public async Task <ActionResult> DisplayArtists() // grab three artists from a genre.
{
SearchItem ArtistSearch = await SpotifyHelper.GrabArtists("Imagine");
List <FullArtist> searchedArtists = ArtistSearch.Artists.Items; // this list acts like an array?
TempData["ArtistList"] = searchedArtists[0].Name + " " + searchedArtists[1].Name + " " + searchedArtists[2].Name;
return(RedirectToAction("Spotify"));
}
public async Task <ActionResult> SpotifyArtistSearch(string Keyword, string Genre)
{
string ArtistString = "";
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
SearchItem ArtistSearch = await SpotifyHelper.GrabArtists(Keyword);
List <FullArtist> searchedArtists = ArtistSearch.Artists.Items; // this list acts like an array?
int arraySize = searchedArtists.Count();
string[] ArtistArray = new string[arraySize];
for (int i = 0; i <= arraySize - 1; i++)
{
if (Genre == "") //leave genre blank to grab 50 artists
{
ArtistArray[i] = searchedArtists[i].Name;
}
else if (searchedArtists[i].Genres.Contains(Genre))
{
ArtistString += searchedArtists[i].Name + ", ";
ArtistArray[i] = searchedArtists[i].Name;
}
}
TempData["ArtistsByGenre"] = ArtistArray;
}
else
{
TempData["ArtistsByGenre"] = "Whoops something went wrong!";
}
return(View());
}
