=Full";
            //string uri = "https://uk1.aconex.co.uk/api/projects/268441385/register?search_query=attribute3:P027c* AND (docno:tbs* OR docno:tsb*)&return_fields=author,received,registered,filename,docno,title&search_type=Full&show_document_history=true";
            string uri = args[0];
            //Console.WriteLine(uri);
            string xml_location = args[1] + args[2];

            string userName = "abcd";
            string password = "abcd";
            string accessToken = "";
            string method = "GET";
            string response = "";
            bool error = false;
            bool aconexError = false;
            string errorMessage = "";

            // XML response from Aconex stored in string parameter “response”
            // If aconexError flag is raised, response will contain Aconex error message
            HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
            string credentials = "";
            if (accessToken != "")
                credentials = "Bearer " + accessToken;
            else
                credentials = "Basic " + Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(userName + ":" + password));
            request.Headers.Set(HttpRequestHeader.Authorization, credentials);
            request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate;
            request.Headers.Set("X-Application-Key", "abcd");
            request.Method = method;
            try
            {
                using (StreamReader str = new StreamReader(
                request.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()))
                {
                    // Contains the Aconex API xml response
                    response = str.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
            catch (WebException e)
            {
                using (WebResponse webResponse = e.Response)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        using (Stream data =
                        webResponse.GetResponseStream())
                        {
                            // Contains the Aconex API error xml respons
                            response = new
                            StreamReader(data).ReadToEnd();
                            aconexError = true;
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        error = true;
                        errorMessage =
                        "Please check your Internet connection.\n"
                        + e.Message + "\n" + ex.Message;
                    }
                }
            }
            // Write result
            if (!error)
            {
                System.IO.File.WriteAllText(xml_location, response);
            }
            if (error)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(errorMessage);
            }
        }
    }
}