static string GetRandomClassification()
{
BNolan.RandomSelection.Selector <string> classificationSelector = new BNolan.RandomSelection.Selector <string>();
// Weights come from how many items fit the search criteria. This can be found by hitting:
// https://api.harvardartmuseums.org/object?apikey=API_KEY&hasimage=1&classification=Furniture
// and replacing Furniture with the name of the material.
// For scale, there are around 200,000 total objects.
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Armor", "Armor", 50); // 37
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Recreational+Artifacts", "Recreational+Artifacts", 50); // 72
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Amulets", "Amulets", 100); // 138
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Timepieces", "Timepieces", 150); // 139
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Furniture", "Furniture", 150); // 141
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Mirrors", "Mirrors", 100); // 142
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Weapons+and+Ammunition", "Weapons+and+Ammunition", 200); // 184
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Boxes", "Boxes", 150); // 223
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Lighting+Devices", "Lighting+Devices", 300); // 457
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Jewelry", "Jewelry", 200); // 680
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Tools+and+Equipment", "Tools+and+Equipment", 300); // 637
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Ritual+Implements", "Ritual+Implements", 200); // 902
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Textile+Arts", "Textile+Arts", 200); // 1833
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Sculpture", "Sculpture", 200); // 4549
classificationSelector.TryAddItem("Vessels", "Vessels", 100); // 5021
return(classificationSelector.RandomSelect(1).First().Value);
}
static int GetRandomObjectID(System.Random random)
{
BNolan.RandomSelection.Selector <string> materialSelector = new BNolan.RandomSelection.Selector <string>();
// Weights come from how many items fit the search criteria. This can be found by hitting:
// https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/search?medium=Furniture&q=Furniture&hasImages=true
// and replacing Furniture with the name of the material.
// For scale, there are around 470,000 total objects.
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Bags", "Bags", 3);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Jewelry", "Jewelry", 17);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Sculpture", "Sculpture", 232);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Bowls", "Bowls", 19);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Furniture", "Furniture", 66);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Musical%20instruments", "Musical%20instruments", 6);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Vessels", "Vessels", 41);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Ceramics", "Ceramics", 66);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Wood", "Wood", 110);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Paintings", "Paintings", 491);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Timepieces", "Timepieces", 2);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Arms", "Arms", 7);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Costume", "Costume", 42);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Cases", "Cases", 10);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Metal", "Metal", 384);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Lithographs", "Lithographs", 55);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Prints", "Prints", 352);
materialSelector.TryAddItem("Silk", "Silk", 91);
string material = materialSelector.RandomSelect(1).First().Value;
string searchURL = GetMetSearchAPIUrl(material);
MetSearchResponse response = Web.GetWebResponse <MetSearchResponse>(searchURL);
System.Console.WriteLine();
System.Console.WriteLine("Material: " + material + " Total items in category: " + response.total);
if (response.total == 0)
{
throw new System.Exception("Not enough items meet search criteria.");
}
return(response.objectIDs.RandomElement(random));
}