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Playlyfe Java and Android SDK 
This is the official OAuth 2.0 Java and Android client SDK for the Playlyfe API. It has support for both synchronous and asynchronous calls. It supports the client_credentials and authorization code OAuth 2.0 flows. For a complete API Reference checkout Playlyfe Developers for more information.
Examples
The Playlyfe class allows you to make rest api calls like GET, POST, .. etc. To get started create a new playlyfe object using client credentials flow and then start making requests For api v2
Playlyfe playlyfe = new Playlyfe("Your client id", "Your client secret", null, "v2");
HashMap<String, String> player_id = new HashMap<String, String>();
player_id.put("player_id", "student1");
// To get infomation of a player
Map<String, Object> player = (Map<String, Object>)playlyfe.get("/runtime/player", player_id);
System.out.println(student1.get("id"));
System.out.println(student1.get("alias"));
// To get all available processes
Object processes = playlyfe.get("/runtime/processes", player_id);
System.out.println(processes);
// To start a process
HashMap<String, String> body = new HashMap<String, String>();
body.put("name", "patched_process");
body.put("definition", "collect");
process = playlyfe.post("/runtime/processes/",player_id, body);
//To play a process
HashMap<String, String> body = new HashMap<String, String>();
body.put("trigger", "collect");
playlyfe.post("/runtime/processes/"+process_id+"/play", player_id, body);
// A PLaylyfeException is thrown when an error from the playlyfe platform is returned on a request
try {
playlyfe.get("/unknown", null);
}
catch(PlaylyfeException err) {
System.out.println (err.getName()); // route_not_found
System.out.println (err.getMessage()); // This route does not exist
}
Requires
Java >= 1.7 or Android >= 2.3
Install
if you are using gradle then
compile "com.playlyfe:playlyfe-java-sdk:1.1.0"
or if you prefer to use maven
<dependency>
<groupId>com.playlyfe</groupId>
<artifactId>playlyfe-java-sdk</artifactId>
<version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>
or if you just want the jar then copy playlyfe-java-sdk-all.jar to your libs folder. It contains the sdk with all dependencies baked in it.
-build
- libs
- playlyfe-java-sdk-all.jar # use this
Using
Create a client
If you haven't created a client for your game yet just head over to Playlyfe and login into your account, and go to the game settings and click on client.
###1. Client Credentials Flow In the client page select Yes for both the first and second questions 
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe;
Playlyfe playlyfe = new Playlyfe("Your client id", "Your client secret", null)
###2. Authorization Code Flow In the client page select yes for the first question and no for the second 
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe;
Playlyfe playlyfe = new Playlyfe("Your client id", "Your client secret", "Your redirect URI", null)
In development the sdk caches the access token in memory so you don"t need to the persist access token object. But in production it is highly recommended to persist the token to a database. It is very simple and easy to do it with redis. You can see the test cases for more examples. You need to return a HashMap<String, Object> which has the keys access_token and expires_at. The access token in fetched on the first request you make and so in the load method you need to return null if your database hasn't stored an access token yet.
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe;
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe.PersistAccessToken;
final HashMap<String, Object> access_token = new HashMap<String, Object>();
Playlyfe pl = new Playlyfe("Your client id", "Your client secret", new PersistAccessToken(){
// This will persist the access token to a database. You have to persist the token to a database if you want the access token to remain the same in every request
@Override
public void store(Map<String, Object> token) {
System.out.println("Storing Access Token");
access_token.put("expires_at", token.get("expires_at"));
access_token.put("access_token", token.get("access_token"));
}
// This will load the access token. This is called internally by the sdk on every request so that the persisted access token can be used between requests
@Override
public Map<String, Object> load() {
System.out.println("Loading Access Token");
System.out.println("Current Time: "+System.currentTimeMillis());
System.out.println("Expires At: "+access_token.get("expires_at"));
if (access_token.get("expires_at") == null) { // This means there is not access token, so this will trigger the sdk to get an access token
return null;
}
return access_token;
}
});
3. Custom Login Flow using JWT(JSON Web Token)
In the client page select no for the first question and yes for the second 
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe;
String[] scopes = {"player.runtime.read", "player.runtime.write"};
String token = Playlyfe.createJWT("your client_id", "your client_secret",
"player_id", // The player id associated with your user
scopes, // The scopes the player has access to
3600; // 1 hour expiry Time
);
This is used to create jwt token which can be created when your user is authenticated. This token can then be sent to the frontend and or stored in your session. With this token the user can directly send requests to the Playlyfe API as the player.
Client Scopes
Your client has certain access control restrictions. There are 3 kind of resources in the Playlyfe REST API they are,
1./admin -> routes for you to perform admin actions like making a player join a team
2./design -> routes for you to make design changes programmatically
3./runtime -> routes which the users will generally use like getting a player profile, playing an action
The resources accessible to this client can be configured to have a read permission that means only GET requests will work.
The resources accessible to this client can be configured to have a write permission that means only POST, PATCH, PUT, DELETE requests will work.
The version restriction is only for the design resource and can be used to restrict the client from accessing any version of the game design other than the one specified. By default it allows all.
If access to a route is not allowed and then you make a request to that route then you will get an error like this,
{
"error": "access_denied",
"error_description": "You are not allowed to access this api route"
}
Documentation
Sync Methods
API
Object api("GET", // The request method can be GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE
"", // The api route to get data from
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> ,// The data you want to post to the api
false // Whether you want the response to be in raw string form or json
)
Get
Object get("", // The api route to get data from
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the
)
Get Raw
byte[] getRaw("", // The api route to get data from
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the
)
Post
Object post("", // The api route to post data to
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> // The data you want to post to the api this will be automagically converted to json
)
Patch
Object patch(
"" // The api route to patch data
HashMap<string, string> // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> // The data you want to update in the api this will be automagically converted to json
)
Put
Object put("" // The api route to put data
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> // The data you want to update in the api this will be automagically converted to json
)
Delete
Object delete("" // The api route to delete the component
HashMap<string, string> // The query params that you want to send to the route
)
Get Login Url
String get_login_url()
//This will return the url to which the user needs to be redirected for the user to login.
Exchange Code
void exchange_code(String code)
//This is used in the auth code flow so that the sdk can get the access token.
//Before any request to the playlyfe api is made this has to be called atleast once.
//This should be called in the the route/controller which you specified in your redirect_uri
Async Methods
For the async methods you first need to pass a callback inteface to the all the methods. The Callback Interface has 3 methods,
1.onSucess called when the request succeeds with a 200 OK status
2.onPlaylyfeError called when request gets status other than 200 and has err field in the response body
3.onIOError called when a io error occurs
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe;
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe.Callback;
Playlyfe playlyfe = new Playlyfe("Your client id", "Your client secret", "Your redirect URI", null)
playlyfe.getAsync("/runtime/player", player_id, new Callback(){
@Override
void onSuccess(Object data) {
Map<String, Object> player = (Map<String, Object>) data;
System.out.println(student1.get("id"));
System.out.println(student1.get("alias"));
}
@Override
void onPlaylyfeError(PlaylyfeException e) {
System.out.println(e.getName());
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
@Override
void onIOError(IOException e) {
}
});
You can just create a class that implements the Callback Interface and handle all the errors from that one class and initiate that class on subsequent requests to make things simpler.
public class ErrorHandler implements Callback {
@Override
void onSuccess(Object data) {
}
@Override
void onPlaylyfeError(PlaylyfeException e) {
// show message dialog
}
@Override
void onIOError(IOException e) {
// show network error dialog
}
}
Android
In android apps you cannot make a network request in the main thread. So you can use the async methods to make requests or you can create your own AsyncTask Class to use the normal sync methods.
1. Using AsyncTask Class
class PlayerProfile extends AsyncTask<String, Void, Object> {
protected Exception exception;
private TextView tv;
PlayerProfile(TextView tv) {
this.tv = tv;
}
protected Object doInBackground(String... params) {
Playlyfe pl = new Playlyfe(
"Zjc0MWU0N2MtODkzNS00ZWNmLWEwNmYtY2M1MGMxNGQ1YmQ4",
"YzllYTE5NDQtNDMwMC00YTdkLWFiM2MtNTg0Y2ZkOThjYTZkMGIyNWVlNDAtNGJiMC0xMWU0LWI2NGEtYjlmMmFkYTdjOTI3",
null,
"v2"
);
HashMap<String, String> player_id = new HashMap<String, String>();
player_id.put("player_id", "student1");
try {
return pl.get("/runtime/player", player_id);
} catch (PlaylyfeException e) {
this.exception = e;
return null;
} catch (IOException e) {
this.exception = e;
return null;
}
}
protected void onPostExecute(Object data) {
Map<String, Object> student1 = (Map<String, Object>) data;
System.out.println(student1.get("id"));
System.out.println(student1.get("alias"));
tv.setText(student1.get("alias").toString());
}
}
// And to use this in your Main Activity Class
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final TextView tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.hello);
new PlayerProfile(tv).execute();
}
2. Using Async methods
The advantage of the async methods is that you can make more that 1 request at a time and thereby reducing the latency but handling errors becomes a problem as you have to manually check them.
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final TextView tv = (TextView) this.findViewById(R.id.hello);
final ImageView iv = (ImageView) this.findViewById(R.id.imageView);
Playlyfe pl = new Playlyfe(
"Zjc0MWU0N2MtODkzNS00ZWNmLWEwNmYtY2M1MGMxNGQ1YmQ4",
"YzllYTE5NDQtNDMwMC00YTdkLWFiM2MtNTg0Y2ZkOThjYTZkMGIyNWVlNDAtNGJiMC0xMWU0LWI2NGEtYjlmMmFkYTdjOTI3",
null,
"v2"
);
HashMap<String, String> player_id = new HashMap<String, String>();
player_id.put("player_id", "student1");
pl.getAsync("/runtime/player", player_id, new Playlyfe.Callback() {
Handler mainHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
@Override
public void onSuccess(final Object data) {
mainHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
Map<String, Object> student1 = (Map<String, Object>) data;
System.out.println(student1.get("id"));
System.out.println(student1.get("alias"));
tv.setText(student1.get("alias").toString());
}
});
}
@Override
public void onPlaylyfeError(PlaylyfeException e) {
}
@Override
public void onIOError(IOException e) {
}
});
pl.getRawAsync("/runtime/player/image", player_id, new Playlyfe.Callback() {
Handler mainHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
@Override
public void onSuccess(final Object data) {
mainHandler.post(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
byte[] imageData = (byte[]) data;
}
});
}
@Override
public void onPlaylyfeError(PlaylyfeException e) {
}
@Override
public void onIOError(IOException e) {
}
});
}
API
Object apiAsync("GET", // The request method can be GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE
"", // The api route to get data from
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> ,// The data you want to post to the api
false // Whether you want the response to be in raw string form or json,
callback
)
Get
Object getAsync("", // The api route to get data from
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the
callback
)
Get Raw
byte[] getRawAsync("", // The api route to get data from
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the
callback
)
Post
Object postAsync("", // The api route to post data to
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> // The data you want to post to the api this will be automagically converted to json
callback
)
Patch
Object patchAsync(
"" // The api route to patch data
HashMap<string, string> // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> // The data you want to update in the api this will be automagically converted to json
callback
)
Put
Object putAsync("" // The api route to put data
HashMap<string, string>, // The query params that you want to send to the route
Object or HashMap<string, string> // The data you want to update in the api this will be automagically converted to json
callback
)
Delete
Object deleteAsync("" // The api route to delete the component
HashMap<string, string> // The query params that you want to send to the route
callback
)
Errors
A PlaylyfeException is thrown whenever an error occurs in each call.The Error contains a name and message field which can be used to determine the type of error that occurred.
Development
You need to have these tools,
1.gradle >= 2.2
2.jdk >= 7
To install all dependencies run gradle build
If you are using eclipse then run this gradle task gradle eclipse
GraphQL SDK
For api v3
import com.playlyfe.sdk.Playlyfe.PlaylyfeException;
import com.playlyfe.sdk.PlaylyfeGraphQL;
PlaylyfeGraphQL pl = new PlaylyfeGraphQL(
"your user secret", // the secret used to encrypt the token with
"http://localhost:3212/graphql" // the graphql api endpoint
);
String token = pl.createJWT("your user_id", 3600);
String query = "query K {"
+ " root {"
+ " games { "
+ " edges { "
+ " node {"
+ " id"
+ " name"
+ " }"
+ " }"
+ " }"
+ " }}";
try {
Map<String, Object> games = (Map<String, Object>) pl.graphql(token, query, null);
System.out.println(games);
} catch(PlaylyfeException e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
License
Playlyfe Java SDK http://dev.playlyfe.com/ Copyright(c) 2014-2015, Playlyfe IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd, [email protected]
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Contributing
- Run
gradle buildto pull in dependencies - Run
gradle eclipseto make the eclipse project - Create PGP Key using
gpg --gen-key. - Find the keyId using
gpg --list-keys. - Upload the key to a public key server using this
gpg --armor --export keyID. http://pgp.mit.edu/ - If you are using gpg2 then you need to export your key
gpg --export-secret-key keyId > secring.gpg - Change this to the gradle build file with your own key
allprojects { ext."signing.keyId" = '1AD528DD' } allprojects { ext."signing.secretKeyRingFile" = '/path/to/secring.gpg' } allprojects { ext."signing.password" = 'keypass' }
- Change this under repository(url)
authentication(userName: 'myusername', password: 'yoursupersecretpassword')
- Run
gradle uploadArchives - Go to https://oss.sonatype.org/ Staging Repository and find com.playlyfe Click Close and then Release
References:
http://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html
http://www.feedhenry.com/publishing-jar-maven-central-repository/
