AniDB.Api

.Net library that provides wrapper for AniDB API!

📥 Getting Started

Install

Download and install library from NuGet Gallery:

dotnet add package AniDb.Api

or install separately nugets for either Http or Udp API:

dotnet add package AniDb.Api.Http
dotnet add package AniDb.Api.Udp

Usage examples

GetAnime

IAniDbHttpApi api = new AniDbHttpApi();

// Pass AniDB anime id.
Response<Anime> anime = await this.api.GetAnime(17709);

GetUserHints

IAniDbHttpApi api = new AniDbHttpApi();

// Pass AniDB username and password.
// This is main password, not the API password specified in the profile.
// Library doesn't store this data.
Response<HintCollection> userHints = await this.api.GetUserHints("MyUsername", "MyPassword");

GetAnimeTitles

IAniDbAnimeTitles animeTitlesDump = new AniDbAnimeTitles();

// Note: Remember to cache results! 
// Best strategy would be to call this method only from wrapper class
// that implements pernament (not in memory) caching.
AnimeTitlesCollection animeTitles = await this.animeTitlesDump.GetAnimeTitles();

Caching

All users of this API should employ heavy local caching. In case of data dumps (Anime titles) requesting the same dataset multiple times on a single day can get you banned. The same goes for Http API request flooding. You should not request more than one page every two seconds.

☂️ Coverage

Coverage as of right now is:

• HTTP API
• Titles dump

📝 Roadmap

• Implement UDP API.
• Use ISO 639 language codes.
• Add more comprehensive integration tests that check data mapping/validity
• Use DateOnly in models when migrating to .Net7 or higher - support for DateOnly conversion to/from XML.
• Use required keyword instead of null collapse in DTOs when migrating to .Net7 or higher.

➕ Contributing

See Contributing doc.

⚖ License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0) - see the LICENSE file for more details.