Installing Blogger API v3, Google APIs OAuth2, and add Reference

We are demonstrating a console application integrated with Blogger API v3 and as an authentication we integrate Google APIs OAuth2. If you are using Visual Studio 2010 and 2012, the Windows7 SP1 is capable with .net framework4 or using high version of Visual Studio (like 2013 or 2015), you must upgrade Windows7 with Windows8. In this session we are using Visual Studio 2012 Update 3 Windows7 SP1.

Development and Environment Tools:

1. Visual Studio 2012 
Download Visual Studio 2012 from Microsoft Website.
  

2. NuGet
This is a very easy to use Visual Studio plug-in to manage packages of 
Download: http://docs.nuget.org/docs/start-here/installing-nuget 
  

3. Google API DotNet Client 
Download: http://contrib.google-api-dotnet-client.googlecode.com/hg /1.5.0-beta/Generated/ZipFiles/google-api-dotnet-client-1.5.0-beta.source.zip 

Downloading and Installing:

Select the appropriate version of Visual Studio from the official website, here is the 2012, click Download and run click Install, after installation of VS download and install NuGet.

1. Open Visual Studio, Ctrl + Shift + N to create a new Console Application 

2. Press Ctrl + Shift + S or the File>> Save All to save the project 

3. Click Solution Explorer double-click Properties and then replace the Target Framework for .Net Framework 4 Click on Yes button

4. Click the Solution Explorer, right-References Click Manage NuGet Packages 

5. Open NuGet Packages Manager at the top of the search "Blogger" select Google.Apis.Blogger.v3 Client Library Click Install 

6. Wait for the installation 

7. After installed Blogger API searching Google APIs then find Google APIs OAuth2 Client Library Click Install 

8. Click Close to return IDE10.

Then add the following namespaces to import Blogger and Authentication APIs in our project:

using Google.Apis.Blogger.v3;
using Google.Apis.Blogger.v3.Data;
using Google.Apis.Services;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Google.Apis.Authentication.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Authentication.OAuth2.DotNetOpenAuth;
using DotNetOpenAuth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Util;