v4.0.0-rc1

Breaking Changes & New Features

• Library is now thread-safe
  • Initialize a Client object with an API key
  • Static methods (i.e. create, retrieve, retrieve all of a resource) exist in services, accessed via property of the client (e.g. myClient.Address.Create())
  • Instance methods (i.e. update, delete) accessed on instance of a resource (i.e. myShipment.Update())
• All properties are now title-cased rather than snake-cased to match standard .NET naming conventions
  • e.g. myShipment.id is now myShipment.Id, myAddress.federal_tax_id is now myAddress.FederalTaxId, myTrackerCollection.has_more is now myTrackerCollection.HasMore
  • Some properties have been renamed to avoid naming conflicts:
    • Rate.rate is now Rate.Price
    • Message.message is now Message.Text
• All properties are now nullable
  • Almost all properties will be assigned a value during JSON deserialization. This is mostly to address compiler warnings
  • Users can proceed with the assumption that any given property will not be null
• Consistent exception handling
  • All exceptions inherit from EasyPostError
  • API-related and HTTP-related exceptions will throw an ApiError or inherited-type exception
  • API exception types can be retrieved by HTTP status code via the EasyPost.Exceptions.Constants class (i.e. to anticipate what error will be thrown for a 404, etc.)
  • Common exception messages and templates can be found in the EasyPost.Exceptions.Constants class (i.e. for log parsing)
• Dependencies updated to latest versions, including RestSharp v108

Misc

• Under the hood improvements:
  • Underlying Request-Client-ClientConfiguration relationship has been re-architected to allow for thread safety
  • Process of generating an API request has been standardized and simplified
  • Improved accessibility levels of internal functions, to prevent accidental use by end users
  • Files have been organized into a more logical structure
  • Methods and properties have been organized (e.g. methods ordered by CRUD, properties ordered alphabetically)