JSON Parsing in Silverlight 3.0 - silverlight

I have a bunch of little JSON object fragments of the form:
{ id: "wow", foo: 45.4, bar: "hello, world!" }
By "a bunch" I mean about 6 GB worth. :-) (And yes, I know, this isn't technically JSON. The full story is that it originally came from YAML data, but I find that most "JSON" parsers can handle this subset of YAML just fine.)
Currently, I use Netonsoft's JSON parser with the line:
var obj = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(json);
This works well for me, but I am porting my WinForms app to Silverlight 3.0 (and onward to 4.0 once I get the chance).
From Googling around, I see that there is some "DataContractSuperJavaScriptExSerializer2" library from Microsoft that does JSON parsing.
Should I use that library, or is there something better on the horizon? I'm 30 mins away from writing my JSON parser so that I can ensure that it is efficient, but I thought I would see if there is anything else worth looking at in the Silverlight 3 world.

Add a referece to System.Json and System.Runtime.Serialization.Json
#using System.Json;
using (var reader = new StringReader(jsonText))
{
var response = JsonValue.Load(reader) as JsonObject;
/// parse your code here
}

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In Tensorflow JS, using Node (tfjs-node) is there any way to Load Universal Sentence Encoder (USE) from local File?

I have a tensorflow.js script/app that runs in Node.js using tfjs-node and Universal Sentence Encoder (USE).
Each Time the script runs, it downloads a 525 MegaByte File (the USE model file).
Is there any way to load the Universal Sentence Encoder Model File from the local file system to avoid downloading such a large file every time I need to run the node.js tensorflow script?
I've noted several similar model loading examples but none that work with Universal Sentence Encoder as it does not appear to have the same type functionality. Below is a stripped down example of a functioning script that downloads the 525 MB file every time it executes.
Any help or recommendations would be appreciated.
const tf = require('#tensorflow/tfjs-node');
const use = require('#tensorflow-models/universal-sentence-encoder');
// No Form of Universal Sentence Encoder loader appears to be present
let model = tf.loadGraphModel('file:///Users/ray/Documents/tf_js_model_save_load2/models/model.json');
use.load().then(model => {
const sentences = [
'Hello.',
'How are you?'
];
model.embed(sentences).then(embeddings => {
embeddings.print(true /* verbose */);
});
});
I've tried several recommendations that appear to work for other models but not Universal Sentence Encoder such as:
const tf = require('#tensorflow/tfjs');
const tfnode = require('#tensorflow/tfjs-node');
async function loadModel(){
const handler = tfnode.io.fileSystem('tfjs_model/model.json');
const model = await tf.loadLayersModel(handler);
console.log("Model loaded")
}
loadModel();
its not a model issue per-say, its a module issue.
model can be loaded any way you want, but the module #tensorflow-models/universal-sentence-encoder implements only a specific internal way on how it loads actual model data.
specifically, it internally uses tf.util.fetch.
solution? use some library (or write your own) to register a global fetch handler that knows how to handle file:// prefixes - if global fetch handler exists, tf.util.fetch will simply just use it.
hint: https://gist.github.com/joshua-gould/58e1b114a67127273eef239ec0af8989

convert cordova files path to File object

I am trying to build a simple photo upload app on Ionic (Cordova). I am using the cordovaImagePicker plugin to have the user select images from the mobile device. This plugin returns an array of paths on the device.
For handling the upload part I am using jquery-file-upload (mostly because that is what I used for the browser version and I am doing all kinds of processing for which I have the code ready). The problem is however that jquery-file-upload expects to work with an input element <input type="file"> which creates a javascript File object containing all kinds of metadata.
So in order to get the cordovaImagePicker to work with jquery-file-upload, I figure I have to convert the filepath to a File object. Below I am using the cordova file plugin to achieve this:
$cordovaImagePicker.getPictures($scope.pickOptions).then(function(filelist) {
$.each(filelist, function (index, filepath) {
$window.resolveLocalFileSystemURL(filepath, function(fileEntry) {
fileEntry.file(function(file) {
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onloadend = function(e) {
fileObj = new File([this.result],"filename.jpg",{type: "image/jpeg"});
// send filelist from cordovaImagePicker to jquery-fileupload as if through file input
$('#fileupload').fileupload('send', {files: fileObj});
};
reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);
}, function(e){$scope.errorHandler(e)});
}, function(e){$scope.errorHandler(e)});
});
}, function(error) {
// error getting photos
console.log('Error selecting images through $cordovaImagePicker');
});
So first of all this is not really working correctly, apparently I am doing doing something wrong, since for example the type attribute ends up being another object that contains the type attribute with the correct values (and other such weird issues). I would be happy if someone could point out what I am doing wrong.
Surely there must be something (cordova plugin?) that I am not aware of that does this conversion for me (including for example adding a thumbnail)? Alternatively, maybe there is something that can easily make jquery-file-upload work with filepaths? I couldn't find anything so far...
However, it feels I am trying too hard here to force connecting two components that were just not built to work together (File objects vs filepath) and I should maybe just rewrite the processing and use the cordova file transfer plugin?
I ended up rewriting the uploader with the cordova-file-transfer which works like a charm. I wasted more time trying to work around it than just rewriting it from scratch.

Parsing Swagger JSON data and storing it in .net class

I want to parse Swagger data from the JSON I get from {service}/swagger/docs/v1 into dynamically generated .NET class.
The problem I am facing is that different APIs can have different number of parameters and operations. How do I dynamically parse Swagger JSON data for different services?
My end result should be list of all APIs and it's operations in a variable on which I can perform search easily.
Did you ever find an answer for this? Today I wanted to do the same thing, so I used the AutoRest open source project from MSFT, https://github.com/Azure/autorest. While it looks like it's designed for generating client code (code to consume the API documented by your swagger document), at some point on the way producing this code it had to of done exactly what you asked in your question - parse the Swagger file and understand the operations, inputs and outputs the API supports.
In fact we can get at this information - AutoRest publically exposes this information.
So use nuget to install AutoRest. Then add a reference to AutoRest.core and AutoRest.Model.Swagger. So far I've just simply gone for:
using Microsoft.Rest.Generator;
using Microsoft.Rest.Generator.Utilities;
using System.IO;
...
var settings = new Settings();
settings.Modeler = "Swagger";
var mfs = new MemoryFileSystem();
mfs.WriteFile("AutoRest.json", File.ReadAllText("AutoRest.json"));
mfs.WriteFile("Swagger.json", File.ReadAllText("Swagger.json"));
settings.FileSystem = mfs;
var b = System.IO.File.Exists("AutoRest.json");
settings.Input = "Swagger.json";
Modeler modeler = Microsoft.Rest.Generator.Extensibility.ExtensionsLoader.GetModeler(settings);
Microsoft.Rest.Generator.ClientModel.ServiceClient serviceClient;
try
{
serviceClient = modeler.Build();
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
throw new Exception(String.Format("Something nasty hit the fan: {0}", exception.Message));
}
The swagger document you want to parse is called Swagger.json and is in your bin directory. The AutoRest.json file you can grab from their GitHub (https://github.com/Azure/autorest/tree/master/AutoRest/AutoRest.Core.Tests/Resource). I'm not 100% sure how it's used, but it seems it's needed to inform the tool about what is supports. Both JSON files need to be in your bin.
The serviceClient object is what you want. It will contain information about the methods, model types, method groups
Let me know if this works. You can try it with their resource files. I used their ExtensionLoaderTests for reference when I was playing around(https://github.com/Azure/autorest/blob/master/AutoRest/AutoRest.Core.Tests/ExtensionsLoaderTests.cs).
(Also thank you to the Denis, an author of AutoRest)
If still a question you can use Swagger Parser library:
https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-parser
as simple as:
// parse a swagger description from the petstore and get the result
SwaggerParseResult result = new OpenAPIParser().readLocation("https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.json", null, null);

NancyFx will not display images

My last attempt: Don't even know what I'm doing anymore:
Get["/{any}/x.png"] = x => {
return Response.AsImage(Program.portal.ourRoot + "x.png");
};
Get["/{any}/{moreany}/x.png"] = x => {
return Response.AsImage(Program.portal.ourRoot + "x.png");
};
Get["/{any}/{moreany}/{extraany}/x.png"] = x => {
return Response.AsImage(Program.portal.ourRoot + "x.png");
};
What I currently have in my ConfigureConvetions (in the BootStrapper). I've tried a lot of permutations so far.
protected override void ConfigureConventions(NancyConventions conventions) {
//conventions.StaticContentsConventions.AddFile("x.png", ourRoot + "x.png");
conventions.StaticContentsConventions.Add(StaticContentConventionBuilder.AddFile("/portal/images/x.png", ourRoot + "x.png"));
conventions.StaticContentsConventions.Add(StaticContentConventionBuilder.AddDirectory("images", ourRoot, new string[] { "png" }));
conventions.StaticContentsConventions.Add(StaticContentConventionBuilder.AddDirectory("/portal/", ourRoot, new string[] { "png" }));
conventions.StaticContentsConventions.Add(StaticContentConventionBuilder.AddDirectory("/", ourRoot, new string[] { "png" }));
base.ConfigureConventions(conventions);
}
I have a CustomRootPathProvider that points to ourRoot (string, currently holds a direct C:\somepathstuffhere\ to a content directory).
I only need to serve a single image for my needs (at least, for now, things always tend to grow). I'm using the directory structure as variables, so I need to be able to serve this image from a very large amount of locations.
I have a copy of the image in my root folder, and in a directory called images (the "images" has had '/''s all over it, occasionally even through the middle). I am currently referencing the image with "/images/x.png", but I've tried from the root, just the name, and "images/x.png".
Thanks!
I will post back in the mean time if I figure it out (I'm assuming its something very simple.)
Solved: Worked Around? \ Non-Optimal
I changed my /images/x.png references to 'x.png', and then I dropped the extension reference to the following line.
conventions.StaticContentsConventions.Add(StaticContentConventionBuilder.AddDirectory("/", ourRoot));
Nancy started catching the 'x.png' image for the Root Page and the \Portal\ page. And then the 2nd Get /{any}/{moreany}/x.png started catching the rest of the 'x.png' requests (\Portal\Project).
I'm really not sure, why it started working all of a sudden. I've just been playing the permutation game.
The big non-optimal part, is every single directory's version of the image is treated as brand new. If anyone can solve this one for me, that'd be nice. If I figure out what to do to fix it myself, I will post back with my solution.
SOLVED
This solution won't interest anyone familiar with web programming. Its more of a new user pitfall situation. When I started setting up NancyFX I read the documentation fairly thoroughly (even if I didn't get it all on the first read). When I got to the web.config part, I first checked the Solution Explorer in VS and I didn't see one. So I just went into my project directory and created one (And there-in lies the problem). The one I made never applied settings to the project.
I figured it was a concept error, I just didn't know enough, to know where to look.\
Thx for the community's help! Hopefully my experience helps some other 1st time user out.

How can I upload a file to a Sharepoint Document Library using Silverlight and client web-services?

Most of the solutions I've come across for Sharepoint doc library uploads use the HTTP "PUT" method, but I'm having trouble finding a way to do this in Silverlight because it has restrictions on the HTTP Methods. I visited this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd920295(VS.95).aspx to see how to allow PUT in my code, but I can't find how that helps you use an HTTP "PUT".
I am using client web-services, so that limits some of the Sharepoint functions available.
That leaves me with these questions:
Can I do an http PUT in Silverlight?
If I can't or there is another better way to upload a file, what is it?
Thanks
Figured it out!! works like a charm
public void UploadFile(String fileName, byte[] file)
{
// format the destination URL
string[] destinationUrls = {"http://qa.sp.dca/sites/silverlight/Answers/"+fileName};
// fill out the metadata
// remark: don't set the Name field, because this is the name of the document
SharepointCopy.FieldInformation titleInformation = new SharepointCopy.FieldInformation
{DisplayName =fileName,
InternalName =fileName,
Type = SharepointCopy.FieldType.Text,
Value =fileName};
// to specify the content type
SharepointCopy.FieldInformation ctInformation = new SharepointCopy.FieldInformation
{DisplayName ="XML Answer Doc",
InternalName ="ContentType",
Type = SharepointCopy.
FieldType.Text,
Value ="xml"};
SharepointCopy.FieldInformation[] metadata = { titleInformation };
// initialize the web service
SharepointCopy.CopySoapClient copyws = new SharepointCopy.CopySoapClient();
// execute the CopyIntoItems method
copyws.CopyIntoItemsCompleted += copyws_CopyIntoItemsCompleted;
copyws.CopyIntoItemsAsync("http://null", destinationUrls, metadata, file);
}
Many Thanks to Karine Bosch for the solution here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sharepointdevelopment/thread/f135aaa2-3345-483f-ade4-e4fd597d50d4
What type of SharePoint deployment and what version of silverlight? If say it is an intranet deployment you could use UNC paths to access your document library in sharepoint and the savefiledialog/openfiledialog available in Silverlight 3.
http://progproblems.blogspot.com/2009/11/saveread-file-from-silverlight-30-in.html
or
http://www.kirupa.com/blend_silverlight/saving_file_locally_pg1.htm
Silverlight has restrictions on what it can do with local files, though I've read that silverlight 4 has some changes.
http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jprosise/archive/2009/12/16/silverlight-4-s-new-local-file-system-support.aspx

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