Exacttarget : .net/c# and API

Question

So far i have been using SSJS and/or AMP script for Landing pages and others in Exacttarget. Am just wondering, how can i use C#/.net to do the same instead? How? where do you put it ? Dont mind if i being sounded stupid ..would appreciate the pointers...Any example(creating a record in DE) or sth can help me try with an example to get an idea..

i followed the link to connect to ET API using VS 2010 : http://etcentric.com/2010/08/03/connecting-to-the-et-api-using-visual-studio-2008-c-and-wcf/

Answer 1

Currently, the developer documentation for Fuel APIs are in one of two place -

1. Help.Exacttarget.com
2. Code.Exacttarget.com

There are SOAP and REST APIs in Fuel, and have some great technology backing them up.

There is a C# Client Library available as well, and creating a data extension with that library would look like this -

private void CreateDE()
        {
            SoapClient ETClient = new SoapClient();
            ETClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "X";
            ETClient.ClientCredentials.UserName.Password = "X";

            DataExtension de = new DataExtension();
            de.Name = "API Created Data Extension";
            de.CustomerKey = "API Created Data Extension";
            de.IsSendable = true;
            de.IsSendableSpecified = true;
            de.SendableDataExtensionField = new DataExtensionField();
            de.SendableDataExtensionField.Name = "EMAIL";
            de.SendableSubscriberField = new ExactTargetClient.Attribute();            
            de.SendableSubscriberField.Name = "Email Address";
            List<DataExtensionField> fields = new List<DataExtensionField>();

            //Create the Primary Key field named EMAIL
            DataExtensionField field = new DataExtensionField();
            field.Name = "EMAIL";
            field.FieldType = DataExtensionFieldType.EmailAddress;
            field.FieldTypeSpecified = true;
            field.IsRequired = true;
            field.IsRequiredSpecified = true;
            field.IsPrimaryKey = true;
            field.IsPrimaryKeySpecified = true;
            fields.Add(field);

            // Create a field for first name 
            field = new DataExtensionField();
            field.Name = "FIRST NAME";
            field.FieldType = DataExtensionFieldType.Text;
            field.FieldTypeSpecified = true;
            fields.Add(field);

            // Create a field for first name 
            field = new DataExtensionField();
            field.Name = "LAST NAME";
            field.FieldType = DataExtensionFieldType.Text;
            field.FieldTypeSpecified = true;
            fields.Add(field);

            de.Fields = fields.ToArray();

            string sStatus = "";
            string sRequestId = "";

            CreateResult[] aoResults = ETClient.Create(new CreateOptions(), new APIObject[] { de }, out sRequestId, out sStatus);
            Console.WriteLine("Status: " + sStatus);
            Console.WriteLine("Request ID: " + sRequestId);
        }

There are plenty of samples in the C# repo as well you can check out.

Hope this helps!