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<h1 class="header">PocketSharp</h1>
<p class="header">C# assembly for accessing the pocket API</p>
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<h1>
<a name="pocketsharp" class="anchor" href="#pocketsharp"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>PocketSharp</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>This project is work in progress.
PocketSharp will be released as a NuGet package when ready.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>PocketSharp</strong> is a C#.NET class library, that integrates the <a href="http://getpocket.com/developer">Pocket API v3</a> and consists of 4 parts:</p>
<ul>
<li>Authentication</li>
<li>Retrieve</li>
<li>Modify</li>
<li>Add</li>
</ul><hr><p><em>If you don't know <a href="http://getpocket.com">Pocket</a>, be sure to check it out. It's an awesome service that lets you save articles, videos, ... in the cloud and access it from all your devices.</em></p>
<hr><h2>
<a name="usage-example" class="anchor" href="#usage-example"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Usage Example</h2>
<p>Request a <a href="http://getpocket.com/developer/apps/">Consumer Key on Pocket.</a></p>
<p>Include the PocketSharp namespace and it's associated models (you will need them later):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">using</span> <span class="nn">PocketSharp</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="k">using</span> <span class="nn">PocketSharp.Models</span><span class="p">;</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Initialize PocketClient with:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">PocketClient</span> <span class="n">_client</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">PocketClient</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"[YOUR_CONSUMER_KEY]"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"[YOUR_ACCESS_CODE]"</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Do a simple request - e.g. a search for <code>CSS</code>:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Search</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"css"</span><span class="p">).</span><span class="n">ForEach</span><span class="p">(</span>
<span class="n">item</span> <span class="p">=&gt;</span> <span class="n">Console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">WriteLine</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">item</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">ID</span> <span class="p">+</span> <span class="s">" | "</span> <span class="p">+</span> <span class="n">item</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Title</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Which will output:</p>
<pre><code>330361896 | CSS Front-end Frameworks with comparison : By usabli.ca
345541438 | Editr - HTML, CSS, JavaScript playground
251743431 | CSS Architecture
343693149 | CSS3 Transitions - Thank God We Have A Specification!
...
</code></pre>
<h2>
<a name="create-an-instance" class="anchor" href="#create-an-instance"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Create an instance</h2>
<p>Constructor:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">PocketClient</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">string</span> <span class="n">consumerKey</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kt">string</span> <span class="n">accessCode</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">null</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Uri</span> <span class="n">callbackUri</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">null</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<p><code>consumerKey</code>: The API key
<br><code>accessCode</code>: Provide an access code if the user is already authenticated
<br><code>callbackUri</code>: The callback URL is called by Pocket after authentication</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">PocketClient</span> <span class="n">_client</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">PocketClient</span><span class="p">(</span>
<span class="n">consumerKey</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"123498237423498723498723"</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">callbackUri</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">Uri</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"http://ceecore.com"</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="n">accessCode</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">"097809-oi987-izi8-jk98-oiuu89"</span>
<span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<p>You can change the <em>Access Code</em> after initialization:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">AccessCode</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="s">"[YOU_ACCESS_CODE]"</span><span class="p">;</span>
</pre></div>
<p><strong>Before authentication</strong> you will need to provide the <code>callbackUri</code> for authentication requests.
<br><strong>After authentication</strong> you will need to provide the <code>accessCode</code>.</p>
<h2>
<a name="authentication" class="anchor" href="#authentication"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Authentication</h2>
<p>In order to communicate with a Pocket User, you will need a consumer key (which is generated by <a href="http://getpocket.com/developer/apps/">creating a new application on Pocket</a>) and an <strong>Access Code</strong>.</p>
<p>The authentication is a 3-step process:</p>
<h4>
<a name="1-generate-authentication-uri" class="anchor" href="#1-generate-authentication-uri"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>1) Generate authentication URI</h4>
<p>Receive the <strong>request code</strong> and <strong>authentication URI</strong> from the library by calling <code>string GetRequestCode()</code>:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kt">string</span> <span class="n">requestCode</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">GetRequestCode</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="c1">// 0f453f2d-1605-8584-28fd-39af8e</span>
<span class="n">Uri</span> <span class="n">authenticationUri</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">GenerateAuthenticationUri</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="c1">// https://getpocket.com/auth/authorize?request_token=0f453f2d-1605-8584-28fd-39af8e&amp;redirect_uri=http%253a%252f%252fceecore.com</span>
</pre></div>
<p>The <em>request code</em> is stored internally, but you can also provide it as param in <code>GenerateAuthenticationUri(string requestCode = null)</code>.</p>
<h4>
<a name="2-redirect-to-pocket" class="anchor" href="#2-redirect-to-pocket"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>2) Redirect to Pocket</h4>
<p>Next you need to redirect the user to the <code>authenticationUri</code>, which displays a prompt to grant permissions for the application (see image). After the user granted or denied, he/she is redirected to the <code>callbackUri</code>.</p>
<p><img src="https://raw.github.com/ceee/PocketSharp/master/PocketSharp/authentication-screen.png" alt="authentication screen"></p>
<h4>
<a name="3-get-access-code" class="anchor" href="#3-get-access-code"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>3) Get Access Code</h4>
<p>Call <code>string GetAccessCode(string requestCode = null)</code></p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kt">string</span> <span class="n">accessCode</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">GetAccessCode</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="c1">// fa8bfc16-69b3-4d22-7db7-84a58d</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Again, the received <em>access code</em> is stored internally.
Note that <code>GetAccessCode</code> can only be called with an existing <em>request code</em>. If you need to re-authenticate a user, start again with Step 1).</p>
<h4>
<a name="important" class="anchor" href="#important"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Important</h4>
<p><strong>Be sure to permanently store the <em>Access Code</em> for your user.</strong>
<br>
Without it you would always have to redo the authentication process.</p>
<h2>
<a name="retrieve" class="anchor" href="#retrieve"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Retrieve</h2>
<p>Get list of all items:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">PocketItem</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">items</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Retrieve</span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="c1">// equivalent to: _client.Retrieve(RetrieveFilter.All)</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Find items by a tag:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">PocketItem</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">items</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">SearchByTag</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"tutorial"</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Find items by a search string:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">PocketItem</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">items</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Search</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"css"</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Find items by a filter:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">List</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">PocketItem</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">items</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Retrieve</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">RetrieveFilter</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Favorite</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// only favorites</span>
</pre></div>
<p>The RetrieveFilter Enum is specified as follows:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">enum</span> <span class="n">RetrieveFilter</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="n">All</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Unread</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Archive</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Favorite</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Article</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Video</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Image</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<h4>
<a name="custom-parameters" class="anchor" href="#custom-parameters"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Custom Parameters</h4>
<p>You can create a completely custom parameter list for retrieval with the POCO <code>RetrieveParameters</code>:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kt">var</span> <span class="n">parameters</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="n">RetrieveParameters</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">Count</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="m">50</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">Offset</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="m">100</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">Sort</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">SortEnum</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">oldest</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">};</span>
<span class="n">List</span><span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="n">PocketItem</span><span class="p">&gt;</span> <span class="n">items</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Retrieve</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">parameters</span><span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<h2>
<a name="add" class="anchor" href="#add"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Add</h2>
<p>Adds a new item to your pocket list.
Accepts four parameters, with <code>uri</code> being required.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">PocketItem</span> <span class="nf">Add</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Uri</span> <span class="n">uri</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">[]</span> <span class="n">tags</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">null</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kt">string</span> <span class="n">title</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">null</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kt">string</span> <span class="n">tweetID</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="k">null</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Example:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">PocketItem</span> <span class="n">newItem</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">_client</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Add</span><span class="p">(</span>
<span class="k">new</span> <span class="nf">Uri</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"http://www.neowin.net/news/full-build-2013-conference-sessions-listing-revealed"</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="k">new</span> <span class="kt">string</span><span class="p">[]</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="s">"microsoft"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"neowin"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">"build"</span> <span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">);</span>
</pre></div>
<p>The title can be included for cases where an item does not have a title, which is typical for image or PDF URLs. If Pocket detects a title from the content of the page, this parameter will be ignored.</p>
<p>If you are adding Pocket support to a Twitter client, please send along a reference to the tweet status id (with the tweetID). This allows Pocket to show the original tweet alongside the article.</p>
<h2>
<a name="modify" class="anchor" href="#modify"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Modify</h2>
<p>All Modify methods accept either the itemID (as int) or a <code>PocketItem</code> as parameter.</p>
<p>Archive the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.Archive(myPocketItem);
</code></pre>
<p>Un-archive the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.Unarchive(myPocketItem);
</code></pre>
<p>Favorites the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.Favorite(myPocketItem);
</code></pre>
<p>Un-favorites the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.Unfavorite(myPocketItem);
</code></pre>
<p>Deletes the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.Delete(myPocketItem);
</code></pre>
<h4>
<a name="modify-tags" class="anchor" href="#modify-tags"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Modify tags</h4>
<p>Add tags to the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.AddTags(myPocketItem, new string[] { "css", "2013" });
</code></pre>
<p>Remove tags from the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.RemoveTags(myPocketItem, new string[] { "css", "2013" });
</code></pre>
<p>Remove all tags from the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.RemoveTags(myPocketItem);
</code></pre>
<p>Replaces all existing tags with new ones for the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.ReplaceTags(myPocketItem, new string[] { "css", "2013" });
</code></pre>
<p>Renames a tag for the specified item:</p>
<pre><code>bool isSuccess = _client.RenameTag(myPocketItem, "oldTagName", "newTagName");
</code></pre>
<hr><h2>
<a name="release-history" class="anchor" href="#release-history"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Release History</h2>
<ul>
<li>2013-07-07 v0.3.1 authentication fixes</li>
<li>2013-07-02 v0.3.0 update authentication process </li>
<li>2013-06-27 v0.2.0 add, modify item &amp; modify tags</li>
<li>2013-06-26 v0.1.0 authentication &amp; retrieve functionality</li>
</ul><h2>
<a name="used-packages" class="anchor" href="#used-packages"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Used Packages</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://restsharp.org/">RestSharp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ServiceStack/ServiceStack.Text">ServiceStack.Text</a></li>
</ul><h2>
<a name="contributors" class="anchor" href="#contributors"><span class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>Contributors</h2>
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<td><a href="https://github.com/ceee">Tobias Klika @ceee</a></td>
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