public ActionResult GetFilms()
{
// TODO: Implement this controller action
List <Film> filmList = _starWarsService.GetFilms().Result;
AllFilmsViewModel model = _viewMapperHelper.AllFilmsMapper(filmList);
return(View(model));
}
public async Task <FileContentResult> Get()
{
// get the film list
var filmList = await _starWarsService.GetFilms();
// get the characters for these films
Character[] characterArray = new Character[0];
foreach (Film film in filmList)
{
var result = await _starWarsService.GetCharactersByFilm(film.ObjectId);
// combine and sort characters, no duplicates
foreach (var character in result)
{
character.EpisodeId = film.EpisodeId;
}
characterArray = characterArray.Union(result).ToArray();
}
Array.Sort(characterArray, new StarWarsComparer());
// convert names into last name, first name format
foreach (var character in characterArray)
{
var names = character.Name.Split(" ");
if (names.Length > 1)
{
character.Name = $"{names[1]}-{names[0]}";
}
}
// convert into csv file and return it.
var characterList = new List <Character>(characterArray);
var formatter = new CsvFormatter();
var csv = formatter.Format(characterList);
byte[] fileBytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(csv);
// return csv file
return(File(fileBytes, "text/csv", "StarWarsCharacters.csv"));
}