SendWithUs.Client

A .NET client implementation over the SendWithUs REST API.

Currently, the client only covers a small portion of the API surface--namely, sending email, rendering templates, and batch operations.

Installation via NuGet

SendWithUs.Client is available from nuget.org. If you are using Visual Studio, install the package using the Package Manager Console as follows:

PM> Install-Package SendWithUs.Client

Usage

The following description of the API should be enough to get you started. See the comments in the code (available as Intellisense documentation in Visual Studio) for more information.

Sending Email

To send email, you must instantiate a SendRequest object to pass to SendWithUsClient.SendAsync. A SendRequest must have values for TemplateId and RecipientAddress. All other properties are optional.

Minimal Example

using SendWithUs.Client;

var request = new SendRequest("template123", "foo@example.com");
var client = new SendWithUsClient("my-api-key");
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

A More Realistic Example

The value of SendRequest.Data can be any CLR object, as long as it serializes as a JSON object.

using SendWithUs.Client;

var sheriff = new Person { Name = "Rosco P. Coltrane" };
var wristslap = new Punishment { Severity = 1 };
var data = new DisciplinaryData { Who = sheriff, What = wristslap };
var request = new SendRequest
{
    TemplateId = "disciplinary-form",
    SenderName = "Boss Hogg",
    SenderAddress = "j.d.hogg@hazzard.example.com",
    RecipientAddress = "rosco@hazzard.example.com",
    Data = data
};
var client = new SendWithUsClient("my-api-key");
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

Typed Request Data

The type of the Data property on SendRequest is plain old object. If you want a strongly-typed Data property, use SendRequest<TData> in lieu of SendRequest. This is merely a developer convenience. SendRequest<TData> shadows the Data property of SendRequest and casts it to the specified type.

Rendering Templates

To render a template, you must instantiate a RenderRequest object to pass to SendWithUsClient.RenderAsync. A RenderRequest must have a value for TemplateId. All other properties are optional, although it's probably not very useful to omit the Data property.

The value of RenderRequest.Data can be any CLR object, as long as it serializes as a JSON object.

Example

using SendWithUs.Client;

var generalLee = new Car { Make = "Dodge", Model = "Charger", Year = "1969" };
var request = new RenderRequest("template987", generalLee);
var client = new SendWithUsClient("my-api-key");
var response = await client.RenderAsync(request);

Batching

To make a batch request, pass a collection of request objects to SendWithUsClient.BatchAsync. (Note that the only type of requests currently supported are SendRequest and RenderRequest.)

Example

using SendWithUs.Client;

var request1 = new SendRequest("template123", "foo@example.com");
var request2 = new SendRequest("template567", "bar@example.com");
var client = new SendWithUsClient("my-api-key");
var response = await client.BatchAsync(new List<IRequest> { request1, request2 });

foreach (var item in response.Items)
{
    if (item.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
    {
        ...
    }

    ...
}