First Exception: Error converting value "j" to type 'Love2Trade.OodleRestApi.Json.OodleResult+ImageData+ImageSizeData'.
Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException: Error converting value "j" to type 'Love2Trade.OodleRestApi.Json.OodleResult+ImageData+ImageSizeData'. ---> System.Exception: Could not cast or convert from System.String to Love2Trade.OodleRestApi.Json.OodleResult+ImageData+ImageSizeData.
at Newtonsoft.Json.Utilities.ConvertUtils.EnsureTypeAssignable(Object value, Type initialType, Type targetType) in d:\Development\Releases\Json\Working\Src\Newtonsoft.Json\Utilities\ConvertUtils.cs:line 460
at Newtonsoft.Json.Utilities.ConvertUtils.ConvertOrCast(Object initialValue, CultureInfo culture, Type targetType) in d:\Development\Releases\Json\Working\Src\Newtonsoft.Json\Utilities\ConvertUtils.cs:line 385
at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.EnsureType(Object value, Type targetType) in d:\Development\Releases\Json\Working\Src\Newtonsoft.Json\Serialization\JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs:line 464


I have updated the library and it’s now fixed. You can download it here

We will make this library open source at some point in the near future. For now you are free to use the library & if you really want the code, shoot me an email!

//Create the OodleRequest object that will be serialized to the server
OodleRequest oodleRequest = new OodleRequest("TEST");
oodleRequest.Filter.location.Region = Regions.RegionTypes._usa;
oodleRequest.Paging.Start = 1;
oodleRequest.Paging.Num = 50;
oodleRequest.Filter.refinements = Filter.refinementsTypes.none;
oodleRequest.Paging.Sort = Paging.SortKey.ctime;
oodleRequest.Filter.attributes.AddPriceRange(5000, 6000);
oodleRequest.category = "vehicle";
oodleRequest.q = "honda civic";

//Creating the webrequest object - Notice that the oodleRequest is simply a string representation of your query which you can print to the screen for troubleshooting
WebRequest webRequest = WebRequest.Create(oodleRequest.ToString());
using (WebResponse response = webRequest.GetResponse())
{
    using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
    {
        //this will get the JSON result back from oodle
        string output = reader.ReadToEnd();
        //We do a minor alteration in the json string due to a problem oodle is facing with php's representation of objects as arrays
        output = output.Replace("\"location\":[]", "\"location\":{}").Replace("\"user\":[]", "\"user\":{}");
        OodleResult Result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<OodleResult>(output);
        //Now you can whatever you want with the results, you can start by iterating through Result.Listings to view all the listings your query returned
    }
}

You will notice that both the OodleRequest & OodleResponse objects represents a very similar structure to the structure defined by oodle in Oodle Api parameters

The Oodle Response is broken down to 5 main parts

• Current – This contains information about the query that is returned, (ex. Region, Category, Start item #, Num or items returned).
• Listings – This is a strong typed array of Listings. The maximum you will ever find is 50 items as defined by oodle
• Meta – Metadata details on the results available. How many total items available for your search query…etc. This is very important if you are implementing paging in your result set.
• Refinements – by default this is null unless you have requested refinements in your oodle request (ex. oodleRequest.Filter.refinements=none | simple | full)
• Stat – should always be “ok” if everything runs good.

Everything else is really self explanatory and you can depend on your IDE’s intellisense to guide you. Feel free to comment on this post if you have any Qs.

Let me know your feedback!! :)

public static string RemoveHtml(string txt)
{
    return Regex.Replace(txt, @"<[^>]*>", "");
}

So I did my own thing..

public static string FormatDateTime(DateTime date)
    {
        return String.Format("{0:dddd}, {1} {0:MMMM} {0:yyyy}", date, AppendDaySuffix(date.Day) );
    }
public static string AppendDaySuffix(int day)
    {
        string daySuffix = "";
        if (day == 1 || day == 21 || day == 31)
            daySuffix = "st";
        else if (day == 2 || day == 22)
            daySuffix = "nd";
        else if (day == 3 || day == 23)
            daySuffix = "rd";
        else
            daySuffix = "th";
        return (day + daySuffix);
    }

This is the code you would use to trigger a full sql 2005 backup to a .BK file from a ASPX page, i use that on www.Love2Trade.com 

****You want to put this code somethere in the website that only YOU have access to (Admin page or something)****

//ASPX File

<br />
<fieldset style="padding:5px"><legend>Database Backup</legend><br />
Server: <asp:TextBox CssClass="box" ID="txtServer" Text="ServerName\Instance" runat="server" Width="150px"/><br /><br />
Database: <asp:TextBox CssClass="box" ID="txtDatabase" Text="DBName" runat="server" Width="150px"/><br /><br />
User: <asp:TextBox CssClass="box" ID="txtUser" Text="user" runat="server" Width="70px"/><br /><br />
Pass: <asp:TextBox CssClass="box" ID="txtPass" Text="" TextMode="Password" runat="server" Width="70px"/><br /> Backup to: <asp:TextBox CssClass="box" ID="txtBKLocation" Text="" runat="server" Width="250px"/><br /><asp:Button CssClass="box" ID="btnBackup" runat="server" Text="Start Backup" OnClick="btnBackup_Clicked" /> <br /><asp:Literal ID="lblErr" runat="server" /></fieldset><br />

<br />
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
    {<br />
        txtBKLocation.Text =Request.MapPath(DateTime.Now.Ticks+".bk") ;<br />
    }</p>
<p><p style="margin:0;">    protected void btnBackup_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
    {<br />
        try<br />
        {<br />
            ServerConnection sc=new ServerConnection(txtServer.Text,txtUser.Text,txtPass.Text);<br />
            Server svr = new Server(sc);<br />
            Backup bkp = new Backup();<br />
            bkp.Devices.AddDevice(txtBKLocation.Text, DeviceType.File);<br />
            bkp.Database = txtDatabase.Text;<br />
            bkp.Action = BackupActionType.Database;<br />
            bkp.Initialize = true;<br />
            bkp.PercentCompleteNotification = 10;<br />
            //        bkp.PercentComplete += new PercentCompleteEventHandler(bkp_PercentComplete);<br />
            bkp.SqlBackup(svr);<br />
            lblErr.Text = "<span style='color:#0F0'>Done!</span>";<br />
        }catch(Exception ee)<br />
        {<br />
            lblErr.Text = ee.Message + "<br/>" + ee.StackTrace + "<br/>" + ee.InnerException.Message + "<br/>" + ee.InnerException.StackTrace;<br />
        }<br />
    }

This will send an email whenever an exception is thrown in your asp.net website, there is a 15 minutes throttle on the frequency of emails.

In Application Start Class

private static int _exceptionCount;
private static DateTime _timeofLastException;
private static object _timeofLastExceptionLock = new object();
private static object _exceptionCountLock = new object();public static DateTime TimeofLastException
{
get { return _timeofLastException; }set { lock(_timeofLastExceptionLock){_timeofLastException = value;} }
}public static int ExceptionCount
{
get { return _exceptionCount; }set { lock(_exceptionCountLock){_exceptionCount = value;} }
}

void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e){
Love2TradeHttpApplication.ExceptionCount++;
if(DateTime.Now > Love2TradeHttpApplication.TimeofLastException.Add(new TimeSpan(0,15,0)))
{
try
{
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage("errors@love2trade.com", "test@example.com");
string ErrorMessage = Love2TradeHttpApplication.ExceptionCount+
 " Exceptions were thrown since the last error email.rnThe error description is as follows : " + Server.GetLastError();
mail.Subject = "Exception thrown in love2trade.com";
mail.Priority = MailPriority.High;
mail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.ASCII;
mail.Body = ErrorMessage;
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();// Add credentials if the SMTP server requires them.
client.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;client.Send(mail);
Love2TradeHttpApplication.TimeofLastException=DateTime.Now;
Love2TradeHttpApplication.ExceptionCount=0;
}
catch (Exception){
//donothing
}
}
}

public static bool ZipDistance(double Lat1, double Lon1, double Lat2, double Lon2, ref double result)

    {

        double LatRad1;

        double LonRad1;

        double LatRad2;

        double LonRad2;

        double LonRadDif;

        double RadDist;

        double X;

        double PI;

        double DistMI;

        PI = 3.141592654;

        if (Lat1 == 0 | Lon1 == 0 | Lat2 == 0 | Lon2 == 0)

        {

            return false;

        }

        else if (Lat1 == Lat2 & Lon1 == Lon2)

        {

            return false;

        }

        LatRad1 = Lat1 * PI / 180;

        LonRad1 = Lon1 * PI / 180;

        LatRad2 = Lat2 * PI / 180;

        LonRad2 = Lon2 * PI / 180;

        try

        {

            LonRadDif = Math.Abs(LonRad1 – LonRad2);

            X = Math.Sin(LatRad1)*Math.Sin(LatRad2) + Math.Cos(LatRad1)*Math.Cos(LatRad2)*Math.Cos(LonRadDif);

            RadDist = Math.Atan(-X/Math.Sqrt(-X*X + 1)) + 2*Math.Atan(1);

            DistMI = RadDist*3958.754;

            result = DistMI;

        }catch(Exception)

        {

            return false;

        }

        return true;

    }