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[jimdurkin]

I have been slow to understand the github shift. Small glimpses of shock and awe, maybe but very unaware of its power.

That all changed today!

I needed to update my cc transactions to a subscription/recurring model. The last code requires for the Impact Suite v7 release!

I was not happy changing my stores code which has been running unchanged for 10+ years. I still run Server 2003.

After a quick search of the www.authorize.net I found a link to the github project

https://github.com/AuthorizeNet/sdk-dotnet

A simple PM> Install-Package AuthorizeNet then  download ZIP button I has access to EVERYTHING I needed.

I had instant access to all the require features:

• CreateSubscription(apiLoginId, transactionKey);
• CancelSubscription(apiLoginId, transactionKey);
• GetListOfSubscriptions(apiLoginId, transactionKey);
• GetSubscriptionStatus(apiLoginId, transactionKey);
• UpdateSubscription(apiLoginId, transactionKey);

Github project are very cool. How about the dev team start an ACT github project?

-- JIm Durkin

[Xavier]

Funny you should ask Jim, we'll be releasing code on Github at the conference tomorrow related to Web API.

--Xavier

[jimdurkin]

Can you post the address in here when its public?

Thanks

-- Jim 

[Xavier]

http://community.act.com/t5/Act-Premium-Web-API/Lead-Gen-on-Web-API/m-p/314007#M34

[jimdurkin]

Downloaded and installed. 

I was looking forward to this project but I was highly disappointed after installation.

Here are my quick notes

• It looks like its made from a simply app builder(?) Are all the; scripts code, fonts, views, content files required?
  
  
• Nothing on the screen says "Act" or "Swiftpage" anywhere. Nothing to make me realize I was running the right solutions.
  
  
• All the LEARN MORE buttons point to Microsoft and ASP.Net web sites.http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=301865
  
  
• I had to open and hunt through the code files to figure out the black bar at the top was a menu system and I needed to click the "Signup to hear more" to see any sample
  
  
• I found some example code for tasks but with no UI I could run them
  
  
• In the homeControler.cs code SampleWebAPIConsumer.Controllers there is lierally only one line of documentation
    // headers need to be set before flushing stream, as when manually setting ContentLength, the request is sent as soon as the stream is flushed.
  
  
• The ACT internal development team may have a complete understanding the third party tools used in this example. Not all 3rd party developer understand;  Antlr3.Runtime.dll  Newtonsoft.Json.dll WebGrease.dll
  Specifically, I have never used Antlr3 and WebGrease. What are they for?  Is ACT locked into these version like other 3rd party desktop tools from C1, Janus, ActiveDatabaseSoftware
  
  
• When I filled out the 'Signup' page and click Submit I get the error:
• Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

var contactInGroup = await CallServer<HttpWebResponse, object>("api/groups/" + id + "/contacts/" + contact.ID, null, "PUT");

Yes, I realize it a simple example and its not hooked to anything.

Without any documentation its very useless. First impressions last forever.

Sorry, "swwwwwing and a miss"

-- Jim Durkin

[Xavier]

Jim, the sample wasn't meant as way to learn ASP.NET MVC and standard dependencies, but a rather for an ASP.NET developer to drop this in a web site / portal / app easily.  It is fully functional, as long as you configure correctly the values (group name, credentials, database etc..) in the config file.  Granted, we probably should add a readme to github with just that.  We also should point out what this does - simple form to create a contact and add it to a group (normal lead gen).  Good thing about github is we can easily update it.

HTH

[jimdurkin]

If you do not know what values need to entered then it's not a 'fully functional'. Just saying

-- Jim Durkin