BBREST.NET

This library allows for easy interaction with Blackboard Learn REST APIs in application code.

Setup

Declare the library.

using BBREST;

Build a new RestApp instance for your application.

string key = "myApplicationKey";
string secret = "myApplicationSecret";
string origin = "https://myproductionsite.com";

RestApp mySchool = new RestApp(origin, key, secret);

Usage

RestApp.Request

The RestApp class has only one true public method –– the Request method. The access token is refreshed automatically as needed. Request operates on this syntax:

mySchool.Request(string method, string path, (string|object) jsonObject);

The other public methods (GET,POST, PATCH,PUT, and DELETE) are shorthand for entering the corresponding string as the method argument.

method

The method argument is a string referring to any of five HTTP verbs: GET,POST, PATCH,PUT, or DELETE. Case does not matter.

path

The path argument is a string referring to the path of the endpoint to which you want to make a call. It finds the main API directory automatically. You only need to include the path after /learn/api/public/ –– for instance, v1/courses/_9999_1.

jsonObject

The jsonObject argument contains the data you want to send to the endpoint. It can be any object; the RestApp class automatically serializes it into a JSON string. You can also pass a JSON string directly.

If making a GET request, you can leave jsonObject blank.

Example

The Request method is awaitable and should generally be used inside an an async method:

string myEndpointPath = "v1/courses/_9999_1";
string myJsonString = @"{""name"":""New Course Name""}";

await mySchool.Request("PATCH", myEndpointPath, myJsonString);

BlackboardResponse

Request will return an instance of the BlackboardResponse class. It contains two properties:

• HttpResponse Response –– the HttpResponse returned by the request.
• HttpContent Content –– the HttpContent inside Response.

It also contains one helper method:

• string ReadContentAsync() –– asyncronously returns the JSON string in the response.

Example

Building on the above example, you can retrieve the returned object like so:

BlackboardResponse response = await mySchool.Request("PATCH", myEndpointPath, myJsonString);
string jsonResponse = await response.ReadContentAsync();