Updated JsonAPI demo client

Author: Chris Maunder

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@
             }
         },
 
+        /*
         {
             "presentation": {
                 "group": "9 Demo clients",
@@ -502,25 +503,26 @@
             "console": "internalConsole",
             "request": "launch",
             "preLaunchTask": "build-explorer",
-            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/CodeProject.AI.Explorer/",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/AiExplorer/",
             "env": {
                 "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
                 "RUNNING_IN_VSCODE": "true",
                 "DOTNET_NOLOGO": "true"
             }
         },
+        */
 
         {
             "presentation": {
                 "group": "9 Demo clients",
                 // "order": 90
             },
-            "name": "[Win] Run Explorer App",
+            "name": "[Win] AI Explorer Demo",
             "type": "coreclr",
             "request": "launch",
-            "preLaunchTask": "build-explorer",
+            "preLaunchTask": "build-ai-explorer",
             "windows": {
-                "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/CodeProject.AI.Explorer/bin/Debug/net8.0-windows/CodeProject.AI.Explorer.exe",
+                "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/AiExplorer/bin/Debug/net8.0-windows/AiExplorer.exe",
             },
             "args": [],
             "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
@@ -533,6 +535,33 @@
             }
         },
 
+        {
+            "presentation": {
+                "group": "9 Demo clients",
+                // "order": 90
+            },
+            "name": "JSON client Demo",
+            "type": "coreclr",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "preLaunchTask": "build-json-client",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/JsonAPI/bin/Debug/net8.0/JsonAPI",
+            "linux": {
+                "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/JsonAPI/bin/Debug/net8.0/JsonAPI.dll",
+            },
+            "osx": {
+                "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/JsonAPI/bin/Debug/net8.0/JsonAPI.dll",
+            },
+            "args": [],
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/JsonAPI/",
+            "stopAtEntry": false,
+            "console": "internalConsole",
+            "env": {
+                "ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development",
+                "RUNNING_IN_VSCODE": "true",
+                "DOTNET_NOLOGO": "true"
+            }
+        },
+
         {
             "presentation": {
                 "group": "9 Demo clients",

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -250,13 +250,27 @@
         },   
 
         {
-            "label": "build-explorer",      // Builds ONLY the Windows Forms .NET demo explorer (windows only)
+            "label": "build-ai-explorer",      // Builds ONLY the Windows Forms .NET demo explorer (windows only)
             "type": "process",
             "group": "build",
             "command": "dotnet",
             "args": [
                 "build",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/CodeProject.AI.Explorer",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/AiExplorer",
+                "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
+                "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": "$msCompile"
+        },   
+
+        {
+            "label": "build-json-client",      // Builds ONLY the Windows Forms .NET demo explorer (windows only)
+            "type": "process",
+            "group": "build",
+            "command": "dotnet",
+            "args": [
+                "build",
+                "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/JsonApi",
                 "/property:GenerateFullPaths=true",
                 "/consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary"
             ],
@@ -293,7 +307,7 @@
             "label": "start-explorer",        // Starts the Explorer Windows form app. No building or launching of API server done.
             "group": "none",
             // Windows form apps only work in Windows
-            "command": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/CodeProject.AI.Explorer/bin/Debug/net8.0-windows/win-x64/",
+            "command": "${workspaceFolder}/src/demos/clients/Net/AiExplorer/bin/Debug/net8.0-windows/win-x64/",
             "args": [],
             "type": "process"
         },

CodeProject.AI.sln

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "DotNetSimple", "src\demos\m
 EndProject
 Project("{888888A0-9F3D-457C-B088-3A5042F75D52}") = "PythonSimple", "src\demos\modules\PythonSimple\PythonSimple.pyproj", "{6AE28B59-221B-4E3D-A66C-E255B26DAC92}"
 EndProject
-Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "CodeProject.AI.Explorer", "src\demos\clients\Net\CodeProject.AI.Explorer\CodeProject.AI.Explorer.csproj", "{1DB03AEC-8318-4F36-9A4B-FCC5BE00A029}"
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "AiExplorer", "src\demos\clients\Net\AiExplorer\AiExplorer.csproj", "{1DB03AEC-8318-4F36-9A4B-FCC5BE00A029}"
 EndProject
 Project("{888888A0-9F3D-457C-B088-3A5042F75D52}") = "Face", "src\demos\clients\Python\Face\Face.pyproj", "{C2500118-FD99-49EF-B726-3E2A3B30A717}"
 EndProject

src/demos/clients/Net/AiExplorer/AiExplorer.csproj

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<RootNamespace>CodeProject.AI.Explorer</RootNamespace>
-		<AssemblyName>CodeProject.AI.Explorer</AssemblyName>
+		<AssemblyName>AiExplorer</AssemblyName>
 		<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
 		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 		<UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>

src/demos/clients/Net/AiExplorer/Properties/launchSettings.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "profiles": {
-    "CodeProject.AI.Explorer": {
+    "AiExplorer": {
       "commandName": "Project",
       "commandLineArgs": "--MODE=high"
     }

src/demos/clients/Net/JsonAPI/Program.cs

@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Text;
 
-var filename = ".\\images\\study-group.jpg";
+// A demonstration of sending a request to CodeProject.AI Server as JSON instead
+// of FormData.
+
+string filename = "./images/study-group.jpg";
 using var httpClient = new HttpClient()
 {
     BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost:32168/v1/"),
-    Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5),
+    Timeout     = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30),
 };
 httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
+
+
 string result;
 
 // Image detection
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@
 Console.WriteLine(result);
 
 // Sentiment Analysis
-Console.WriteLine($"Sending {filename} to 'vision/detection'");
+Console.WriteLine($"Sending {filename} to 'text/sentiment'");
 var sentimentPayload = new RequestPayload();
 string textValue = "This movie was the worst thing since 'Green Lantern'.";
 Console.WriteLine($"\nSending '{textValue}' to 'text/sentiment'.");
@@ -31,6 +36,13 @@
 Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit.");
 Console.ReadLine();
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Sends a JSON payload to CodeProject.AI Server and returns the result as a
+/// JSON string.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="url">The URL of the AI server endpoint</param>
+/// <param name="payload">The request payload</param>
+/// <returns>The result as a JSON string</returns>
 async Task<string> SendPayload( string url, RequestPayload payload)
 {
     string json = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload);
@@ -40,5 +52,4 @@ async Task<string> SendPayload( string url, RequestPayload payload)
     using var response = await httpClient.PostAsync(url, content);
     var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
     return result;
-}
-
+}