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Sharepoint 365 allowing me to only write two items then stops responding

Background; it was working with SP2013, but a supplier has switched to SP365.
Modifying the authentication using OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager, ClientID and ClientSecret I can get the access token. I can then do all the JSON reads I like, but it will only allow me to write two items to a list (orders), then it just times out. I restart the project and it does exactly the same. I can read the list to make sure the order hasn't been uploaded already, but when it comes to writing the third item it just throws timeout errors.
I updated the code to call for a new access token for each write and just get "Token Request Failed" after the second write.
Any thoughts on how to approach the supplier on config options, or change my approach?
Thanks in advance.

Found the answer, changing up the usage of GetAppOnlyAuthenticatedContext to something like this works wonders.
public void CreateListItemV2(string listName, QDS_WorkOrderEntry entry)
{
OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager authMgr = new OfficeDevPnP.Core.AuthenticationManager();
using (var context = authMgr.GetAppOnlyAuthenticatedContext(SPSiteUrl, "<clientid>", "<secret>"))
{
List list = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle(listName);
var itemCreateInfo = new ListItemCreationInformation();
var newItem = list.AddItem(itemCreateInfo);
newItem["HHSDetails"] = entry.HHSDetails?.HHSDetailsId;
...
newItem.Update();
context.Load(newItem);
context.ExecuteQuery();
}
}

Expanding a Source object in a Stripe API call to StripeBalenceService doesn't return any customer info

I'm making a c# call to the Stripe.net API to fetch a balance history for a connected account. I'm trying to expand on the balance transaction object to see where the charge is coming from (ex. the customer who made the charge) as all the charges to connected accounts on my platform are from charge objects with a destination property to the connected account.
Here is my code and a screenshot of what the expanded source looks like, but think I should see a charge id or a customer or something refering me to the initial customer somewhere, but I don't...
var balanceService = new StripeBalanceService();
balanceService.ExpandSource = true;
var list = new List <string> () {
"data.source.source_transfer"
};
StripeList <StripeBalanceTransaction> balanceTransactions
= balanceService.List(
new StripeBalanceTransactionListOptions() {
Limit = 20,
Type = "payment",
Expand = list
},
new StripeRequestOptions() {
StripeConnectAccountId = accountId
}
);
foreach(var transaction in balanceTransactions) {
var test = transaction;
}
I feel like I should see a charge id (ex. ch_xxx) or a Customer value (which is null) all I see of any relevance is a payment id (ex. py_xxx)

It is possible to get the charge object(ch_xxx), it is just a little involved!
As you are using destination charges, the charge(ch_xxx) takes place on the platform account, and then a transfer(tr_xxx) is made to the connected account. That transfer creates a payment(py_xxx) on the connected account, which results in a balance transaction(txn_xxx).
As your code expands the source of those balance transactions, you get the payment(py_xxx). The payment is equivalent to a charge, so it has a source_transfer field. You can expand this field also! This will give you the transfer object(tr_xxx). Finally, the transfer has a source_transaction field, and this can be exapanded to give the original charge(ch_xxx)!
Putting that all together, you will want to expand on "data.source.source_transfer.source_transaction".
If you use a Stripe library in a dynamic language you can see this in action ... unfortunately, stripe-dotnet has an open issue right now which means that you can not do this directly. Instead, you will need to make the API calls manually by calling the various Retrieve functions on the IDs, instead of doing a single expansion. It would look something like this:
var paymentId = transaction.Source.Id;
var chargeService = new StripeChargeService();
var payment = chargeService.Get(
paymentId,
new StripeRequestOptions()
{
StripeConnectAccountId = accountId
}
);
var transferService = new StripeTransferService();
transferService.ExpandSourceTransaction = true;
var transfer = transferService.Get(payment.SourceTransferId);
var charge = transfer.SourceTransaction;
Console.WriteLine(charge.Id);

Changing FullName programmatically in CRM Online (2011)

I am attempting to change the "FullName" field of existing CRM system users in our Dynamics CRM 2011 Online account. I have already made the change in settings to update all future users to the format "Last, First" ... so this is for changing the existing users.
I read the best way is to do this programmatically using the CRM SDK. When I perform the actual Update command, I receive an unspecified error from the SDK: Additional information: The property IsLicensed cannot be modified.
Although I'm querying all columns for entity object SystemUsers, I'm only changing the FullName field. Has anyone else had experience with this? My code is below, I'm running this as a console app to step through each SystemUser.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["CRMOnline"].ToString();
CrmConnection conn = CrmConnection.Parse(connStr);
conn.DeviceCredentials = DeviceIdManager.LoadOrRegisterDevice();
using (OrganizationService svc = new OrganizationService(conn))
{
QueryExpression qry = new QueryExpression();
qry.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet(true); // get all columns
qry.EntityName = CRMO.SystemUser.EntityLogicalName; // get entity object SystemUser
qry.Criteria.AddCondition(new ConditionExpression("calendarid", ConditionOperator.NotNull)); // but non-builtin users
EntityCollection col = svc.RetrieveMultiple(qry); // executes query
foreach (Entity ent in col.Entities)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Current Fullname: " + ent.Attributes["fullname"].ToString());
Console.Write("Change? y/N: ");
string ans = Console.ReadLine();
if (ans.ToLower() == "y")
{
Console.Write("New Name: ");
string newname = Console.ReadLine();
if (newname != "")
{
ent.Attributes["fullname"] = newname;
svc.Update(ent); // fails here with SDK error: "Additional information: The property IsLicensed cannot be modified."
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("--- Done ---");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}

Rule 28 of the Crm SDK, don't ever perform updates by performing a select, which returns back more fields than what you are planning to update. Any fields in the attribute collection of the Entity will be updated even if they haven't changed. Instead, instantiate a new entity locally, set the id and whatever attributes you want to update and update it.
On a side note, you can't update the full name of a System User. You have to update the individual pieces. So your code should really look like this:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string connStr = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["CRMOnline"];
CrmConnection conn = CrmConnection.Parse(connStr);
conn.DeviceCredentials = DeviceIdManager.LoadOrRegisterDevice();
using (OrganizationService svc = new OrganizationService(conn))
{
QueryExpression qry = new QueryExpression();
qry.ColumnSet = new ColumnSet("firstname", "lastname", "fullname"); // get only what is needed for performance reasons
qry.EntityName = CRMO.SystemUser.EntityLogicalName; // get entity object SystemUser
qry.Criteria.AddCondition(new ConditionExpression("calendarid", ConditionOperator.NotNull)); // but non-builtin users
EntityCollection col = svc.RetrieveMultiple(qry); // executes query
foreach (Entity ent in col.Entities)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Current Fullname: " + ent["fullname"].ToString());
Console.Write("Update? Y/N: ");
string ans = Console.ReadLine();
if (ans.ToLower() == "y")
{
// Create a new entity, setting the id and whatever attributes that need to be updated
var updateEntity = new Entity { Id = ent.Id };
updateEntity["firstname"] = ent["firstname"];
updateEntity["lastname"] = ent["lastname"];
svc.Update(updateEntity);
}
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("--- Done ---");
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Notes:
Only retrieve the columns you actually need
Create an update entity that only contains the fields you want to update
Remember that FullName is readonly
This may also be helpful

This is so others reading this can use this solution to change the FullName in CRM Online.
So in my case, where I needed to change the FullName of existing CRM users from "First Last" to "Last, First", I was able to perform regular Office 365 admin functions to complete this.
First, I changed the format in CRM Settings > System Settings to "Last Name, First Name".
Then, for each user I needed to have changed, I used the Office 365 Admin Center and edited their licenses. Un-assign the CRM license from the user and click SAVE. Wait about a minute or two for the changes to take affect. Next, go back into that same user management and re-assign the CRM license to the user, click SAVE. Wait a few minutes and you will see the FullName in CRM should be in the correct format.

Setting up 3DCart API with a C# App

I have been trying to create an application to go through our database at a set interval and update/add any new items to 3DCarts database. Their code example uses soap in an xml file to send 1 request per call. So I need to to be able to generate the xml I need with the items information on the fly before sending it. I have done hardly anything with XML files like this and cannot figure out how to create the chunk of code I need and send it. One method that has been suggested is create a file but still executing has been a problem and would be very inefficient for a large number of items. Here is what I have so far
sqlStatement = "SELECT * FROM products WHERE name = '" + Convert.ToString(reader.GetValue(0)) + "'";
ServiceReferenceCart.cartAPIAdvancedSoapClient bcsClient = new ServiceReferenceCart.cartAPIAdvancedSoapClient();
ServiceReferenceCart.runQueryResponse bcsResponse = new ServiceReferenceCart.runQueryResponse();
bcsClient.runQuery(storeUrl, userKey, sqlStatement, callBackURL);
string result = Convert.ToString(bcsResponse);
listBox1.Items.Add(result);
EDIT: Changed from sample code block to current code block as I got a service reference setup finally. They provide no details though for using the functions in the reference. With this bcsResponse is just a blank, when I try adding .Body I have the same result but when I add .runQuery to the .Body I get a "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." error. As I have said I have not messed with service references before.
I hope I have explained well enough I just really have not worked with this kind of stuff before and it has become extremely frustrating.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.

I actually ended up figuring this out after playing around with it. Here is what I did to get the reference to work. This may have been easy for anyone who have used the references before but I have not and have decided to post this in case anyone else has this problem. The SQL can be SELECT, ADD, UPDATE and DELETE statements this was to see if the sku was listed before updating/adding.
//Will be using these multiple times so a variable makes more sense
// DO NOT include http:// in the url, also id is not shown in their
//database layout pdf they will give but it is the sku/product number
string sqlStatement = "SELECT id FROM products WHERE id = '" + Convert.ToString(reader.GetValue(0)) + "')))";
string userKey = "YourKeyHere";
string storeUrl = "YourStoresURLHere";
// Setting up instances from the 3DCart API
cartAPIAdvancedSoapClient bcsClient = new cartAPIAdvancedSoapClient();
runQueryRequest bcsRequest = new runQueryRequest();
runQueryResponse bcsResponse = new runQueryResponse();
runQueryResponseBody bcsRespBod = new runQueryResponseBody();
runQueryRequestBody bcsReqBod = new runQueryRequestBody();
//assigning required variables to the requests body
bcsReqBod.storeUrl = storeUrl;
bcsReqBod.sqlStatement = sqlStatement;
bcsReqBod.userKey = userKey;
//assigning the body to the request
bcsRequest.Body = bcsReqBod;
//Setting the response body to be the result
bcsRespBod.runQueryResult = bcsClient.runQuery(bcsReqBod.storeUrl, bcsReqBod.userKey, bcsReqBod.sqlStatement, bcsReqBod.callBackURL );
bcsResponse.Body = bcsRespBod;
//adding the result to a string
string result = bcsResponse.Body.runQueryResult.Value;
//displaying the string, this for me was more of a test
listBox1.Items.Add(result);
You will also need to activate the Advanced API on your shop as you may notice there is no actual option as the pdf's say, you need to go to their store and purchase(its free) and wait for them to activate it. This took about 2 hrs for us.

Sitecore workflow approval/rejection emails

We are working on implementing some custom code on a workflow in a Sitecore 6.2 site. Our workflow currently looks something like the following:
Our goal is simple: email the submitter whether their content revision was approved or rejected in the "Awaiting Approval" step along with the comments that the reviewer made. To accomplish this we are adding an action under the "Approve" and "Reject" steps like so:
We are having two big issues in trying to write this code
There doesn't seem to be any easy way to determine which Command was chosen (the workaround would be to pass an argument in the action step but I'd much rather detect which was chosen)
I can't seem to get the comments within this workflow state (I can get them is the next state though)
For further context, here is the code that I have so far:
var contentItem = args.DataItem;
var contentDatabase = contentItem.Database;
var contentWorkflow = contentDatabase.WorkflowProvider.GetWorkflow(contentItem);
var contentHistory = contentWorkflow.GetHistory(contentItem);
//Get the workflow history so that we can email the last person in that chain.
if (contentHistory.Length > 0)
{
//contentWorkflow.GetCommands
var status = contentWorkflow.GetState(contentHistory[contentHistory.Length - 1].NewState);
//submitting user (string)
string lastUser = contentHistory[contentHistory.Length - 1].User;
//approve/reject comments
var message = contentHistory[contentHistory.Length - 1].Text;
//sitecore user (so we can get email address)
var submittingUser = sc.Security.Accounts.User.FromName(lastUser, false);
}

I ended up with the following code. I still see no good way to differentiate between commands but have instead implemented two separate classes (one for approve, one for reject):
public void Process(WorkflowPipelineArgs args)
{
//all variables get initialized
string contentPath = args.DataItem.Paths.ContentPath;
var contentItem = args.DataItem;
var contentWorkflow = contentItem.Database.WorkflowProvider.GetWorkflow(contentItem);
var contentHistory = contentWorkflow.GetHistory(contentItem);
var status = "Approved";
var subject = "Item approved in workflow: ";
var message = "The above item was approved in workflow.";
var comments = args.Comments;
//Get the workflow history so that we can email the last person in that chain.
if (contentHistory.Length > 0)
{
//submitting user (string)
string lastUser = contentHistory[contentHistory.Length - 1].User;
var submittingUser = Sitecore.Security.Accounts.User.FromName(lastUser, false);
//send email however you like (we use postmark, for example)
//submittingUser.Profile.Email
}
}

I have answered a very similar question.
Basically you need to get the Mail Workflow Action and then you need to further extend it to use the original's submitter's email.

Easiest way to get the command item itself is ProcessorItem.InnerItem.Parent

This will give you the GUID for commands like submit, reject etc.
args.CommandItem.ID
This will give you the GUID for states like Draft, approved etc.
args.CommandItem.ParentID