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gRPC StarLink Router .Net

New Info:
I thought I would paste this in full as I can not seem to find any samples on the web of a c# solution for StarLink so hopefully anyone else looking for something may find this helpful and may contribute.
My New Proto File - (partial) - I took the advise of Yuri below. Thanks for the direction here. I was able to I have been using this tool and it has brought a lot of insight but I am still stuck on the c# side of the solution. I am an old VB.Net developer though I have done a bunch in c# I am by no means savvy in it and am probably missing something so simple. Again, any insight would be awesome. I can not post the full proto here as stack has char limit on posts. this is the first bit with messages etc. I can post more if it helps but trying to keep it to the important part.
syntax = "proto3";
option csharp_namespace = "SpaceX.API.Device";
package SpaceX.API.Device;
service Device {
//rpc Handle (.SpaceX.API.Device.Request) returns (.SpaceX.API.Device.Response) {}
//rpc Stream (stream .SpaceX.API.Device.ToDevice) returns (stream .SpaceX.API.Device.FromDevice) {}
rpc Handle (Request) returns (Response);
rpc Stream (Request) returns (Response);
}
message ToDevice {
string message = 1;
}
message Request {
uint64 id = 1;
string target_id = 13;
uint64 epoch_id = 14;
oneof request {
SignedData signed_request = 15;
RebootRequest reboot = 1001;
SpeedTestRequest speed_test = 1003;
GetStatusRequest get_status = 1004;
AuthenticateRequest authenticate = 1005;
GetNextIdRequest get_next_id = 1006;
GetHistoryRequest get_history = 1007;
GetDeviceInfoRequest get_device_info = 1008;
GetPingRequest get_ping = 1009;
SetTrustedKeysRequest set_trusted_keys = 1010;
FactoryResetRequest factory_reset = 1011;
GetLogRequest get_log = 1012;
SetSkuRequest set_sku = 1013;
UpdateRequest update = 1014;
GetNetworkInterfacesRequest get_network_interfaces = 1015;
PingHostRequest ping_host = 1016;
GetLocationRequest get_location = 1017;
EnableFlowRequest enable_flow = 1018;
GetHeapDumpRequest get_heap_dump = 1019;
RestartControlRequest restart_control = 1020;
FuseRequest fuse = 1021;
GetPersistentStatsRequest get_persistent_stats = 1022;
GetConnectionsRequest get_connections = 1023;
FlushTelemRequest flush_telem = 1026;
StartSpeedtestRequest start_speedtest = 1027;
GetSpeedtestStatusRequest get_speedtest_status = 1028;
ReportClientSpeedtestRequest report_client_speedtest = 1029;
InitiateRemoteSshRequest initiate_remote_ssh = 1030;
SelfTestRequest self_test = 1031;
SetTestModeRequest set_test_mode = 1032;
DishStowRequest dish_stow = 2002;
DishGetContextRequest dish_get_context = 2003;
DishSetEmcRequest dish_set_emc = 2007;
DishGetObstructionMapRequest dish_get_obstruction_map = 2008;
DishGetEmcRequest dish_get_emc = 2009;
DishSetConfigRequest dish_set_config = 2010;
DishGetConfigRequest dish_get_config = 2011;
StartDishSelfTestRequest start_dish_self_test = 2012;
WifiSetConfigRequest wifi_set_config = 3001;
WifiGetClientsRequest wifi_get_clients = 3002;
WifiSetupRequest wifi_setup = 3003;
WifiGetPingMetricsRequest wifi_get_ping_metrics = 3007;
WifiGetDiagnosticsRequest wifi_get_diagnostics = 3008;
WifiGetConfigRequest wifi_get_config = 3009;
WifiSetMeshDeviceTrustRequest wifi_set_mesh_device_trust = 3012;
WifiSetMeshConfigRequest wifi_set_mesh_config = 3013;
WifiGetClientHistoryRequest wifi_get_client_history = 3015;
TransceiverIFLoopbackTestRequest transceiver_if_loopback_test = 4001;
TransceiverGetStatusRequest transceiver_get_status = 4003;
TransceiverGetTelemetryRequest transceiver_get_telemetry = 4004;
}
reserved 1025, 3011, 3014;
}
message SignedData {
bytes data = 1;
bytes signature = 2;
}
My New .cs
I have tried many things from Microsoft's examples to thing I can gather from other samples. I simply can not get it to work and am lost. Again, any insight would be amazing and hopefully helpful to others looking for a solution in c#. You will see my commented code of this I have been playing with. Basically I am attempting to achieve three things and have made some movement in one of them.
Goals:
1 - Use Server Reflection to discover services.
I think I got this one resolved with dot-net grpc.
2 - Simply want to check available methods under a service and potentially either check or generate a new .proto file in case things change. StaLink does not publish its proto schema so I assume it could change anytime without warning.
3 - Just run any one of the available methods. I have tried the GetDeviceInfoRequest but can not seem to construct the request message properly. I have not been able to get this accomplishe in the gRPCurl tool either. I can do it on the basic service shown by Microsoft of course but these methods seem to be more complex and I simply get all kinds of errors.
Again, any insight or assistance would be amazing. Thanks to any and all in advance.
New .cs File
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Grpc.Core;
using Grpc.Net.Client;
using Grpc.Reflection.V1Alpha;
using ServerReflectionClient = Grpc.Reflection.V1Alpha.ServerReflection.ServerReflectionClient;
using SpaceX.API.Device;
public class Program
{
static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
//SETUP CHANNEL AND CLIENT
using var channel = GrpcChannel.ForAddress("http://192.168.100.1:9200");
var client = new ServerReflectionClient(channel);
var StarLinkClient = new Device.DeviceClient(channel);
//using var call = StarLinkClient.StreamAsync(new ToDevice { Request = GetDeviceInfoRequest });
//await foreach (var response in call.ResponseStream.ReadAllAsync())
//var request = Device.GetDeviceInfoRequest;
//var reply = await StarLinkClient.HandleAsync(
// new Request {'"getDeviceInfo" : {} '});
//Console.WriteLine(reply.Message);
//=============================================SERVER REFLECTION=============================================================
Console.WriteLine("Calling reflection service:");
var response = await SingleRequestAsync(client, new ServerReflectionRequest
{
ListServices = "" // Get all services
});
Console.WriteLine("Services:");
foreach (var item in response.ListServicesResponse.Service)
{
Console.WriteLine("- " + item.Name);
Console.WriteLine();
var StarLink = item.Name;
//Console.WriteLine(StarLink.getStatus());
}
//=============================================SERVER REFLECTION=============================================================
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
void setupchannel()
{
}
private static Task SingleRequestAsync(ServerReflectionClient client, Metadata metadata)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
private static async Task<ServerReflectionResponse> SingleRequestAsync(ServerReflectionClient client, ServerReflectionRequest request)
{
using var call = client.ServerReflectionInfo();
await call.RequestStream.WriteAsync(request);
Debug.Assert(await call.ResponseStream.MoveNext());
var response = call.ResponseStream.Current;
await call.RequestStream.CompleteAsync();
return response;
}
}
Again, thanks in advance to anyone willing to assist here. Hopefully this helps others as well.

Sabre Web Services .NET API Examples that aren't MVC?

This is pretty general, but I'm having a hell of a time figuring out how to consume some of the more complicated Sabre APIs.
I have built working .NET proxy classes in C# using the WSDL for the basic APIs (CreateSession, CloseSession) but for the more complicated APIs I have a really hard time parsing out the complicated XML schema to figure out which methods to call in my program.
Are there any other .NET resources/examples out there that aren't wrapped up in MVC like the code example that Sabre posted on GitHub?
I'm trying to figure out how to use APIs like OTA_AirPriceLLSRQ and TravelItineraryReadRQ.
Thanks in advance for any help!

As I mentioned on the comments, you should not focus on the actual MVC wrapping, as you'll be mainly putting stuff in the Model, or actually you'll put this somewhere else and consume it in the model.
Anyway, just for you to have as example, here's a VERY generic BFM (BargianFinderMax) class. With this approach it's required to create an instance, and after calling the Execute method it stores the response in the instance.
I hope it helps.
using BargainFinderMaxRQv310Srvc;
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace ServicesMethods
{
public class BFM_v310
{
private BargainFinderMaxService service;
private OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ request;
public OTA_AirLowFareSearchRS response;
public BFM_v310(string token, string pcc, string convId, string endpoint)
{
//MessageHeader
MessageHeader mHeader = new MessageHeader();
PartyId[] pId = { new PartyId() };
pId[0].Value = "SWS";
From from = new From();
from.PartyId = pId;
To to = new To();
to.PartyId = pId;
mHeader.Action = "BargainFinderMaxRQ";
mHeader.Service = new Service()
{
Value = mHeader.Action
};
mHeader.ConversationId = convId;
mHeader.CPAId = pcc;
mHeader.From = from;
mHeader.To = to;
mHeader.MessageData = new MessageData()
{
Timestamp = DateTime.UtcNow.ToString()
};
//Security
Security security = new Security();
security.BinarySecurityToken = token;
//Service
service = new BargainFinderMaxService();
service.MessageHeaderValue = mHeader;
service.SecurityValue = security;
service.SoapVersion = System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapProtocolVersion.Soap11;
service.Url = endpoint;
createRequest(pcc);
}
private void createRequest(string pcc)
{
request = new BargainFinderMaxRQv310Srvc.OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQ();
request.AvailableFlightsOnly = true;
request.Version = "3.1.0";
request.POS = new SourceType[1];
SourceType source = new SourceType();
source.PseudoCityCode = pcc;
source.RequestorID = new UniqueID_Type();
source.RequestorID.ID = "1";
source.RequestorID.Type = "1";
source.RequestorID.CompanyName = new CompanyNameType();
source.RequestorID.CompanyName.Code = "TN";
source.RequestorID.CompanyName.CodeContext = "Context";
request.POS[0] = source;
OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQOriginDestinationInformation originDestination = new OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQOriginDestinationInformation();
originDestination.OriginLocation = new OriginDestinationInformationTypeOriginLocation();
originDestination.OriginLocation.LocationCode = "BCN";
originDestination.DestinationLocation = new OriginDestinationInformationTypeDestinationLocation();
originDestination.DestinationLocation.LocationCode = "MAD";
originDestination.ItemElementName = ItemChoiceType.DepartureDateTime;
originDestination.Item = "2017-09-10T12:00:00";
originDestination.RPH = "1";
request.OriginDestinationInformation = new OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQOriginDestinationInformation[1] { originDestination };
request.TravelerInfoSummary = new TravelerInfoSummaryType()
{
AirTravelerAvail = new TravelerInformationType[1]
};
request.TravelerInfoSummary.AirTravelerAvail[0] = new TravelerInformationType()
{
PassengerTypeQuantity = new PassengerTypeQuantityType[1]
};
PassengerTypeQuantityType passenger = new PassengerTypeQuantityType()
{
Quantity = "1",
Code = "ADT"
};
request.TravelerInfoSummary.AirTravelerAvail[0].PassengerTypeQuantity[0] = passenger;
request.TravelerInfoSummary.PriceRequestInformation = new PriceRequestInformationType();
request.TravelerInfoSummary.PriceRequestInformation.CurrencyCode = "USD";
//PriceRequestInformationTypeNegotiatedFareCode nego = new PriceRequestInformationTypeNegotiatedFareCode();
//nego.Code = "ABC";
//request.TravelerInfoSummary.PriceRequestInformation.Items = new object[1] { nego };
request.TPA_Extensions = new OTA_AirLowFareSearchRQTPA_Extensions();
request.TPA_Extensions.IntelliSellTransaction = new TransactionType();
request.TPA_Extensions.IntelliSellTransaction.RequestType = new TransactionTypeRequestType();
request.TPA_Extensions.IntelliSellTransaction.RequestType.Name = "50ITIN";
}
public bool Execute()
{
response = service.BargainFinderMaxRQ(request);
return response.PricedItinCount > 0;
}
}
}

My advice is you should add separate models which are built based on Sabre models, and which flatten the whole structure.
For example, TravelItineraryReadRS is a quite complicated document. Using it properties in your program is a real "pain", because every time you need to remember the whole path that leads to to specific information (like, "what is passenger type for PersonName of NameNumber 01.01?").
I suggest you have dedicated model (let's name it Reservation), which have all information that you will need later in your application, extracted from TravelItineraryReadRs.
In order to achieve this you need a dedicated converter which will make convert TravelItineraryReadRs model into Reservation model. Now, inside Reservation model you could have list of Passenger models, which have in on place all important information (NameNumber, PassengerType, SSR codes, etc).
This improves readability and as a bonus you decouple your application from Sabre (imagine, one day someone asks "can we switch from Sabre to Amadeus?" - if you use dedicated models the answer is "yes". If you don't have, then the answer is "probably yes, but it will take 6-9 months).

Unable to create Azure WebSpace

I'm trying to create a new Website using the nuget package Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Management.WebSites (Version 3.0.0)
This tutorial has been helpful (even though its Java):
http://azure.microsoft.com/fi-fi/documentation/articles/java-create-azure-website-using-java-sdk/
except it suggests to use the WebSpaceNames.WestUSWebSpace constant.
var hostingPlanParams = new WebHostingPlanCreateParameters
{
Name = this.webhostingPlanName,
NumberOfWorkers = 1,
SKU = SkuOptions.Free,
WorkerSize = WorkerSizeOptions.Small
};
var result = new WebSiteManagementClient(this.Credentials)
.WebHostingPlans
.CreateAsync(WebSpaceNames.WestUSWebSpace, hostingPlanParams, CancellationToken.None)
.Result
This will result in an exception: NotFound: Cannot find WebSpace with name westuswebspace.
I actually want to create a custom WebSpace.
Except I can't find any method for it. See MSDN
So the only way I can make this work is using an existing WebSpace, that had created through the manage.windowsazure.com site. Which defeats the whole purpose of automating this.
The only Create[...] Method on IWebSpaceOperations is CreatePublishingUserAsync which I have tried running this as well but it results in an exception This operation is not supported for subscriptions that have co-admins. Which is pretty annoying in itself, doesn't make much sense to me, but is not really the core of my question.

I resolved this by using the prerelease package: PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Azure.Management.WebSites -Pre
Which works perfectly well. Except that it's only a pre-release of cause
// Create Web Hosting Plan
var hostingPlanParams = new WebHostingPlanCreateOrUpdateParameters
{
WebHostingPlan = new WebHostingPlan()
{
Name = "WebHostingPlanName",
Location = "Australia Southeast",
Properties = new WebHostingPlanProperties
{
NumberOfWorkers = 1,
Sku = SkuOptions.Standard,
WorkerSize = WorkerSizeOptions.Small
}
},
};
var result = this.ManagementContext.WebSiteManagementClient.WebHostingPlans.CreateOrUpdateAsync(
"ResourceGroupName",
"WebHostingPlanName",
CancellationToken.None).Result;
// Create Website
var websiteParams = new WebSiteCreateOrUpdateParameters
{
WebSite = new WebSiteBase
{
Location = "Australia Southeast",
Name = "WebSiteName",
Properties = new WebSiteBaseProperties
{
ServerFarm = "WebHostingPlanName"
}
}
};
var siteResult = this.ManagementContext.WebSiteManagementClient.WebSites.CreateOrUpdateAsync(
"ResourceGroupName",
"WebSiteName",
null,
websiteParams,
CancellationToken.None).Result;
If you want to use deployment slots you have to take this under consideration:
https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net/issues/1088

How to update an existing exchange rate

Using the ExchangeRateServiceClient every time I try to use client.create for currency a currency code pair I get an exception
Cannot create a record in Exchange rate currency pair (ExchangeRateCurrencyPair). From currency: USD, EUR. The record already exists.
System.Exception {System.ServiceModel.FaultException}
I am brand new to the AX API...I am using C#
AXDev09.ExchangeRateServiceCreateRequest request =
new AXDev09.ExchangeRateServiceCreateRequest();
AXDev09.ExchangeRateServiceClient client = new AXDev09.ExchangeRateServiceClient();
request.CallContext = new AXDev09.CallContext();
request.CallContext.Language = "en-us";
request.CallContext.Company = "T51";
request.CallContext.MessageId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
AXDev09.AxdEntity_CurrencyPair[] myPair = new AXDev09.AxdEntity_CurrencyPair[1];
myPair[0] = new AXDev09.AxdEntity_CurrencyPair();
myPair[0].ToCurrencyCode = "EUR";
myPair[0].FromCurrencyCode = "USD";
AXDev09.AxdEntity_ExchangeRate[] myExchange = new AXDev09.AxdEntity_ExchangeRate[1];
myExchange[0] = new AXDev09.AxdEntity_ExchangeRate();
myExchange[0].ExchangeRate = Convert.ToDecimal("0.708");
myExchange[0].ExchangeRateSpecified = true;
myPair[0].ExchangeRate = myExchange;
myPair[0].ExchangeRateDisplayFactor = AXDev09.AxdEnum_ExchangeRateDisplayFactor.One;
myPair[0].ExchangeRateType = "Average";
AxdType_DateTime myFromDate = new AxdType_DateTime();
myFromDate.localDateTime = DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime();
myFromDate.timezone = AxdEnum_Timezone.GMTMINUS0600CENTRALTIME;
myFromDate.Value = myFromDate.localDateTime;
AxdType_DateTime myToDate = new AxdType_DateTime();
myToDate.localDateTime = DateTime.Now.ToUniversalTime();
myToDate.timezone = AxdEnum_Timezone.GMTMINUS0600CENTRALTIME;
myToDate.Value = myToDate.localDateTime;
request.LedgerExchangeRate = new AXDev09.AxdLedgerExchangeRate();
request.LedgerExchangeRate.CurrencyPair = myPair;
request.LedgerExchangeRate.ValidFromDateTime = myFromDate;
request.LedgerExchangeRate.ValidToDateTime = myToDate;
client.Open();
client.create(request.CallContext, request.LedgerExchangeRate);
client.Close();

The ExchangeRateServiceClient does appear to be a standard API.
The standards web service is called LedgerExchangeRateService.
If you provide two currencies, then try to reverse them.

if the error message is to be believed, seems like the issue is when it tries to create the ExchangeRateCurrencyPair
there is a no-duplicates index on:
fromCurrency
toCurrency
ExchangeRateType
"I am trying to add a new currency rate...with a new set from from-to but I keep getting "The record already exists" error eventhough I'm setting new FROM-TO dates."
it seems to be objecting to ExchangeRateCurrencyPair(not to the date effective bits) maybe try selecting the pair instead of attempting to create it every time--or maybe try debugging through a successful new pair to see if a tweak may be needed in the standard service

Silverlight -CRM2011 : The Currency Cannot Be null

I use Silverlight o-data services to interact with crm 2011 from my application
When I try to save the data in the entity SalesOrder as follows:
Private void beginSave()
{
SalesOrder orderHeader = new SalesOrder();
orderHeader.TransactionCurrencyId = new EntityReference(){ Id = new Guid("77D695B5-ACB4-E111-97BC-00155D55B216"), LogicalName="transactioncurrency" };
orderHeader.AccountId = new EntityReference() { Id = new Guid(MyClassGeneralOrder.customerId), LogicalName = "account" };
orderHeader.Name = "My Name";
Money totalAmount = new Money(); Money totalAmountBase = new Money();
Money totalTaxe = new Money(); Money totalAmountLessFreight = new Money();
totalAmount.Value = (decimal)MyClassGeneralOrder.InvoiceTotal;
totalAmountBase.Value = (decimal)MyClassGeneralOrder.totalRetail;
totalTaxe.Value = (decimal)MyClassGeneralOrder.totalCharges;
totalAmountLessFreight.Value = (decimal)MyClassGeneralOrder.totalNet;
orderHeader.TotalAmount = totalAmount;
orderHeader.TotalAmount_Base = totalAmountBase;
orderHeader.TotalTax = totalTaxe;
orderHeader.TotalAmountLessFreight = totalAmountLessFreight;
orderHeader.Description = element.Name;
orderHeader.PriceLevelId = new EntityReference() { Id = new Guid("03C5C4CB-EBD0-E111-8140-00155D55B216"), LogicalName="pricelevel" };
_context.AddToSalesOrderSet(orderHeader);
_context.BeginSaveChanges(SaveCallback, orderHeader);
}
private void SaveCallback(IAsyncResult result)
{
_context.EndSaveChanges(result);
}
In my function EndSaveChanges (result), I receive this error message : : « The Currency Cannot Be null ».
I don't understand why, because my "orderHeader.TransactionCurrencyId" field is not null.

I assuming that all of your other Currency fields are populated?
Any chance you have another plugin that is firing as a result of yours that is throwing the exception. That always seems to bite me. Try disabling all other plugins except for the one you're working on...
If you're still having issues, turn on crm server side tracing. You'll get much better error information. Use the CRM diagnostic tool to turn on trace logging: http://crmdiagtool2011.codeplex.com

Mostly your Guid is wrong and it's resulting in null. Make sure it's the correct GUID you are using or not. Run an advanced find against the entity and find the correct GUID. It's not a good idea to hard code the GUID. If you deploy your solutions to some other org it won't work.