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Retrieve all contents of Zoho module via REST API c#

I am trying to get the full contents of my modules From Zoho to our local Server. The deluge code does work as it returns to me the data which is being sent via the API. However, once it reaches the API, it is null. Any idea?
Below is the deluge code:
// Create a map that holds the values of the new contact that needs to be created
evaluation_info = Map();
evaluation_info.put("BulkData",zoho.crm.getRecords("Publishers"));
data = Map();
data.put(evaluation_info);
response = invokeurl
[
url :"https://zohoapi.xxxxx.com/publisher/publish"
type :POST
parameters:data
connection:"zohowebapi"
];
info data; (data returns all the data from publishers)
Here is my ASP.NET core restful API. It does ping it and create the file but the content of the file is null.
Route("[controller]")]
[ApiController]
public class PublisherController : ControllerBase
{
[HttpGet("[action]"), HttpPost("[action]")]
public void Publish(string data)
{
(it's already null when it comes here. why?)
string JSONresult = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data);
string path = #"C:\storage\journalytics_evaluationsv2.json";
using (var file = new StreamWriter(path, true))
{
file.WriteLine(JSONresult.ToString());
file.Close();
}
}
}
}
What am I missing? Thank you

After contacting Zoho support, the solution he offered was to loop through the data in order to get all the contents from a module (if they are more than 200 records. With the solution provided, one doesn't really need the deluge code anymore as long as you have the ZOHO api set to your account in code. This was my final solution. This solution is not scalable at all. It's best to work with the BULK CSV.
// Our own ZohoAPI which lets us connect and authenticate etc. Yours may look slightly different
ZohoApi zohoApi = new ZohoApi();
zohoApi.Initialize();
ZCRMRestClient restClient = ZCRMRestClient.GetInstance();
var allMedicalJournals = new List<ZCRMRecord>();
for (int i = 1; i <= 30; i++)
{
List<ZCRMRecord> accountAccessRecords2 =
restClient.GetModuleInstance("Journals").SearchByCriteria("Tag:equals:MedicalSet", i, 200).BulkData.ToList();
foreach (var newData in accountAccessRecords2)
allMedicalJournals.Add(newData);
}

Blank PDF being generated from ActiveReports/WebAPI

On a project I am working on, I'm building a feature that lets users generate a report - in my case, it will go on an envelope - on-demand from information stored in our database. The problem I'm trying to solve, is that a blank PDF is being generated.
I've tried some sanity checks. First I set a breakpoint in Visual Studio and ensured that the models being passed to the report had fixed data; the reports were blank. Next, I tried including a static label that's not tied to any data, to determine if it's a report data-binding issue - the static label is not appearing in the generated report either.
More stymying, is that I've used similar code in the past without issue. I have no idea why a blank PDF file would be generated in this case.
I've read the 'Similar Questions' provided by StackOverflow, specifically this question from one year ago, but it had no answers, and thus nothing to learn from it. I've also tried the requisite Google searches, but found nothing relevant.
The only thing I cannot provide is the actual ActiveReport itself. I've checked this for Silly Programmer Errors™ like having everything hidden, or transparent labels, or similar silly things. Unfortunately, I've made no such errors.
Report Code:
public partial class EnvelopeReport : SectionReport
{
public EnvelopeReport()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
internal void RunReport(IEnumerable<PrintedAddress> model)
{
if (model != null)
{
DataSource = model;
}
Run();
}
private void OnReportStart(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Document.Printer.PrinterName = string.Empty;
PageSettings.PaperKind = PaperKind.Number10Envelope;
PageSettings.Margins.Top = 0.25f;
PageSettings.Margins.Left = 0.5f;
PageSettings.Margins.Right = 0.5f;
PageSettings.Margins.Bottom = 0.25f;
}
}
Web API Controller Code:
[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage EnvelopeReport(int addressId, string attentionTo, bool isConfidential)
{
Address address = AddressRepository.GetAddress(addressId, true);
List<PrintedAddress> models = new List<PrintedAddress>
{
new PrintedAddress(address, attentionTo, isConfidential)
};
var report = new EnvelopeReport();
report.RunReport(models);
var pdfExporter = new ActiveReportsPdfExporter();
var reportBytes = pdfExporter.ExportPdf(report);
var response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
response.Content = new ByteArrayContent(reportBytes, 0, reportBytes.Length);
response.Content.Headers.ContentDisposition = new ContentDispositionHeaderValue("attachment")
{
FileName = "Envelope Report.pdf"
};
return response;
}
PDF Exporter:
public class ActiveReportsPdfExporter
{
private readonly PdfExport _pdfExport;
public ActiveReportsPdfExporter()
{
_pdfExport = new PdfExport();
}
public byte[] ExportPdf(SectionReport report)
{
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
_pdfExport.Export(report.Document, stream);
return stream.ToArray();
}
}
public Stream ExportPdfToStream(SectionReport report)
{
var stream = new MemoryStream();
_pdfExport.Export(report.Document, stream);
return stream;
}
}
Client Service (Angular):
(function () {
angular.module('app').factory('addressSvc', [
'$http', addressSvc
]);
function addressSvc($http) {
var service = {
printAddress: function(addressId, attentionTo, someFlag) {
var args = {
'addressId': thingId,
'attentionTo': attentionTo,
'isConfidential': isConfidential
};
return $http.get('/api/common/EnvelopeReport', { 'params': args });
}
};
return service;
}
})();
Client Controller (Angular):
(function() {
angular.module('app').controller('someCtrl', [
'$window', 'addressSvc', controller
]);
function controller($window, addressSvc) {
var vm = this;
vm.attentionTo = ''; // Bound to UI.
vm.isConfidential = ''; // Also bound to UI.
vm.address = {}; // Unimportant how we get this.
vm.printAddress = printAddress;
function printAddress() {
addressSvc.printAddress(vm.address.id, vm.attentionTo, vm.isConfidential)
.then(function(result) {
var file = new Blob([result], {type: 'application/pdf'});
var fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
if(window.navigator && window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(file, 'Envelope.pdf');
} else {
$window.open(fileURL);
}
});
}
}
)();
Question: Why is this code generating an empty PDF? I've used the Report/API Controller structure successfully in the past to generate PDFs, but usually in the context of MVC, not Web API. Another potential point of failure is the client code - I've not previously passed reports between server and client this way.

So, it turns out my server-side code was completely sane. The Client code was off.
Instead of Blobbing the data returned from the server and all of that work, what I instead needed to do was build a URL...and call $window.open(url); This is because my server code as it stands will return the PDF file as-is.

Using WebClient to post data to an SSRS reporting server

I'm trying to connect to an SSRS server and get report data via .NET webClient. I'm doing this because I can't use forms and I don't want to just send the user to the report server. I'd rather keep everything in my web application.
So I have this bit of code in a controller:
public IHttpActionResult GetSpecs(int Id)
{
var client = new WebClient();
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "pw", "domain");
var data = client.DownloadString(ReportServerUrl + "?%2fFactory+Specs+Reports%2fSpecs_Stats_Matrix&rs:Command=Render&a=" + Id + "&b=" + CurrentUser.Id);
return Ok(data)
}
It successfully connects to the SSRS server, and it does get data. Inspecting the data, it looks like it's the report I need, but it's just one giant string of html and javascript that the SSRS server spits out.
My question is, is there a good way of handling this data?
I'm in unfamiliar territory, and it doesn't seem like a lot of people interact with SSRS in this way.
I'm not quite sure how to display all the data the end user.
Thanks!

Thats quite easy. :)
First you need some assemblies to access the reporting service.
All these assemblies are easy to include in your project via Nuget,
After this you need to connect to your SSRS service instance like this:
using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms;
CustomReportCredentials reportServerCredentials = new CustomReportCredentials("User", "Password", "REPORTINGSERVER");
ServerReport report = new ServerReport()
{
ReportServerUrl = new Uri("https://reporting.xxxx.com/ReportServer"),
ReportServerCredentials = reportServerCredentials,
ReportPath = "/Reports/MyReport",
Timeout = 200000
};
Ask the service for supported render extentions and generate the report:
var renderExtentions = report.ListRenderingExtensions();
report.SetParameters(new ReportParameter[]
{
new ReportParameter("parameter1", dcStringID.ToString()),
new ReportParameter("parameter2", begin.ToString()),
new ReportParameter("parameter3", end.ToString())
});
String mineType = String.Empty;
String fileNameExtention = String.Empty;
Stream stream = report.Render(renderExtentions.First(), null, null, out mineType, out fileNameExtention);
At this point you will have all you need. Stream, mine type, file extention.

Can't upload to a specific folder getting 503 error

I am trying to upload a simple text file to a specific folder in google documents but with no luck.
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(#"c:\test.txt", System.IO.FileMode.Open);
DocumentEntry lastUploadEntry =
globalData.service.UploadDocument("c:\\test.txt", null);
string feed =
"https://docs.google.com/feeds/upload/create-session/default/private/full/folder%folder:0B2dzFB6YvN-kYTRlNmNhYjEtMTVmNC00ZThkLThiMjQtMzFhZmMzOGE2ZWU1/contents/";
var result =
globalData.service.Insert(new Uri(feed), fileStream, "application/pdf", "test");
I get an error saying
"The remote server returned an error: (503) Server Unavailable."
I am suspecting that the destination folders uri is wrong but i can't figure out the correct one.

There's a complete sample at https://developers.google.com/google-apps/documents-list/#uploading_a_new_document_or_file_with_both_metadata_and_content that uses the resumable upload component:
using System;
using Google.GData.Client;
using Google.GData.Client.ResumableUpload;
using Google.GData.Documents;
namespace MyDocumentsListIntegration
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DocumentsService service = new DocumentsService("MyDocumentsListIntegration-v1");
// TODO: Instantiate an Authenticator object according to your authentication
// mechanism (e.g. OAuth2Authenticator).
// Authenticator authenticator = ...
// Instantiate a DocumentEntry object to be inserted.
DocumentEntry entry = new DocumentEntry();
// Set the document title
entry.Title.Text = "Legal Contract";
// Set the media source
entry.MediaSource = new MediaFileSource("c:\\contract.txt", "text/plain");
// Define the resumable upload link
Uri createUploadUrl = new Uri("https://docs.google.com/feeds/upload/create-session/default/private/full");
AtomLink link = new AtomLink(createUploadUrl.AbsoluteUri);
link.Rel = ResumableUploader.CreateMediaRelation;
entry.Links.Add(link);
// Set the service to be used to parse the returned entry
entry.Service = service;
// Instantiate the ResumableUploader component.
ResumableUploader uploader = new ResumableUploader();
// Set the handlers for the completion and progress events
uploader.AsyncOperationCompleted += new AsyncOperationCompletedEventHandler(OnDone);
uploader.AsyncOperationProgress += new AsyncOperationProgressEventHandler(OnProgress);
// Start the upload process
uploader.InsertAsync(authenticator, entry, new object());
}
static void OnDone(object sender, AsyncOperationCompletedEventArgs e) {
DocumentEntry entry = e.Entry as DocumentEntry;
}
static void OnProgress(object sender, AsyncOperationProgressEventArgs e) {
int percentage = e.ProgressPercentage;
}
}
}

Just follow the article Google Apps Platform Uploading documents
Also check out Google Documents List API version 3.0
Uri should be something similar to below:
string feed = #"https://developers.google.com/google-apps/documents-list/#getting_a_resource_entry_again";
//it may not be exact, just check and read from the links

Try this uri:
"https://docs.google.com/feeds/default/private/full/folder%3A" + fRid + "/contents"
//fRid is the Resource Id of the folder.. in your case: 0B2dzFB6YvN-kYTRlNmNhYjEtMTVmNC00ZThkLThiMjQtMzFhZmMzOGE2ZWU1
Also I guess your URI is giving this error because you are using folder resource ID as - folder:resourceID
Try removing folder: and use only RID
Code to cutout "folder:" -
int ridIndex = dRid.IndexOf(":");
Rid = Rid.Substring(ridIndex + 1);

C#-Facebook-SDK WP7, the principles of how Facebook works?

Apologies if this is somewhere, but I'm struggling to find the details I need for wp7.
I have created the application on Facebook as required, and am retrieving an access token. The following code posts to Facebook but I cannot get a response, nor can I work out how to monitor the response?
public bool fbUpload(string accessToken, Picture pic)
{
try
{
Stream s = null;
s = PicturesLoader.LoadFileFromStorage(pic.Url);
//Sets the byte array to the correct number of bytes
byte[] imageData = new byte[s.Length];
s.Read(imageData, 0, System.Convert.ToInt32(s.Length));
FacebookApp app = new FacebookApp();
IDictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
parameters.Add("access_token", accessToken);
parameters.Add("message", "TEST - WP7 application [upload pic and comment on wall...]");
var mediaObject = new FacebookMediaObject { FileName = pic.Name, ContentType = "image/jpeg" };
mediaObject.SetValue(imageData);
parameters["source"] = mediaObject;
FacebookAsyncResult postResult;
FacebookAsyncCallback fbCB = new FacebookAsyncCallback();
app.PostAsync(parameters, fbCB);
return true;
}
catch (InvalidCastException ex)
{
return false;
}
}
The other question I have, is how do you allow users to allow access based upon their own Facebook account. I want to store a user's account details so they only have to set up the account details once, and then they can use my phone app with having to sign in?

You can handle the post result something like this:
FacebookAsyncCallback callBack = new FacebookAsyncCallback(postResult);
fbApp.PostAsync(parameters, args, callBack);
private void postResult(FacebookAsyncResult asyncResult)
{
// Do something with asyncResult here;
}
Regarding the second question, you must ask for permissions to access this data.
You usually do that in the FacebookOAuthClient.GetLoginUrl(<appId>, null, <permissions>) method call.
Once that's done, you can store the files you have permissions to locally in your app.