/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of games matched up with loose search terms.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The game title to search for</param>
/// <param name="platform">Filters results by platform</param>
/// <param name="genre">Filters results by genre</param>
/// <returns>A collection of games that matched the search terms</returns>
public static async Task <ICollection <ApiGameSearchResult> > GetGames(string name, string platform = "",
string genre = "")
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
var docstring = await StaticWebClient.DownloadDataAsync(new Uri(
@"http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetGamesList.php?name=" + name + @"&platform=" + platform + @"&genre=" +
genre))
.ConfigureAwait(false);
doc.Load(docstring);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
IEnumerator ienum = root.GetEnumerator();
List <ApiGameSearchResult> games = new List <ApiGameSearchResult>();
// Iterate through all games
XmlNode gameNode;
while (ienum.MoveNext())
{
ApiGameSearchResult game = new ApiGameSearchResult();
gameNode = (XmlNode)ienum.Current;
IEnumerator ienumGame = gameNode.GetEnumerator();
XmlNode attributeNode;
while (ienumGame.MoveNext())
{
attributeNode = (XmlNode)ienumGame.Current;
// Iterate through all game attributes
switch (attributeNode.Name)
{
case "id":
int.TryParse(attributeNode.InnerText, out int id);
game.ID = id;
break;
case "GameTitle":
game.Title = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "ReleaseDate":
game.ReleaseDate = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "Platform":
game.Platform = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
games.Add(game);
}
return(games);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the data for a specific game.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="game">The game to return data for</param>
/// <returns>A Game-object containing all the data about the game, or null if no game was found</returns>
public static async Task <ApiGame> GetGame(ApiGameSearchResult game)
{
return(await ApiGamesDb.GetGame(game.ID)
.ConfigureAwait(false));
}