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].

How to use :

• 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)

WPF Client Screenshot

To Improve

• 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.