/// <summary>
/// Create a web request to query the Bing Maps REST API and return the Bing Location Response.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="query">A string that contains information about a location, such as an address or landmark name.</param>
/// <returns>BingLocationResponse</returns>
public BingLocationResponse GetGeocodeLocationByQuery(string query)
{
BingLocationResponse result = null;
var request = WebRequest.Create(string.Format("{0}?Key={1}&query={2}&userLocation={3}&inclnb={4}", BingMapRestUrl, BingMapKey, query, UserLocation, IncludeNeighborhood ?? 0)) as HttpWebRequest;
if (request != null)
{
using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
{
result = GetResult(response);
}
}
return(result);
}
private static BingLocationResponse GetResult(HttpWebResponse response)
{
BingLocationResponse result = null;
if (response != null && response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
{
var serialiser = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(BingLocationResponse));
if (stream != null)
{
result = serialiser.ReadObject(stream) as BingLocationResponse;
}
}
}
return(result);
}