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No connection is active/available to service this operation: FLUSHALL; It was not possible to connect to the redis server(s)

I have asp.net core 3.1 application leveraging Azure Redis Cache with nuget package : StackExchange.Redis (Version: 2.2.62). Here I am trying to reset the Cache at every app startup event with the following code:
ResetCacheService.cs
public class ResetCacheService : IHostedService
{
private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;
public ResetCacheService(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
{
_serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
}
public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
// Create a new scope to retrieve scoped services
using (var scope = _serviceProvider.CreateScope())
{
// Get the CacheProvider instance
var redisCache = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<ICacheProvider>();
//Do the cache reset asynchronously
await redisCache.ClearCacheAsync();
}
}
public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
}
ICacheProvider.cs
public interface ICacheProvider
{
IList<string> GetKeys();
IList<string> GetKeys(string strGroup);
T Get<T>(string strKey, string strGroup = "");
bool Set(string strKey, object objData, string strGroup = "", int? intMinutes = null);
bool Remove(string strKey, string strGroup = "");
bool RemoveGroup(string strGroup);
bool ClearCache();
Task ClearCacheAsync();
}
CacheProvider.cs
public class CacheProvider : ICacheProvider
{
private static readonly int ExpiryMinutes = ConfigManager.Get(C.AppKeys.CacheExpiryMinutes, C.Defaults.CacheExpiryMinutes);
private static Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer> _objCacheConn = CreateConnection();
private static Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer> CreateConnection()
{
return new Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer>(() =>
{
string strConn = ConfigManager.Get(C.VaultKeys.RedisConnString);
return ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(strConn);
});
}
private ConnectionMultiplexer Connection
{
get
{
return _objCacheConn.Value;
}
}
private IDatabase GetDatabase()
{
return Connection.GetDatabase();
}
private EndPoint[] GetEndPoints()
{
return Connection.GetEndPoints();
}
private IServer GetServer()
{
var objEndpoint = GetEndPoints().First();
return Connection.GetServer(objEndpoint);
}
public IList<string> GetKeys()
{
return GetKeys("*");
}
public IList<string> GetKeys(string strGroup)
{
var lstKeys = new List<string>();
try
{
var objServer = GetServer();
if (objServer != null)
{
var strPattern = strGroup + ":*";
var objRedisKeys = objServer.Keys(pattern: strPattern);
var objLst = objRedisKeys.GetEnumerator();
while (objLst.MoveNext())
{
lstKeys.Add(objLst.Current.ToString());
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
lstKeys = new List<string>();
}
return lstKeys;
}
public T Get<T>(string strKey, string strGroup = "")
{
T objData = default(T);
try
{
var objCache = GetDatabase();
if (!strKey.IsEmpty() && objCache != null)
{
strKey = (strGroup.IsEmpty() ? C.CacheGroups.General : strGroup) + ":" + strKey;
var strData = objCache.StringGet(strKey).ToString();
if (!strData.IsEmpty())
{
objData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(strData);
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
objData = default(T);
}
return objData;
}
public bool Set(string strKey, object objData, string strGroup = "", int? intMinutes = null)
{
bool blnSuccess = false;
try
{
var objCache = GetDatabase();
if (!strKey.IsEmpty() && objData != null && objCache != null)
{
intMinutes = intMinutes ?? ExpiryMinutes;
strKey = (strGroup.IsEmpty() ? C.CacheGroups.General : strGroup) + ":" + strKey;
var strData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objData);
var tsExpiry = new TimeSpan(0, intMinutes.Value, 0);
blnSuccess = objCache.StringSet(strKey, strData, tsExpiry);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
blnSuccess = false;
}
return blnSuccess;
}
public bool Remove(string strKey, string strGroup = "")
{
bool blnSuccess = false;
try
{
var objCache = GetDatabase();
if (!strKey.IsEmpty() && objCache != null)
{
strKey = (strGroup.IsEmpty() ? C.CacheGroups.General : strGroup) + ":" + strKey;
blnSuccess = objCache.KeyDelete(strKey);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
blnSuccess = false;
}
return blnSuccess;
}
public bool RemoveGroup(string strGroup)
{
bool blnSuccess = false;
try
{
var lstKeys = GetKeys(strGroup);
var objCache = GetDatabase();
if (lstKeys.Count > 0 && objCache != null)
{
foreach (var strKey in lstKeys)
{
objCache.KeyDelete(strKey);
}
blnSuccess = true;
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
blnSuccess = false;
}
return blnSuccess;
}
public bool ClearCache()
{
bool blnSuccess = false;
try
{
var objServer = GetServer();
if (objServer != null)
{
objServer.FlushAllDatabases();
blnSuccess = true;
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
blnSuccess = false;
}
return blnSuccess;
}
/// <summary>
/// Reset the Cache
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task ClearCacheAsync()
{
var server = GetServer();
await server.FlushAllDatabasesAsync();
}
}
Startup.cs
public static IServiceCollection AddCacheResetHostedService(this IServiceCollection services) => services.AddHostedService<ResetCacheService>();
public virtual void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) => services.AddConfigManager(this.configuration).AddCacheResetHostedService();
On executing the code I see the below error:
No connection is active/available to service this operation: FLUSHALL; It was not possible to connect to the redis server(s). ConnectTimeout, inst: 0, qu: 0, qs: 0, aw: False, rs: NotStarted, ws: Initializing, in: 0, serverEndpoint: daqmmredis.redis.cache.windows.net:6380, mc: 1/1/0, mgr: 10 of 10 available, clientName: USHYDSAPATRO7, IOCP: (Busy=0,Free=1000,Min=8,Max=1000), WORKER: (Busy=0,Free=32767,Min=8,Max=32767), v: 2.2.62.27853

Please check if the below given steps help to work around:
downgrading StackExchange.Redis to 2.1.58
Instead of creating a ConfigurationOptions parameter using the Endpoint and Password separately, use the "Primary connection string (StackExchange.Redis)" from Azure Access Keys as the parameter to ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect()
Set the ssl=True,sslprotocols=tls12 in your configuration to force it to the latest version if you're utilizing a secure TLS connection.
Refer here for more information.

Content Observer doesn't monitor the DownloadManager's download progress on Android

I implemented the download functionality in my android app using the download manager.
The download manager dows its job well, and once download is completed, the broadcast receiver I set is called successfully.
But, I want to monitor the download progress and display it inside my app, and not rely only on the download manager's notification.
So, I implemented a "ContentProvider and a ContentObserver" to query frequently the download manager for download progress.
Here is my content provider:
[ContentProvider(new string[] { DownloadsContentProvider.Authority })]
public class DownloadsContentProvider : ContentProvider
{
public const string Authority = "com.myapp.Myapp.DownloadProvider";
public DownloadsContentProvider()
{
}
public static Android.Net.Uri ProviderUri(long downloadId)
{
Android.Net.Uri uri = Android.Net.Uri.Parse($"http://content//downloads/my_downloads/{downloadId}");
var builder = new Android.Net.Uri.Builder()
.Authority(Authority)
.Scheme(ContentResolver.SchemeFile)
.Path(uri.Path)
.Query(uri.Query)
.Fragment(uri.Fragment);
return builder.Build();
}
public override int Delete(Android.Net.Uri uri, string selection, string[] selectionArgs)
{
return 0;
}
public override string GetType(Android.Net.Uri uri)
{
return null;
}
public override Android.Net.Uri Insert(Android.Net.Uri uri, ContentValues values)
{
return null;
}
public override bool OnCreate()
{
return true;
}
public override ICursor Query(Android.Net.Uri uri, string[] projection, string selection, string[] selectionArgs, string sortOrder)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
public override int Update(Android.Net.Uri uri, ContentValues values, string selection, string[] selectionArgs)
{
return 0;
}
}
Then, I created a content observer to observe what happens and trigger the query of downloads progress.
public DownloadProgressContentObserver(IntPtr javaReference, JniHandleOwnership transfer) : base(javaReference,
transfer)
{
}
public DownloadProgressContentObserver(Handler? handler) : base(handler)
{
}
public DownloadProgressContentObserver() : base(null)
{
}
public override void OnChange(bool selfChange, Uri? uri)
{
base.OnChange(selfChange, uri);
var downloadId = uri.ToString().Substring(uri.ToString().LastIndexOf(Path.PathSeparator) + 1);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(downloadId))
{
ComputeDownloadStatus(Convert.ToInt64(downloadId));
//TODO: dispatch this download percentage to the whole app, and the database
}
}
public void ComputeDownloadStatus(long downloadId)
{
long downloadedBytes = 0;
long totalSize = 0;
int status = 0;
DownloadManager.Query query = new DownloadManager.Query().SetFilterById(downloadId);
var downloadManager = DownloadManager.FromContext(Android.App.Application.Context);
var cursor = downloadManager.InvokeQuery(query);
String downloadFilePath = (cursor.GetString(cursor.GetColumnIndex(DownloadManager.ColumnLocalUri))).Replace("file://", "");
try
{
if (cursor != null && cursor.MoveToFirst())
{
downloadedBytes =
cursor.GetLong(cursor.GetColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.ColumnBytesDownloadedSoFar));
totalSize =
cursor.GetInt(cursor.GetColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.ColumnTotalSizeBytes));
}
}
finally
{
if (cursor != null)
{
cursor.Close();
}
}
var percentage = (downloadedBytes / totalSize) * 100;
}
}
This is how I use both, and register them in the download manager to monitor the download progress.
var manager = DownloadManager.FromContext(Android.App.Application.Context);
var request = new DownloadManager.Request(Android.Net.Uri.Parse(downloadUrl));
request.SetNotificationVisibility(DownloadVisibility.VisibleNotifyCompleted);
request.SetDestinationInExternalPublicDir(downloadsPath, fileName);
request.SetTitle(productTitle);
request.SetDescription(downloadDescription);
long downloadId = manager.Enqueue(request);
//I provide a valid URI with my content provicer
var uri = DownloadsContentProvider.ProviderUri(downloadId);
var contentResolver = Android.App.Application.Context.ContentResolver;
var observer = new DownloadProgressContentObserver();
contentResolver.RegisterContentObserver(uri, true, observer);
ProductContentObservers.Add(downloadId, observer);
I have read a lot of doc, and my implementation seems to be ok. But the content observer's "OnCHange" method is never called.
Can someone please point out what I might be doing wrong ?

Correct way to store encryption key for SqlCipher database

I have a Xamarin application and have managed to download my data from my server to my device. I have also got it set up so that it can take a SqlCipher Encryption key to encrypt the data.
My question is where is the correct location to store my key that I use to encrypt this data? Is it to you KeyStore / KeyChain? Which mono classes should I be looking to use?

Due to the popularity of this question I am going to post my implementation of this:
PCL interface
public interface IAuth
{
void CreateStore();
IEnumerable<string> FindAccountsForService(string serviceId);
void Save(string pin,string serviceId);
void Delete(string serviceId);
}
Android
public class IAuthImplementation : IAuth
{
Context context;
KeyStore ks;
KeyStore.PasswordProtection prot;
static readonly object fileLock = new object();
const string FileName = "MyProg.Accounts";
static readonly char[] Password = null;
public void CreateStore()
{
this.context = Android.App.Application.Context;
ks = KeyStore.GetInstance(KeyStore.DefaultType);
prot = new KeyStore.PasswordProtection(Password);
try
{
lock (fileLock)
{
using (var s = context.OpenFileInput(FileName))
{
ks.Load(s, Password);
}
}
}
catch (Java.IO.FileNotFoundException)
{
//ks.Load (null, Password);
LoadEmptyKeyStore(Password);
}
}
public IEnumerable<string> FindAccountsForService(string serviceId)
{
var r = new List<string>();
var postfix = "-" + serviceId;
var aliases = ks.Aliases();
while (aliases.HasMoreElements)
{
var alias = aliases.NextElement().ToString();
if (alias.EndsWith(postfix))
{
var e = ks.GetEntry(alias, prot) as KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry;
if (e != null)
{
var bytes = e.SecretKey.GetEncoded();
var password = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
r.Add(password);
}
}
}
return r;
}
public void Delete(string serviceId)
{
var alias = MakeAlias(serviceId);
ks.DeleteEntry(alias);
Save();
}
public void Save(string pin, string serviceId)
{
var alias = MakeAlias(serviceId);
var secretKey = new SecretAccount(pin);
var entry = new KeyStore.SecretKeyEntry(secretKey);
ks.SetEntry(alias, entry, prot);
Save();
}
void Save()
{
lock (fileLock)
{
using (var s = context.OpenFileOutput(FileName, FileCreationMode.Private))
{
ks.Store(s, Password);
}
}
}
static string MakeAlias(string serviceId)
{
return "-" + serviceId;
}
class SecretAccount : Java.Lang.Object, ISecretKey
{
byte[] bytes;
public SecretAccount(string password)
{
bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(password);
}
public byte[] GetEncoded()
{
return bytes;
}
public string Algorithm
{
get
{
return "RAW";
}
}
public string Format
{
get
{
return "RAW";
}
}
}
static IntPtr id_load_Ljava_io_InputStream_arrayC;
void LoadEmptyKeyStore(char[] password)
{
if (id_load_Ljava_io_InputStream_arrayC == IntPtr.Zero)
{
id_load_Ljava_io_InputStream_arrayC = JNIEnv.GetMethodID(ks.Class.Handle, "load", "(Ljava/io/InputStream;[C)V");
}
IntPtr intPtr = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr intPtr2 = JNIEnv.NewArray(password);
JNIEnv.CallVoidMethod(ks.Handle, id_load_Ljava_io_InputStream_arrayC, new JValue[]
{
new JValue (intPtr),
new JValue (intPtr2)
});
JNIEnv.DeleteLocalRef(intPtr);
if (password != null)
{
JNIEnv.CopyArray(intPtr2, password);
JNIEnv.DeleteLocalRef(intPtr2);
}
}
Call Create Store in the main activity of Android app first. - This could possibly be improved and remove CreateStrore() from the interface by checking if ks == null in Save and Delete and calling the method if true
iOS
public class IAuthImplementation : IAuth
{
public IEnumerable<string> FindAccountsForService(string serviceId)
{
var query = new SecRecord(SecKind.GenericPassword);
query.Service = serviceId;
SecStatusCode result;
var records = SecKeyChain.QueryAsRecord(query, 1000, out result);
return records != null ?
records.Select(GetAccountFromRecord).ToList() :
new List<string>();
}
public void Save(string pin, string serviceId)
{
var statusCode = SecStatusCode.Success;
var serializedAccount = pin;
var data = NSData.FromString(serializedAccount, NSStringEncoding.UTF8);
//
// Remove any existing record
//
var existing = FindAccount(serviceId);
if (existing != null)
{
var query = new SecRecord(SecKind.GenericPassword);
query.Service = serviceId;
statusCode = SecKeyChain.Remove(query);
if (statusCode != SecStatusCode.Success)
{
throw new Exception("Could not save account to KeyChain: " + statusCode);
}
}
//
// Add this record
//
var record = new SecRecord(SecKind.GenericPassword);
record.Service = serviceId;
record.Generic = data;
record.Accessible = SecAccessible.WhenUnlocked;
statusCode = SecKeyChain.Add(record);
if (statusCode != SecStatusCode.Success)
{
throw new Exception("Could not save account to KeyChain: " + statusCode);
}
}
public void Delete(string serviceId)
{
var query = new SecRecord(SecKind.GenericPassword);
query.Service = serviceId;
var statusCode = SecKeyChain.Remove(query);
if (statusCode != SecStatusCode.Success)
{
throw new Exception("Could not delete account from KeyChain: " + statusCode);
}
}
string GetAccountFromRecord(SecRecord r)
{
return NSString.FromData(r.Generic, NSStringEncoding.UTF8);
}
string FindAccount(string serviceId)
{
var query = new SecRecord(SecKind.GenericPassword);
query.Service = serviceId;
SecStatusCode result;
var record = SecKeyChain.QueryAsRecord(query, out result);
return record != null ? GetAccountFromRecord(record) : null;
}
public void CreateStore()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
WP
public class IAuthImplementation : IAuth
{
public IEnumerable<string> FindAccountsForService(string serviceId)
{
using (var store = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
{
string[] auths = store.GetFileNames("MyProg");
foreach (string path in auths)
{
using (var stream = new BinaryReader(new IsolatedStorageFileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, store)))
{
int length = stream.ReadInt32();
byte[] data = stream.ReadBytes(length);
byte[] unprot = ProtectedData.Unprotect(data, null);
yield return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(unprot, 0, unprot.Length);
}
}
}
}
public void Save(string pin, string serviceId)
{
byte[] data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pin);
byte[] prot = ProtectedData.Protect(data, null);
var path = GetAccountPath(serviceId);
using (var store = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
using (var stream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None, store))
{
stream.WriteAsync(BitConverter.GetBytes(prot.Length), 0, sizeof(int)).Wait();
stream.WriteAsync(prot, 0, prot.Length).Wait();
}
}
public void Delete(string serviceId)
{
var path = GetAccountPath(serviceId);
using (var store = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication())
{
store.DeleteFile(path);
}
}
private string GetAccountPath(string serviceId)
{
return String.Format("{0}", serviceId);
}
public void CreateStore()
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
This is an adaptation of the Xamarin.Auth library (Found Here) but removes the dependency from the Xamarin.Auth library to provide cross platform use through the interface in the PCL. For this reason I have simplified it to only save one string. This is probably not the best implementation but it works in my case. Feel free to expand upon this

There is a nuget package called KeyChain.NET that encapsulated this logic for iOs, Android and Windows Phone.
It's open source and you have find sample at its github repository
More info at this blog post

itunes listening to

within windows live messenger, it is possible to share the song you are currently listening to. what would i need to do to get this working within c# like libarys etc cannot find the correct documentation on google.

You'll need to use the iTunes SDK to interact with iTunes from .NET. So there's your Google search term. :)
Here's a start:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/noahc/archive/2006/07/06/automating-itunes-with-c-in-net.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dancre/archive/2004/05/08/128645.aspx

Here is a script for LinqPad in C# which does as requested. (see LinqPad.com)
Bonus! Artwork view.
It looks like this:
<Query Kind="Program">
<Namespace>iTunesLib</Namespace>
<Namespace>System.Security.Cryptography</Namespace>
</Query>
void Main()
{
var track = new iTunesApp().CurrentTrack;
if (track == null)
"nothing playing".Dump();
else
new Viewer(track,true).Dump();
}
public class Viewer
{
const string PREFIX = "itlps-";
private IITFileOrCDTrack store;
private bool materialize;
public string album { get { return store.Album; } }
public string band { get { return store.Artist; } }
public string song { get { return store.Name; } }
public string desc { get { return store.Description; } }
public int? artCnt { get {
if (store.Artwork == null) return null;
else return store.Artwork.Count; }
}
public IEnumerable<ImageViewer> art { get {
if (materialize)
{
foreach(var artT in store.Artwork)
{
var art = artT as IITArtwork;
string ext = ".tmp";
switch(art.Format)
{
case ITArtworkFormat.ITArtworkFormatBMP:
ext = ".BMP";
break;
case ITArtworkFormat.ITArtworkFormatJPEG:
ext = ".JPG";
break;
case ITArtworkFormat.ITArtworkFormatPNG:
ext = ".PNG";
break;
}
string path = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(),PREFIX+Path.GetRandomFileName()+ext);
art.SaveArtworkToFile(path);
yield return new ImageViewer(path);
}
}
yield break; }
}
public Viewer(IITFileOrCDTrack t,bool materializeArt = false)
{
store = t;
materialize = materializeArt;
}
public Viewer(IITTrack t,bool materializeArt = false)
{
store = t as IITFileOrCDTrack;
materialize = materializeArt;
}
}
public class ImageViewer
{
public string hash { get { return _hash.Value; } }
static private string _path { get; set; }
public object image { get { return _image.Value; } }
static private SHA1Managed sha = new SHA1Managed();
private Lazy<object> _image = new Lazy<object>(() => {return Util.Image(_path);});
private Lazy<string> _hash = new Lazy<string>(() =>
{
string hash = string.Empty;
using (FileStream stream = File.OpenRead(_path))
{
byte [] checksum = sha.ComputeHash(stream);
hash = BitConverter.ToString(checksum).Replace("-", string.Empty);
}
return hash;
});
public ImageViewer(string path)
{
_path = path;
}
}

last i checked this functionality is included out of the box all you need is to have itunes and windows live messenger installed and activate "what im listening to" and it shows this in your messenger status. if you are looking to create a bot that messages this out to a contact that is a different story tho that you will need to write a script for

amazon product advertising api - item lookup request working example

would anyone have a working example of an amazon ITEMLOOKUP ?>
i have the following code but it does not seem to work:
string ISBN = "0393326381";
string ASIN = "";
if (!(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ISBN) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(ASIN)))
{
AWSECommerceServicePortTypeChannel service = new AWSECommerceServicePortTypeChannel();
ItemLookup lookup = new ItemLookup();
ItemLookupRequest request = new ItemLookupRequest();
lookup.AssociateTag = secretKey;
lookup.AWSAccessKeyId = accessKeyId;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ASIN))
{
request.IdType = ItemLookupRequestIdType.ISBN;
request.ItemId = new string[] { ISBN.Replace("-", "") };
}
else
{
request.IdType = ItemLookupRequestIdType.ASIN;
request.ItemId = new string[] { ASIN };
}
request.ResponseGroup = new string[] { "OfferSummary" };
lookup.Request = new ItemLookupRequest[] { request };
response = service.ItemLookup(lookup);
if (response.Items.Length > 0 && response.Items[0].Item.Length > 0)
{
Item item = response.Items[0].Item[0];
if (item.MediumImage == null)
{
//bookImageHyperlink.Visible = false;
}
else
{
//bookImageHyperlink.ImageUrl = item.MediumImage.URL;
}
//bookImageHyperlink.NavigateUrl = item.DetailPageURL;
//bookTitleHyperlink.Text = item.ItemAttributes.Title;
//bookTitleHyperlink.NavigateUrl = item.DetailPageURL;
if (item.OfferSummary.LowestNewPrice == null)
{
if (item.OfferSummary.LowestUsedPrice == null)
{
//priceHyperlink.Visible = false;
}
else
{
//priceHyperlink.Text = string.Format("Buy used {0}", item.OfferSummary.LowestUsedPrice.FormattedPrice);
//priceHyperlink.NavigateUrl = item.DetailPageURL;
}
}
else
{
//priceHyperlink.Text = string.Format("Buy new {0}", item.OfferSummary.LowestNewPrice.FormattedPrice);
//priceHyperlink.NavigateUrl = item.DetailPageURL;
}
if (item.ItemAttributes.Author != null)
{
//authorLabel.Text = string.Format("By {0}", string.Join(", ", item.ItemAttributes.Author));
}
else
{
//authorLabel.Text = string.Format("By {0}", string.Join(", ", item.ItemAttributes.Creator.Select(c => c.Value).ToArray()));
}
/*
ItemLink link = item.ItemLinks.Where(i => i.Description.Contains("Wishlist")).FirstOrDefault();
if (link == null)
{
//wishListHyperlink.Visible = false;
}
else
{
//wishListHyperlink.NavigateUrl = link.URL;
}
* */
}
}
}
the problem is with this:
thisshould be defined differently but i do not know how AWSECommerceServicePortTypeChannel service = new AWSECommerceServicePortTypeChannel();

Say, that code looks awful familiar. You're missing the Endpoint signing piece from when they switched over to requiring that you add message signing. You need to add a behavior on your client. Here's the change to your code above:
if (!(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ISBN) && string.IsNullOrEmpty(ASIN)))
{
AWSECommerceServicePortTypeClient client = new AWSECommerceServicePortTypeClient();
client.ChannelFactory.Endpoint.Behaviors.Add(
new Amazon.AmazonSigningEndpointBehavior(
accessKeyId,
secretKey);
ItemLookup lookup = new ItemLookup();
ItemLookupRequest request = new ItemLookupRequest();
lookup.AssociateTag = accessKeyId;
lookup.AWSAccessKeyId = secretKey;
//... etc.
And here's the Endpoint (I can't take credit for this, I wish I could remember who should):
namespace Amazon
{
public class AmazonSigningEndpointBehavior : IEndpointBehavior {
private string accessKeyId = "";
private string secretKey = "";
public AmazonSigningEndpointBehavior(string accessKeyId, string secretKey) {
this.accessKeyId = accessKeyId;
this.secretKey = secretKey;
}
public void ApplyClientBehavior(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint, ClientRuntime clientRuntime) {
clientRuntime.MessageInspectors.Add(new AmazonSigningMessageInspector(accessKeyId, secretKey));
}
public void ApplyDispatchBehavior(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint, EndpointDispatcher endpointDispatcher) { return; }
public void Validate(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint) { return; }
public void AddBindingParameters(ServiceEndpoint serviceEndpoint, BindingParameterCollection bindingParameters) { return; }
}
}
Oh. And you'll need the MessageInspector for that to work.
namespace Amazon
{
public class AmazonSigningMessageInspector : IClientMessageInspector {
private string accessKeyId = "";
private string secretKey = "";
public AmazonSigningMessageInspector(string accessKeyId, string secretKey) {
this.accessKeyId = accessKeyId;
this.secretKey = secretKey;
}
public object BeforeSendRequest(ref Message request, IClientChannel channel) {
// prepare the data to sign
string operation = Regex.Match(request.Headers.Action, "[^/]+$").ToString();
DateTime now = DateTime.UtcNow;
string timestamp = now.ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ");
string signMe = operation + timestamp;
byte[] bytesToSign = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(signMe);
// sign the data
byte[] secretKeyBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(secretKey);
HMAC hmacSha256 = new HMACSHA256(secretKeyBytes);
byte[] hashBytes = hmacSha256.ComputeHash(bytesToSign);
string signature = Convert.ToBase64String(hashBytes);
// add the signature information to the request headers
request.Headers.Add(new AmazonHeader("AWSAccessKeyId", accessKeyId));
request.Headers.Add(new AmazonHeader("Timestamp", timestamp));
request.Headers.Add(new AmazonHeader("Signature", signature));
return null;
}
public void AfterReceiveReply(ref Message reply, object correlationState) { }
}
}
And finally, the Header:
namespace Amazon
{
public class AmazonHeader : MessageHeader
{
private string name;
private string value;
public AmazonHeader(string name, string value)
{
this.name = name;
this.value = value;
}
public override string Name { get { return name; } }
public override string Namespace { get { return "http://security.amazonaws.com/doc/2007-01-01/"; } }
protected override void OnWriteHeaderContents(XmlDictionaryWriter xmlDictionaryWriter, MessageVersion messageVersion)
{
xmlDictionaryWriter.WriteString(value);
}
}
}
Yes, they made it complicated when they started requiring message signing...

A simple and easy library is available on nuget.
PM> Install-Package Nager.AmazonProductAdvertising
Example
var authentication = new AmazonAuthentication("accesskey", "secretkey");
var client = new AmazonProductAdvertisingClient(authentication, AmazonEndpoint.US);
var result = await client.GetItemsAsync("B00BYPW00I");

To perform a lookup for anything other then an ASIN, you need to specify the "SearchIndex" property. You can simply set it to "All".
var request = new ItemLookupRequest();
request.ItemId = new[] {upcCode};
request.IdType = ItemLookupRequestIdType.UPC;
request.IdTypeSpecified = true;
request.SearchIndex = "All";
Here is a link to the documentation: http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSECommerceService/2011-08-01/DG/index.html?ItemLookup.html. Note the description of the SearchIndex parameter:
Constraint:If ItemIdis an ASIN, a search index cannot be specified in
the request. Required for non-ASIN ItemIds.

I actually built a little wrapper around it so it hands you back a handy object graph. I have the source up on BitBucket and a little more about it on the C# Amazon ItemLookup page.
C# Amazon ItemLookup
You can make calls like:
var item = client.LookupByAsin("B0037X9N5U");
double? price = item.GetLowestPrice();