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I am trying to attach a pdf to a fax that i am sending using code below


HttpWebRequest wr = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);

Stream rs = wr.GetRequestStream();

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(filepath);

byte[] fileStream = ReadFully(sr.BaseStream);

rs.Write(fileStream, 0, fileStream.Length);

sr.Close();


public static byte[] ReadFully(Stream input)

{


byte[] buffer = new byte[20 * 1024];

using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())

{


if (input != null)

{


int read;

while ((read = input.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)) > 0)

{


ms.Write(buffer, 0, read);

}

}

return ms.ToArray();

}

}


I get back the response that Fax was Queued, but when I receive fax it is only default cover page. This mean the binary data was not attached. What am I missing?

To send a fax you'll need to create a multipart/mixed request and add each PDF as an attachment. You can either send the raw bytes or base 64 encode the file.

The easiest way to do this with C# is to use our new (alpha) SDK which is available on Nuget and GitHub:
You can get the package from Nuget and follow the fax instructions under "Send Fax" on the GitHub link.

There are example request bodies on the community Ruby SDK documentation here if you're interested in what the raw requests look like:

Thanks John for your quick reply. Good to hear about .Net SDK, I am looking into it now as my application is configured for Sandbox so I am using  
https://platform.devtest.ringcentral.com  
as apiEndPoint and when trying to Authenticate I am getting response

{
  "error" : "invalid_grant",
  "error_description" : "Invalid resource owner credentials."
}

Do I have to give permission for SDK to connect to my application somewhere?

That error typically indicates that the username / extension / password credentials supplied are incorrect. You should make sure that the credentials you are using are associated with your Sandbox Account.

The Sandbox Account Main Company Number for this account is located in your Developer Portal account (https://developers.ringcentral.com) under Sandbox Accounts. By default, the admin extension, 101, is configured with a password that is emailed to you.

You can test that phone number by logging into the Sandbox Online Account Portal here: https://service.devtest.ringcentral.com.

Let us know if that works.

For those who want to use fax API, the fax api support attachments as data which means no data will be passed in body, instead all the data including files and plain text will be pass as an attachment in the api

  1. Content-Type: multipart/mixed

The API allows sending a fax message with a multipart request, incorporating two or more parts.

ref: https://developers.ringcentral.com/api-reference#

other examples: https://github.com/grokify/go-ringcentral/tree/master/examples


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