This C# .NET DayPI client is contributed by Tikiri, co-founder and star developer at Chillx.com.

Replace your Accesskey and SharedSecret in the attached code and you are ready to make the DayPI calls from your C# .NET app.

Below is sample code that demonstrates how you can use this library.

DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic objTopic;
DayLifeAPI.Data.Article objArticle;
DayLifeAPI.Data.Quote objQuote;
DayLifeAPI.Data.SearchResult DayLifeSearchResult;
DayLifeAPI.DayRequest RequestAPI;
List SearchTopicTypes;
DateTime StartDate;
DateTime EndDate;
int Offset;
int Limit;
string Query;

// Create new daylife request api object
RequestAPI = new DayLifeAPI.DayRequest();
// Note your access key and shared secred need to be set in the DayRequest constructor

#region "Get Specific Topic Example"
//Example get specific topic
objTopic = RequestAPI.GetTopicByID("03yu9dZ7aa6lP");
//Or
objTopic = RequestAPI.GetTopicByName("Amitabh Bachchan");
//All done

//Check response data packet is valid
if (objTopic.prop_IsValid)
{
    //The Topic object defines all the data as properties
    //objTopic.prop_TopicID;
    //objTopic.prop_TopicName;
    if (objTopic.prop_TopicType == DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic.enum_TopicType.person) { /* do something */ };
    if (objTopic.prop_TopicType == DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic.enum_TopicType.place) { /* do something */ };
    if (objTopic.prop_TopicType == DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic.enum_TopicType.organization) { /* do something */ };
    if (objTopic.prop_TopicType == DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic.enum_TopicType.Unknown) { /* something is wrong */ };
    //objTopic.prop_DaylifeUrl;
    if (objTopic.prop_HasWikipediaInfo)
    {
        //objTopic.prop_WikipediaURL;
        //objTopic.prop_WikipediaAbstract;
    }
}
else
{
    // Something is wrong no data recieved - Usually topic ID or topic name is invalid, or possibly http error (501 bad gateway)
}
#endregion

#region "Get specific article example"

//Example get specific article
objArticle = RequestAPI.GetArticle("06px1XH1su3mv");
//All done

//Check response data packet is valid
if (objArticle.prop_IsValid)
{
    //The Article object defines all the data as properties
    //objArticle.prop_ArticleID;
    //objArticle.prop_ArticleDate;
    //objArticle.prop_URL;
    //objArticle.prop_DaylifeURL;
    //objArticle.prop_Headline;
    //objArticle.prop_Excerpt;
    //objArticle.prop_TimeStamp;
    if (objArticle.prop_Source.prop_IsValid)
    {
        //objArticle.prop_Source.prop_SourceID;
        //objArticle.prop_Source.prop_Name;
        //objArticle.prop_Source.prop_URL;
        //objArticle.prop_Source.prop_DaylifeURL;
        //objArticle.prop_Source.prop_Rank;
        //objArticle.prop_Source.prop_SourceType;
    }
}
else
{
    // Something is wrong no data recieved - Usually article ID is invalid, or possibly http error (501 bad gateway)
}

#endregion

#region "Get specific quote example"

//Example get specific quote
objQuote = RequestAPI.GetQuote("09XH5Db7uO7sq");
//All done

//Check response data packet is valid
if (objQuote.prop_IsValid)
{
    //The Quote object defines all the data as properties
    //objQuote.prop_QuoteID;
    //objQuote.prop_QuoteText;
    //objQuote.prop_QuoteDate;
    //objQuote.prop_DaylifeURL;
    //objQuote.prop_ArticleID;
    if (objQuote.prop_Source.prop_IsValid)
    {
        //objQuote.prop_Source.prop_SourceID;
        //objQuote.prop_Source.prop_Name;
        //objQuote.prop_Source.prop_URL;
        //objQuote.prop_Source.prop_DaylifeURL;
        //objQuote.prop_Source.prop_Rank;
        //objQuote.prop_Source.prop_SourceType;
    }

    //This is a special one
    //The following property will make a request and get the article the first time it is accessed
    //objQuote.prop_Article;
    //objQuote.prop_Article.prop_Headline
    //etc...
}
else
{
    // Something is wrong no data recieved - Usually quote ID is invalid, or possibly http error (501 bad gateway)
}

#endregion


//---------Searching---------
// Search Types Implemented
//
// SearchRelatedTopics
// SearchMatchingTopics
// SearchRelatedArticles
// SearchRelatedQuotes
// SearchQuotesAbout
// SearchQuotesBy
// TopicGetRelatedTopicsByID
// TopicGetRelatedQuotesByID
// TopicGetRelatedArticlesByID
// TopicGetRelatedTopicsByName
// TopicGetRelatedQuotesByName
// TopicGetRelatedArticlesByName
// QuoteGetRelatedTopics
// QuoteGetRelatedQuotes
// QuoteGetRelatedArticles
// ArticleGetTopics
// ArticleGetRelatedTopics
// ArticleGetRelatedQuotes
// ArticleGetRelatedArticles
// ArticleGetQuotes

// Search Types NOT Implemented - I felt lazy
// TopicGetTimeLineByID
// TopicGetTimeLineByName


// Common parameter set that we will use in all the example calls that follow;
StartDate = ((DateTime)DateTime.Now.Subtract(TimeSpan.FromDays(30))).Date;
EndDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1);
Offset = 0;
Limit = 10;

#region "Example Search Call - Topic Get Related Topics By Topic Name"
Query = "Amitabh Bachchan";
SearchTopicTypes = new List();
SearchTopicTypes.Add(DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic.enum_TopicType.person);
SearchTopicTypes.Add(DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic.enum_TopicType.place);
DayLifeSearchResult = RequestAPI.Search(DayRequest.enum_DayRequestSearchType.TopicGetRelatedTopicsByName, Query, DayRequest.enum_SortOrder.relevance, SearchTopicTypes, StartDate, EndDate, Offset, Limit);
if (DayLifeSearchResult.prop_Success)
{
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Success, Topics found = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_SearchTopicsList.Count.ToString()));
    foreach (DayLifeAPI.Data.Topic RelatedTopic in DayLifeSearchResult.prop_SearchTopicsList)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Topic Name: ", RelatedTopic.prop_TopicName));
        MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Topic ID: ", RelatedTopic.prop_TopicID));
        //And so on RelatedTopic.prop_TopicType, RelatedTopic.prop_DaylifeUrl  etc....
    }
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Failed, Error Code = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_ResultCode));
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Failed, Error Message = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_ResultMessage));
}
#endregion

#region "Example Search Call - Topic Get TimeLine By Topic ID"
Query = "03yu9dZ7aa6lP";
DayLifeSearchResult = RequestAPI.Search(DayRequest.enum_DayRequestSearchType.TopicGetRelatedArticlesByID, Query, DayRequest.enum_SortOrder.date, null, StartDate, EndDate, Offset, Limit);
if (DayLifeSearchResult.prop_Success)
{
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Success, Articles found = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_SearchArticlesList.Count.ToString()));
    foreach (DayLifeAPI.Data.Article RelatedArticle in DayLifeSearchResult.prop_SearchArticlesList)
    {
        //Do stuff with
        //RelatedArticle.prop_ArticleDate;
        //RelatedArticle.prop_ArticleID;
        //RelatedArticle.prop_Headline;
        //RelatedArticle.prop_Excerpt;
        //etc....
    }
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Failed, Error Code = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_ResultCode));
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Failed, Error Message = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_ResultMessage));
}
#endregion

#region "Example Search Call - Topic Get Related Articles By Topic ID"
Query = "Amitabh Bachchan";
DayLifeSearchResult = RequestAPI.Search(DayRequest.enum_DayRequestSearchType.TopicGetRelatedQuotesByName, Query, DayRequest.enum_SortOrder.relevance, null, StartDate, EndDate, Offset, Limit);
if (DayLifeSearchResult.prop_Success)
{
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Success, Quotes found = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_SearchQuotesList.Count.ToString()));
    foreach (DayLifeAPI.Data.Quote RelatedQuote in DayLifeSearchResult.prop_SearchQuotesList)
    {
        // Do stuff with
        //RelatedQuote.prop_QuoteID;
        //RelatedQuote.prop_QuoteText;
        //RelatedQuote.prop_Source.prop_Name;
        //RelatedQuote.prop_Source.prop_SourceID;
        //RelatedQuote.prop_ArticleID;
        //RelatedQuote.prop_Article.prop_ArticleDate;
        //RelatedQuote.prop_Article.prop_Headline;
        //etc...
    }
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Failed, Error Code = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_ResultCode));
    MessageBox.Show(string.Concat("Failed, Error Message = ", DayLifeSearchResult.prop_ResultMessage));
}
#endregion