Disqus API methods for guest commenting Windows Phone

DisqusWPExample.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Net.Http;
using AdvancedREI.Net.Http.Compression;
using example_project.Resources;

namespace example_project
{
    public static class ExternalApi
    {
        public static async Task<string> GetCommentData(string endpoint, string arguments, string AccessToken)
        {
            if (!NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable())
            {
                return "Error: Not connected to the internet";
            }

            // Create HTTP client
            var gziphandler = new CompressedHttpClientHandler();
            var httpClient = new HttpClient(gziphandler);
            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Referrer = new Uri("http://example.com/", UriKind.Absolute);
            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Host = "example.com";

            var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(endpoint + "?api_key=" + ApiResources.key_public + "&api_secret=" + ApiResources.key_secret + AccessToken + arguments);

            // Return content as a string
            string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            try
            {
                response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
                return content;
            }
            catch (HttpRequestException)
            {
                try
                {
                    JObject resultObject = JObject.Parse(content);
                    return "Error: " + (string)resultObject["response"];
                }
                catch
                {
                    return "Error: " + "Unable to connect to the Disqus servers. Check your ineternet connection and try again";
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                return "Error: " + "Unable to connect to the Disqus servers. Check your ineternet connection and try again";
            }
        }



        /// <summary>
        /// Method to post a new comment as a guest
        /// </summary>
        public static async Task<string> PostComment(string threadid, string message, string guestemail, string guestname, bool authenticated, string access_token)
        {
            if (!NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable())
            {
                return "Error: Not connected to the internet";
            }

            // Create HTTP client
            var gziphandler = new CompressedHttpClientHandler();
            var httpClient = new HttpClient(gziphandler);

            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Referrer = new Uri("http://example.com/", UriKind.Absolute);
            httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Host = "example.com";

            // This is the postdata
            var postData = new List<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();
            postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("api_key", ApiResources.key_public));
            postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("api_secret", ApiResources.key_secret));
            postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("thread", threadid));
            postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("message", message));
            postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("strict", "1")); // Set strict so optional params aren't dropped when there's an exception

            if (authenticated == true)
            {
              postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("access_token", access_token));
            }
            else
            {
              postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("author_email", guestemail));
              postData.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("author_name", guestname));
            }

            var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(new Uri(ApiResources.endpoint_posts_create, UriKind.Absolute), new FormUrlEncodedContent(postData));

            // Return content as a string
            string content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            try
            {
                response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

                return content;
            }
            catch (HttpRequestException)
            {
                try
                {
                    JObject resultObject = JObject.Parse(content);

                    // Get code 
                    //string responsecode = (string)resultObject["code"];
                    // TODO check the error code against this page to give a more detailed response:http://disqus.com/api/docs/errors/
                    // If there's a permission error, that usually means the user/IP address has been blacklisted

                    return "Error: " + (string)resultObject["response"];
                }
                catch
                {
                    return "Error: Unable to post this comment";
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                return "Error: Unable to post this comment";
            }


        }
    }
}

Check out our API documentation to find out what endpoints are available and what their response types are: http://disqus.com/api/docs/