SLU.PeopleFinder.Json.Extractor

Class library written in C# to extract specific datum from PeopleFinder queries.

Goal

Make it easier to extract specific datum from PeopleFinder queries.

Technology Overview

Request JSON results from PeopleFinder and parse results using Json.NET

Prerequisites

• .NET Framwork 4.6.1
• Json.NET 10.0.3

Getting Started

1. Install Visual Studio 2017
2. Install Json.NET via NuGet: Install-Package Newtonsoft.Json -Version 10.0.3
3. Pull repository
4. Build
5. Import into your project

Resources

• PeopleFinder Json Url: https://www.slu.edu/peoplefinder/json/json_index.php?q=my_query_string
• Json.NET documentation

Notes

Currently written as a functional service. That is, one must query PeopleFinder for every datum.

In the future, may convert over to storing the result-set locally so that it might be further processed.

Authors / Owners

Matt Schuelke