Ambition API - C# Example

ambition_api_c#_example.cs

/*
 * upload_to_ambition.cs
 * Simple program demonstrating how to upload data to the Ambition Data API
 *
 * This code needs to be linked to the System.Web.Extensions assembly.
 *
 * For mono, use 'gmcs ambition_api_c#_example.cs -r:System.Web.Extensions'
 */

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

namespace Pusher
{
    class MainClass
    {
        public static void Main (string[] args)
        {
            if (args.Length < 1) {
                Console.WriteLine("usage: upload_to_ambition.exe <FILENAME>");
                return;
            }

            string filename = args [0];

            if (! File.Exists(filename)) {
                Console.WriteLine("File '{0}' cannot be found", filename);
            }

            string authToken = <AUTH-TOKEN>;
            string endpoint = "https://<SUBDOMAIN>.ambition.com/public-api/integration/v1/data/new/";
            Dictionary<String, Object> uploadPayload = buildUploadPayload(filename);

            try {
                Console.WriteLine(UploadData(endpoint, uploadPayload, authToken));
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed to upload");
                Console.WriteLine(e);
            }
        }

        public static string UploadData (string endpoint, Dictionary<String, Object> payload, string authToken)
        {
            // Prepare web request...
            var jsonSerializer = new JavaScriptSerializer();
            String data = jsonSerializer.Serialize(payload);

            using (WebClient client = new WebClient()) {
                client.Headers.Add("Authorization", String.Format("Token {0}", authToken));
                client.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json");
                Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Uploading data '{0}'", data));
                return client.UploadString(endpoint, "POST", data);
            }
        }

        public static Dictionary<String, Object> buildUploadPayload(string filename)
        {
            Dictionary<String, Object> payload = new Dictionary<String, Object>();
            string fileContent = File.ReadAllText(filename);

            payload.Add("depot", "custom_depot");
            payload.Add("data", fileContent);

            return payload;
        }
    }
}