Guides

Guides

This section provides practical guidance for working effectively with the Eriksson Beam API.

Available Guides

Quick Tips

Always Pull Before Push

Never create a BeamDesign directly - always pull first:

// Correct
var design = await client.PullBeamDesignerAsync();
design.Property = newValue;
await client.PushBeamDesignerAsync("", design);

// Wrong - causes data loss!
var design = new BeamDesign();

Batch Your Changes

Make all modifications before pushing:

// Single push for multiple changes
design.Property1 = value1;
design.Property2 = value2;
design.Property3 = value3;
await client.PushBeamDesignerAsync("", design);

Use Using Statements

Always dispose connection objects:

using var launcher = await ErikssonBeamLauncher.LaunchErikssonBeam(args);
// Automatically disposed when block ends

Secure Your API License Key

Store in environment variable:

var licenseKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ERIKSSON_LICENSE_KEY");

Handle the 10-Minute Timeout

Eriksson Beam stops listening after 10 minutes. Restart if connections fail.

Next Steps

• Error Handling - Learn about exception types
• Best Practices - Optimize your API usage
• Common Tasks - See example implementations