(C# UWP/WinRT) Populi Get Roles

Demonstrates the Populi getRoles task.

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

// First load the previously obtained API token.
// See Get Populi Access Token for sample code showing how to get the API token.
Chilkat.Xml xml = new Chilkat.Xml();
bool success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/tokens/populi_token.xml");
string accessKey = xml.GetChildContent("access_key");
if (xml.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Did not find the access_key");
    return;
}

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();

// Connect using TLS.
// A single REST object, once connected, can be used for many Populi REST API calls.
// The auto-reconnect indicates that if the already-established HTTPS connection is closed,
// then it will be automatically re-established as needed.
bool bAutoReconnect = true;
success = await rest.ConnectAsync("yourcollege.populi.co",443,true,bAutoReconnect);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

rest.Authorization = accessKey;

rest.AddQueryParam("task","getRoles");

string responseBody = await rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncodedAsync("POST","/api/index.php");
if (rest.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// We should expect a 200 response if successful.
if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Request Header: ");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastRequestHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("----");
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusCode = " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response StatusLine: " + rest.ResponseStatusText);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(responseBody);
    return;
}

xml.LoadXml(responseBody);
Debug.WriteLine(xml.GetXml());

// Sample response:
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample XML: 
// Generate Parsing Code from XML

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
// <response>
//     <role>
//         <id>7</id>
//         <name>Academic Admin</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>19</id>
//         <name>Financial Aid</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>15</id>
//         <name>Registrar</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>4</id>
//         <name>Staff</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
//     <role>
//         <id>1</id>
//         <name>Everyone</name>
//         <inactive>0</inactive>
//     </role>
// </response>

int i;
int count_i;
int id;
string name;
int inactive;

i = 0;
count_i = xml.NumChildrenHavingTag("role");
while (i < count_i) {
    xml.I = i;
    id = xml.GetChildIntValue("role[i]|id");
    name = xml.GetChildContent("role[i]|name");
    inactive = xml.GetChildIntValue("role[i]|inactive");
    i = i + 1;
}