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Sample code of a Program.cs file with all methods called

Program.cs

using PDFMonkeyCaller;
using Entities;
using System.Text;

internal class Program
{
    private static string apiSecret = "XxxXXXxxXxXxXxXXx-XxxXXx";
    private static string pdfDestinationPath = @"c:\temp\";
    private static Guid documentId = Guid.Parse("XxxxXXXxxXX-XxXx-XXxXx-XXXxX-XXxxXXXXXXXxx");
    private static Guid documentTemplateId = Guid.Parse("XxxxXXXxxXX-XxXx-XXxXx-XXXxX-XXxxXXXXXXXxx");


    static async Task Main()
    {
        // Create new PDFMonkeyCaller.
        var caller = new PDFMonkeyCaller(apiSecret);

        // Retrieve user info.
        await RetrieveUser(caller);

        // Retrieve Document card.
        await RetrieveDocumentCard(caller, documentId);

        // Retrieve a document from is ID.
        var doc = await caller.GetDocument(documentId);
        
        // Create a simple Document and download the PDF file.
        await CreateDocumentAndDownloadPDFfile(caller, documentTemplateId, pdfDestinationPath);
        
       
    }

    private static async Task CreateDocumentAndDownloadPDFfile(PDFMonkeyCaller caller, Guid documentTemplateId, string downloadPath)
    {
        // Create Document based on Invoice sample Template
        // Create payload this some data.
        var payload = @"
            {            
                ""billing_company_name"": ""Jane Doe""
            }";

        // Create metadata to set a specific name to the generated PDF.
        var meta = @"
                {
                    ""_filename"": ""my - document.pdf""
                }";

        var jsonPayload = new StringContent(payload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
        var jsonMeta = new StringContent(meta, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

        // Create a new Document with Template ID and specifying Status
        //      to pending to ask PDFMonkey to generate the PDF file as soon as possible.
        var document = new Document
        {
            DocumentTemplateId = documentTemplateId,
            Payload = payload,
            Meta = meta,
            Status = "pending"
        };

        // Create Document.
        var createdDoc = await caller.CreateDocument(document);


        // Simple synchronous call to retrieve the generated PDF file path.
        DocumentCard card;

        while (true)
        {
            card = await caller.GetDocumentCard(createdDoc.Id);

            if (card.Status is "success" or "failure")
                break;

            Thread.Sleep(1000);
        }

        // Download the PDF file to a specific path.
        await caller.DownloadPdfFile(card, downloadPath);
    }

    private static async Task RetrieveUser(PDFMonkeyCaller caller)
    {
        // Retrieve user info.
        var user = await caller.GetUser();
    }

    private static async Task RetrieveDocumentCard(PDFMonkeyCaller caller, Guid documentId)
    {
        // Retrieve Document card.
        var docCard = await caller.GetDocumentCard(documentId);
    }
}