//will search for movie info given the incomplete movie object and its title
//for now the input can only be of the form <Movie title>(correct year) or else the search will get funny
//the year must be included as well
public movObj movInfo(String title, movObj m)
{
string prepare = "";
string movTitle = m.title;
string year = m.year;
if (movTitle.Contains("&"))
{
movTitle = movTitle.Replace("&", "and");
}
try
{
prepare = String.Format("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie?year={0}&include_adult=false&page=1&query={1}&language=en-US&api_key={2}", year, movTitle, api_key);
dynamic returned = restRequest(prepare);
if (returned.total_results > 0)
{
//initialize lists
m.actor_id = new List <string>();
m.actor_img = new List <string>();
m.character = new List <string>();
m.actors = new List <string>();
m.genres = new List <string>();
m.numbering = new List <string>();
//gets the full movie info
var parser = ((IEnumerable <dynamic>)returned.results);
var pars = parser.First();
string movId = Convert.ToString(pars.id);
//prepare strings for full movie info and actors
prepare = String.Format("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/{0}?language=en-US&api_key={1}", movId, api_key);
string prepare0 = String.Format("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/{0}/credits?api_key={1}", movId, api_key);
//requests for various movie data
dynamic returned0 = restRequest(prepare);
dynamic returned1 = restRequest(prepare0);
m = movDataIn(returned0, returned1, m);
}
}
catch (RuntimeBinderException z) { }
//Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(returned.overview));
return(m);
}
//interprets the json data gathered on a movie
private movObj movDataIn(dynamic b, dynamic c, movObj m)
{
//general movie data
m.title = b.title;
m.description = b.overview;
m.imgPath = poster_first + b.poster_path;
m.numbering.Add(Convert.ToString(b.runtime));
m.numbering.Add(Convert.ToString(b.vote_average));
m.numbering.Add(Convert.ToString(b.Budget));
m.numbering.Add(Convert.ToString(b.revenue));
//genres
var parser = ((IEnumerable <dynamic>)b.genres);
foreach (var par in parser)
{
String genreTemp = par.name;
m.genres.Add(Convert.ToString(genreTemp));
}
//credits
parser = ((IEnumerable <dynamic>)c.cast);
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
try
{
string imgpath = String.Format("https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w264_and_h264_bestv2{0}", parser.ElementAt(i).profile_path);
m.actor_id.Add(Convert.ToString(parser.ElementAt(i).id));
m.actors.Add(parser.ElementAt(i).name);
m.character.Add(parser.ElementAt(i).character);
m.actor_img.Add(imgpath);
}
catch (ArgumentNullException e) { }
}
return(m);
}