Merge.Client 0.2.0

Merge .NET Library

The official Merge C# library, supporting .NET Standard, .NET Core, and .NET Framework.

Documentation

API reference documentation is available here.

Installation

Using the .NET Core command-line interface (CLI) tools:

dotnet add package Merge.Client

Using the NuGet Command Line Interface (CLI):

nuget install Merge.Client

Instantiation

Instantiate the SDK using the MergeClient class. Note that all of the SDK methods are awaitable!

using Merge.Client;
using Merge.Client.Ats;

var merge = new MergeClient(
  "YOUR_API_KEY", "YOUR_ACCOUNT_TOKEN"
)

Categories

This SDK contains the ATS, HRIS, CRM, Ticketing, Accounting, and File Storage categories. Even if you do not plan on using more than one Merge API category right now, the SDK provides upgrade-flexibility in case you find new Merge API categories useful in the future.

Each category is namespaced:

var merge = new MergeClient(
  "YOUR_API_KEY", "YOUR_ACCOUNT_TOKEN"
)

merge.ATS. # APIs specific to the ATS Category

merge.HRIS. # APIs specific to the HRIS Category

HTTP Client

You can override the HttpClient by passing in ClientOptions.

var merge = new MergeClient("YOUR_API_KEY", "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID", new ClientOptions{
    HttpClient = ... // Override the Http Client
    BaseURL = ... // Override the Base URL
})

Exception Handling

When the API returns a non-zero status code, (4xx or 5xx response), a subclass of MergeException will be thrown:

using Merge.Client;

try {
  merge.Ats.Candidates.Retrieve(...);    
} catch (MergeException e) {
  System.Console.WriteLine(e.Message) 
  System.Console.WriteLine(e.StatusCode) 
}

Usage

Below are code snippets of how you can use the C# SDK.

Create Link Token

using Merge.Client;
using Merge.Client.Ats;

var merge = new MergeClient("YOUR_API_KEY", "YOUR_ACCOUNT_TOKEN")

merge.Ats.LinkToken.Create(new EndUserDetailsRequest{
  EndUserEmailAddress = "john.smith@gmail.com",
  EndUserOrganizationName = "acme",
  EndUserOriginId = "1234",
})

Get Employee

using Merge.Client;
using Merge.Client.Hris;

var merge = new MergeClient(
  "YOUR_API_KEY", "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID"
)
Employee employee = merge.Hris.Employees.RetrieveAsync("0958cbc6-6040-430a-848e-aafacbadf4ae",
    new EmployeesRetrieveRequest{
        IncludeRemoteData = true
    }
);

Retries

429 Rate Limit, and >=500 Internal errors will all be retried twice with exponential backoff. You can override this behavior globally or per-request.

var merge = new MergeClient("...", new ClientOptions{
    MaxRetries = 1 // Only retry once
});

Timeouts

The SDK defaults to a 60s timeout. You can override this behaviour globally or per-request.

var merge = new MergeClient("...", new ClientOptions{
    TimeoutInSeconds = 20 // Lower timeout
});

Contributing

While we value open-source contributions to this SDK, this library is generated programmatically. Additions made directly to this library would have to be moved over to our generation code, otherwise they would be overwritten upon the next generated release. Feel free to open a PR as a proof of concept, but know that we will not be able to merge it as-is. We suggest opening an issue first to discuss with us!

On the other hand, contributions to the README are always very welcome!