how to get API data in windows form application?

Question

I have many API data but i take only few data of that..
mean in my API Data i have 10 records and i need only 5 of them.
so,how to take few data of them?
please,explain with example and give code of that..

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, I am little bit confused about your requirement. In above post i mean to MyAPI a =new MyAPI(); var ClassA = A.GetMovieData(); label1.Text = ClassA.movieId; label2.Text = ClassA.moviename; label3.Text = ClassA.movieimg; // here you have write special code to show img... label4.Text = ClassA.screen; label5.Text = ClassA.showtime; how you under stand now...

Dipika Shah · Answer

hello, it display whole data. but i will display 5 of them. plz,tell solution of this.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, Ok, so your return type is class then simply you can assign property of class to lables or text boxes like.... label1.Text = ClassA.Prop1; hope this will help you.

Dipika Shah · Answer

i made class to return API data

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, what is return type of your API function i.e datatable, colloection of class or return any class?

Dipika Shah · Answer

plz, give me response as fast as possible.

Dipika Shah · Answer

thank u so much.... now i display data on panel not a gridview.. mean in my application i display 5 data(movieId,moviename,movieimg,screen,showtime) on label and this all data are in panel. i have already API data but i display only above 5 data and i display this data in panel.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, you have 10 field (it is column not row) and out of them you want to show 5 field right? are you able to connect API and retrieve all 10 field? if yes if you are showing data using datagrid view then you can do one thing stop auto generate coumn to false http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridview.autogeneratecolumns.aspx now create your own column which you required. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datagridview.columns.aspx Please refer more details http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.aspx hope this will help you.

Dipika Shah · Answer

thank u.. my API is third party.. can u tell me how to filter the data? sorry, it's my mistake.i have 10 field and i get 5 of them.. i develop movie multiplex software inthat i have movieId,name,image,screen,showtime,cast,genre,duration,releasedate etc... and i want to display first 5 of them.. plz, give me rply as fast as soon possible. thanx in advance.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, this API is created by you or it is third party? if it is created by you, than you can write one over load method in API which is return less amount data that you want. if API is third party than you have write extra code to further filter data. for example i have one API in form of dll called Abc and i want to call xyz method from API which is return collection of string. first i will create object of abc (it might be class or assabmly) Abc test = new Abc(); than i called its method List data = test.xyz(); this method returns 15 record and i want to only five record from this collection. List finaldata = data.Take(5); this will return only five data from whole data list hope this will help you.

Dipika Shah · Answer

how to get few data from large API using windows form application? plz,give me example.

Dipika Shah · Answer

i develop windows form application and can u give me other example.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, generally API is in form of dll. so you have to take reference on API to your project and create instance of API provider class and direct call methods. also from ASP.net MVC 4.0 web api is also available http://www.asp.net/web-api/overview/getting-started-with-aspnet-web-api/tutorial-your-first-web-api please refer http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/dll12222005064058AM/dll.aspx hope this will help you.

Dipika Shah · Answer

yes, i required less amount data.. but i have no idea how to take data from API.. can u give me example of this.

Jignesh Trivedi · Answer

hi, you mean to say you required less amount of data which return from API right? so in this case I think you have to put some extra filter on the data which is return from API or you can change API function that return amount of data that you want... hope this will help you.

how to get API data in windows form application?

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