s8_soc-ws_velib_gateway_ws's Introduction

SOAP Middleware Service and Client for JCDecaux API

Features

Client
- Displays the number of bikes available of the currently selected station [MVP].
- WPF client instead of a console one [Extension Development #1].
- Search bars for cities and stations.
Server
- All requests between the service and the API and between the service and the client are asynchronous [Extension Development #2].
- The service uses caching to reduce communications with the API [Extension Development #3].

Open the solution Velib_Gateway_WS.sln in the Velib_Gateway_WS folder
For the console client :
- Set ConsoleClientForVelibGatewayWS as startup project
- Just launch it, it should launch the server with it.
- A console should appear, type help to see the available commands.
- Type getcities to get the available cities, getstations <city> to get the stations names for a city, and getbikes <stationName> to get the available bikes for a station. For the last command you can type a part of the name, the service should find the corresponding station.
- To close the client, you can type exit.
For the WPF Client :
- Set WPFClientForVelibGateway as startup project
- Just launch it, it should launch the server with it.
- The UI should be intuitive enough. (See screenshot below)

Caching could have been made using C# classes (example here).
Caching uses arbitrary values that might not be optimal ones, currently the stations data are invalidated after 5 minutes and the cities data after 1 hour.

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