IMPORTANT: This API Client can only be used if you already have an application registered at dev.xing.com

• Meaning you are already in posession of a ConsumerKey + ConsumerSecret pair since it is no longer possible to register a new application.

XING API Client for Java/Android

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Add all the power of the XING platform to your app.

This library provides a java implementation of a network layer infrastructure required to access the XING Web Services. It's center class the XingApi allows users to access resources that reflect the XING API public, documentation for which can be found here.

How to get Started

1.1. For Java projects

Add the XING API Client as a dependency:

Either through Gradle:

compile 'com.xing.api:api-client:x.y.z'

or by using Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.xing.api</groupId>
  <artifactId>api-client</artifactId>
  <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>

1.2. For Android projects

For Android we made an additional step and implemented an oauth helper library, to simplify Login with XING implementation in your app. To benefit from this library just add the following dependency in you gradle build file:

compile 'com.xing.api:android-oauth:x.y.z'

Snapshots of the development version are available in Sonatype's snapshots repository.

2. Add OAuth credentials to your project

Add your OAuth Consumer Key and OAuth Consumer Secret to your project.

The OAuth information can be obtained after registering a new app on https://dev.xing.com/applications

For Android projects you can add the keys to your local.properties file:

	oauth_consumer_secret=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
	oauth_consumer_key=yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
	sdk.dir=/path/to/sdk

You are also free to provide this information in any other way. For example using Preferences or a helper class containing the API credentials as CONSTANTS.

3. Build your first app (Android Example)

To build your Android app with the XING API Client check out the Get started page

Based on Okio

The XING API Client is fully based on the Okio stack. We use OkHttp for networking, Moshi for Json parsing, and the request building/execution system is a fork of Retrofit.

Borrows from Retrofit

If you are using Retrofit as an HTTP client, you will find this api to be very familiar.
Here are somme key differences and similarities are:

• XingApi - This class acts as a key entry point and resource provider (Similar to Retrofit in Retrofit 2.)
• Resource - Namespace/Api provider class. We try to reflect the public api documentation in such a way that every resource section will have it's own Resource class implementation.
• CallSpec<RT, ET> - Similar to Call<T> in Retrofit, but with a few key deference's:
  • CallSpec is aware of both return types RT for success and ET for error responses. And will parse them out of the box.
  • CallSpec allows users to alter the underlying request to a certain degree (you can add query or form params, as well as completely change the request body. This will become useful for those who want to benefit form optional request parameters accepted by XING WEB Services.
  • In addition to #execute() and #enqueue() methods CallSpec provides #stream() and #rawStream() if you are into RxJava (WARNING: usage of these methods will require you to have RxJava in your classpath).

Contributing

How to contribute

If you have an idea how to improve this library, feel free to either suggest your idea using the issues, or send us a Pull Request. If you do the latter please make sure you observe the rules for contributing below.

1. Fork this repository.
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature').
4. Make sure to cover your new feature with sufficient unit tests.
5. Create a new Pull Request.
6. Wait for us to review your feature, discuss internal and eventually accept your Pull Request.
7. Enjoy using your feature inside the XING API Client.

Contact

If you have any problems or feedback, feel free to contact us:

• @xingdevs
• https://dev.xing.com

Dependencies

• OkHttp
• Moshi
• RxJava (Required if you use #stream() or #rawStream()).
• Signpost (Required by android-oauth artifact)

License

Copyright (C) 2016 XING AG (http://xing.com/)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.