I am currently trying to have a feature similar to the local scout (search button -> proximity) in my Windows Phone 7 app.
I'd like to get the 10 top restaurants or bars/clubs near my current location. Getting the geolocation of the user is the easy part.
Now I'd like to pass this location to an API and get the results.
I tried Bing Search API but I didn't figure out how to get special locations such as restaurants. And the SOAP service connection wasn't working from my phone.
Then I searched from others API... it seems that Google or Yahoo (PlaceFinder) or maybe Foursquare can be used too. But before investigating further, do you have any ideas of a simply solution to implement the local scout from Bing ?
Or is there another way to implement this feature ?
Oh, and I am french but not specially targeting a market so I'd like to use an international service.
Thanks a lot.
Damien
EDIT :
I guess I found a part of my solution :
Get business type/industry from Bing Phonebook API
As I want to use the Bing Search WSDL, I added a service reference to http://api.search.live.net/soap.asmx?AppId=42 (where 42 is my app key).
When I execute (from my phone) a simple test :
public void Test()
{
BingPortTypeClient bing = new BingPortTypeClient();
SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest();
request.AppId = AppId;
request.Sources = new SourceType[] { SourceType.Web };
request.Query = "restaurant";
bing.SearchCompleted += new EventHandler<SearchCompletedEventArgs>(bing_SearchCompleted);
bing.SearchAsync(request);
}
void bing_SearchCompleted(object sender, SearchCompletedEventArgs e)
{
}
I am getting the following exception :
There was no endpoint listening at http://api.search.live.net/soap.asmx that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details.
Inner : The remote server returned an error: NotFound.
I thought using this API would be quite more easy and well-documented...
Related
We have a .Net app using Google Drive api to upload files to a g-drive. And it just stopped working days ago (Nov 29th). But we didn't remember doing anything changes during that time.
During the investigation, we could confirm the service account for calling the Google API are valid, since the same service account is also being used for calling other google APIs, and works fine. We also can confirm it's not a permission issue, since we even set the permission of the gdrive to allow "anyone" who has the link, to have edit permission, but the issue is still there.
Unfortunately, we cannot find any useful log, and the return message of the API call is NULL. No error code or error message returned.The only related info we saw is: on the chart of "Error by API method", it shows "drive.files.create" failed 100%.
One interesting thing is, if we disable the Google Drive API, then enable it again, it will work once, then will stop working again.
private string SaveFileToGoogleDrive(IFormFile file, string claimNumber)
{
try
{
var driveService = GetDriveServiceInstance();
var fileMetadata = new Google.Apis.Drive.v3.Data.File();
var mimeType = file.ContentType;
fileMetadata.Name = CreateFileName(file.FileName, claimNumber);
fileMetadata.MimeType = mimeType;
fileMetadata.Parents = new List { _googleSettings.GoogleDriveFolderId };
FilesResource.CreateMediaUpload request;
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
file.CopyTo(stream);
request = driveService.Files.Create(fileMetadata, stream, mimeType);
request.Fields = "id";
request.Upload();
}
var googleFile = request.ResponseBody; \\The response body is always NULL, after the issue happened. :(
return googleFile.Id;
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
_logger.Error($"Google Drive exception {ex.Message} SACKTRACE: {(ex.StackTrace ?? "")} INNER EXCEPTION: {(ex.InnerException != null ? ex.InnerException.Message + "STACK TRACE:" + ex.InnerException.StackTrace ?? "" : "")}");
return string.Empty;
}
}
We found more details from the progress property in the response object, and saw the error message "The user's Drive storage quota has been exceeded.", but it does not make sense at all, since we are using "Enterprise edition" Google Workspace, which is supposed to have no limit. The service account and the key look good, GCP didn't complain at all. And that's the first thing we checked during troubleshooting.
Do you have any idea on what to do to solve the issue or what too look for when investigating this issue?
We found more details from the progress property in the response object, and saw the error message "The user's Drive storage quota has been exceeded.", but it's not make sense at all, since we are using "Enterprise editions" google workspace, which suppose has no limit. The service account and key look good, GCP didn't complain any thing. And that's the first thing we checked during troubleshooting. Anyway, the fix is: after create a new service account then use the new key of this new service account, the system back to work.
I have successfully set up push notification using firebase and linked it up Azure notification hub using this guide from the Microsoft docs:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/notification-hubs/xamarin-notification-hubs-push-notifications-android-gcm
However I am now trying to push notification to specific devices using tags. There isn't currently a xamarin c# document. I have done some research around the area and found people solving what seems to be the same problem using dependency injection (which feels a little complex?). I have also found these two questions/answers:
How to push notification to specific users in Xamarin.Forms Android?
https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/85935/how-to-push-notification-to-specific-users-in-xamarin-forms-android
Both of which point to the method "OnRegistered" which i don't seem to have? i've had another look through the documentation I followed to set up notifications in the first place and I seem to have followed it correctly?
I have the following code for android:
private void SendRegistrationToServer(string token)
{
// Register with Notification Hubs
hub = new NotificationHub(ApplicationConstants.NotificationHubName,
ApplicationConstants.ListenConnectionString, this);
var tags = new List<string>() { };
var regID = hub.Register(token, tags.ToArray()).RegistrationId;
}
I can obviously set the tags manually there, however how do i 'call' this Method again if the tags need to be changed?
So bottom line, my question is how do i set up push notification to specific devices on xamarin.forms android/ios?
Thanks.
I am trying to get my time entries from Clockify API directly via Power Query to Excel. I use the following code in the Power Query:
= Web.Contents("https://api.clockify.me/api/workspaces/ID of my workspace/timeEntries/", [
Query=[ #"filter"="", #"orderBy"=""],
ApiKeyName="APIToken"
])
When I then try to run the code I am prompted to enter the Web API authentification, which delivers an error ("English translation: Authentification does not work. Try again") after I enter my correct Web API code see screenshot here
Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?
There are two things to keep in mind when making calls to REST-based APIs in Power Query/M:
When using the Web.Contents() function, it's best to pass your API key as a parameter within the request header itself. In your case X-Api-Key should equal to {your API key}.
Use anonymous access to connect to the API. Your screenshot suggests you're trying to connect using "Web API". Clear the value in the "Schlüssel" field and use "Anonym" instead.
Here's a simple example where I return the information about a workspace by workspace ID. (I've masked both my workspace ID and API key; replace these values with your workspace ID and API key.)
This works for me in both Excel and Power BI:
let
Source =
Web.Contents(
"https://api.clockify.me/api/workspaces/{your workspace ID}",
[
Headers=[
#"Content-Type"="application/json",
#"X-Api-Key"={your API key}
]
]
),
jsonResponse = Json.Document(Source)
in
jsonResponse
Doesn't it have to be X-Api-Key instead of ApiKeyName?
Is there an API that allows access to Google's Mobile Friendly Test which can be seen at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/?
If you can't find one by googling, it probably doesn't exist.
A hacky solution would be to create a process with PhantomJS that inputs the url, submits it, and dirty-checks the dom for results.
PhantomJS is a headless WebKit scriptable with a JavaScript API.
However, if you abuse this, there is a chance that google will blacklist your ip address. Light use should be fine. Also be aware that google can change their dom structure or class names at any time, so don't be surprised if your tool suddenly breaks.
Here is some rough, untested code...
var url = 'https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/';
page.open(url, function (status) {
// set the url
document.querySelector('input.jfk-textinput').value = "http://thesite.com";
document.querySelector('form').submit();
// check for results once in a while
setInterval(function(){
var results = getResults(); // TODO create getResults
if(results){
//TODO save the results
phantom.exit();
}
}, 1000);
});
There is an option in pagespeed api
https://www.googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v3beta1/mobileReady?url={url}&key={api key}
key can be obtained form google cloud platform.
Acquire a PageSpeed Insights API KEY in https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/pagespeedonline-json.googleapis.com/overview?project=citric-program-395&hl=pt-br&duration=P30D and create a credentials, follow the google's instructions.
In C# (6.0) and .NET 4.5.2, I did some like this:
(add in your project a reference for Newtonsoft.Json.)
String yourURL = "https://www.google.com.br";
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://www.googleapis.com");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new System.Net.Http.Headers.MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
var response = client.GetAsync($"/pagespeedonline/v3beta1/mobileReady?url={yourURL }&key=AIzaSyArsacdp79HPFfRZRvXaiLEjCD1LtDm3ww").Result;
string json = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
JObject obj = JObject.Parse(json);
bool isMobileFriendly = obj.Value<JObject>("ruleGroups").Value<JObject>("USABILITY").Value<bool>("pass");
There is an API (Beta) for the Mobile Friendly-Test. (Release Date: 31.01.2017).
The API test outputs has three statuses:
MOBILE_FRIENDLY_TEST_RESULT_UNSPECIFIED Internal error when running this test. Please try running the test again.
MOBILE_FRIENDLY The page is mobile friendly.
3.NOT_MOBILE_FRIENDLY The page is not mobile friendly.
Here are more informations: https://developers.google.com/webmaster-tools/search-console-api/reference/rest/v1/urlTestingTools.mobileFriendlyTest/run
Is there any way to provide RedirectURL then using GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker?
Here is the sample code in C#:
Task<UserCredential> credential = GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(secrets, scopes, GoogleDataStore.User, cancellationToken, dataStore);
Or we have to use different approach?
I have an "installed application" that runs on a user's desktop, not a website. By default, when I create an "installed application" project in the API console, the redirect URI seems to be set to local host by default.
What ends up happening is that after the authentication sequence the user gets redirected to localhost and receives a browser error. I would like to prevent this from happening by providing my own redirect URI: urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob:auto
This seems to be possible using Python version of the Google Client API, but I find it difficult to find any reference to this with .NET.
Take a look in the implementation of PromptCodeReceiver, as you can see it contains the redirect uri.
You can implement your own ICodeReceiver with your prefer redirect uri, and call it from a WebBroker which should be similar to GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.
I think it would be great to understand why can't you just use PrompotCodeReceiver or LocalServerCodeReceiver.
And be aware that we just released a new library last week, so you should update it to 1.9.0.
UPDATE (more details, Nov 25th 2014):
You can create your own ICodeReceiver. You will have to do the following:
* The code was never tested... sorry.
public class MyNewCodeReceiver : ICodeReceiver
{
public string RedirectUri
{
get { return YOU_REDIRECT_URI; }
}
public Task<AuthorizationCodeResponseUrl> ReceiveCodeAsync(
AuthorizationCodeRequestUrl url,
CancellationToken taskCancellationToken)
{
// YOUR CODE HERE FOR RECEIVING CODE FROM THE URL.
// TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING:
// PromptCodeReceiver AND LocalServerCodeReceiver
// FOR EXAMPLES.
}
}
PromptCodeReceiver
and LocalServerCodeReceiver.
Then you will have to do the following
(instead of using the GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync method):
var initializer = new GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow.Initializer
{
ClientSecrets = secrets,
Scopes = scopes,
DataStore = new FileDataStore("Google.Apis.Auth");
};
await new AuthorizationCodeInstalledApp(
new GoogleAuthorizationCodeFlow(initializer),
new MyNewCodeReceiver())
.AuthorizeAsync(user, taskCancellationToken);
In addition:
I'll be happy to understand further why you need to set a different redirect uri, so we will be able to improve the library accordingly.
When I create an installed application the current PromptCodeReceiver and LocalServerCodeReceiver work for me, so I'm not sure what's the problem with your code.