A client library for the Das Keyboard 5Q (and other cloud-enabled Das keyboards).
Install the NuGet package LibSharpQ, grab the .nupkg from the Releases page, or download and build yourself from this repository. Requires the newest version of Visual Studio and .NET Core 2.1 tooling.
This library includes two main "client" classes - CloudDasClient and LocalDasClient. The former is designed for use with the "cloud" Das Keyboard API, and the latter is for the local Das Keyboard API available via the Das Keyboard Q desktop software.
Both provide async-only APIs, implement IDisposable, and provide the option to inject your own HttpClient - for demos / basic applications, I recommend switching your C# language version to "latest minor" and using an async Task Main() - see the Examples project for, well, examples.
If you want information on the API itself, you can find the official documentation here: https://www.daskeyboard.io/q-api-doc/
Below is a list of all available methods.
This method return an IReadOnlyList<Signal> of all the previously sent signals. Note that signals are not synced, so signals sent to the Cloud API will not be returned if this method is called on a LocalDasClient instance, or vice-versa.
The retrieveAll parameter, if set to false, will make this method only return the first page of results from the API. This parameter does nothing on a LocalDasClient, where there is no pagination on this endpoint.
This method will send a signal to the API. There are convenient constructor overloads for Signal that will ensure the required parameters are present - but you can override anything you'd like via the properties, like Effect, which is "SET_COLOR" by default, or Pid, which is "DK5QPID" by default.
For indexed location zones, there is an overload that allows you to pass a ValueTuple(int x, int y) for location, which will be formatted appropriately.
This method will return a new instance of Signal as per the API response, which will include the signal ID you need to delete it later. The ZoneId of this response should be in the same format it was sent. If you sent it with an indexed location, it will be available as a (int x, int y) via the ZonePosition property.
These methods will delete the signal with the given id, the signal(s) with the given id(s), or all the signals, respectively.
The DeleteAllSignals() method follows the same rules as GetSignals() - if called on a LocalDasClient, it will not delete signals on the Cloud, and vice-versa. This method also has a different implementation for the LocalDasClient - there, it will delete signals one at a time, whereas it will try to delete them all at once for the CloudDasClient. This is due to a hard-crash bug with concurrent requests in the current version of the Das Keyboard software, and will be changed once that bug is fixed.
Certain features are only available via the Cloud API - primarily the endpoints that return device information.
This is required to be called before calling any other methods on the CloudDasClient instance. Pass your OAuth credentials as provided by Das - available on this page after logging in: https://q.daskeyboard.com/account
You will need to populate both the Client ID and Client Secret. I highly recommend storing these in a config file, and loading them at runtime for security purposes - especially if you are writing an application that will be shared with others, or made open-source.
This method returns an IReadOnlyList<Device> of devices registered & active on the logged-in account.
This method returns an IReadOnlyList<DeviceDefinition> of definitions for devices that the API supports. This includes the Das Keyboard 5Q, other cloud-enabled Das keyboards, and international layouts of those keyboards. Useful to retrieve layout information.
This method returns an IReadOnlyList<Color> of predefined colors available via the API. The resulting Color instances will have their Name properties populated, which can be used instead of hex codes when sending a signal - and if a Color instance is passed to the Signal constructor, Name will be used instead of HexCode if not null.
This method will return an IReadOnlyList<Zone> all the zones defined for the provided product ID - default is the Das Keyboard 5Q's PID. The resulting Zone instances will have a linearly numbered Id that can be used as a ZoneId for sending Signals, the Code which can also be used, and a Description of the zone.
This method will return an IReadOnlyList<Effect> of available signal effects for the provided product ID - again defaulting to the Das Keyboard 5Q. The resulting Effect instances will have the Code that must be assigned to the Signal.Effect property when creating/sending Signals, and a user-friendly Name.