public Comic[] GetComics()
{
string result = this.getResultStringFromEndpoint("comics");
ComicDataWrapper comics = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ComicDataWrapper>(result);
return(comics.Data.Results);
}
public async Task <IActionResult> Hero(string searchString)
{
var _marvel = new MarvelApi.Marvel();
CharacterDataWrapper CharacterModel = await _marvel.GetCharacters(searchString);
Character _character = CharacterModel.Data.Results.FirstOrDefault();
ComicDataWrapper comicModel = await _marvel.GetComicsForCharacter(_character.Id);
List <Comic> _comics = comicModel.Data.Results;
List <Comic> _ComicsWithImages = new List <Comic>(3);
int count = 0;
//some of the data is not in the api db. So skip the comics that do not have images and trim the description
foreach (var comic in _comics)
{
int pathlength = 0;
if (count == 3)
{
break;
}
//Truncate the description if it is too long
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(comic.Description))
{
if (comic.Description.Length > 360)
{
comic.Description = comic.Description.Substring(0, 360) + " ...";
}
}
pathlength = comic.Thumbnail.Path.Length;
if (comic.Thumbnail.Path.Substring(pathlength - 19, 19) != "image_not_available")
{
_ComicsWithImages.Add(comic);
count++;
}
}
CharacterComicViewModel ccVM = new CharacterComicViewModel();
ccVM.Character = _character;
ccVM.Comics = _ComicsWithImages;
ccVM.AttributionText = CharacterModel.AttributionText;
return(View(ccVM));
}
public async Task <IActionResult> ComicDetails(int?id, string title)
{
MarvelApi marvel = new MarvelApi();
ComicDataWrapper apiComic = new ComicDataWrapper();
if (id == null && title == null)
{
return(NotFound());
}
if (id != null)
{
apiComic = await marvel.GetComicId(id);
}
if (title != null)
{
apiComic = await marvel.GetComicByTitle(title);
}
IEnumerable <Comic> comicList = apiComic.Data.Results;
return(View(comicList));
}
