/// <summary>
/// This method gets the timezone
/// of a given location
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input"></param>
/// <returns>location timezone</returns>
public Timezone GetTimeZone(TimeZoneInput input)
{
/* Create URL based on input paramters */
string apiURL = ApiBaseURL + "tz.ashx?q=" + input.query + "&format=" + input.format + "&callback=" + input.callback + "&key=" + APIKey;
/* Get the web response*/
string result = RequestHandler.Process(apiURL);
/*Serialize the json output and parse in the helper class*/
Timezone timeZone = (Timezone) new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize(result, typeof(Timezone));
return(timeZone);
}
/// <summary>
/// This method consumes the World Weather
/// Premium API to show location TimeZone in JSON Format
/// </summary>
public void GetTimeZone()
{
try {
/* Set input parameters for the API */
String Format = "JSON";
TimeZoneInput input = new TimeZoneInput();
input.query = SearchTextBox.Text;
input.format = Format;
/* Call GetTimeZone method with input parameters */
API_Implementation api = new API_Implementation();
Timezone timeZone = api.GetTimeZone(input);
/*Display Results*/
DisplayResultsTextBox.Text = "\r\n Local Time: " + timeZone.data.time_zone[0].localtime;
DisplayResultsTextBox.Text += "\r\n Time Offset: " + timeZone.data.time_zone[0].utcOffset;
}
catch (Exception ex) {
ex.GetBaseException();
}
}
public IActionResult TimeZone([FromBody] TimeZoneInput input)
{
var utcTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
var serverTime = DateTime.Now;
var ip = this.HttpContext.Connection.RemoteIpAddress.ToString();
try
{
var timeZoneId = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(input.Zone);
var returnVal = new CurrentTimeQuery
{
UTCTime = utcTime,
ClientIp = ip,
Time = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(serverTime, timeZoneId)
};
using (var db = new ClockworkContext())
{
/*TODO: to make this works properly, use tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Counsole, open "20171207214527_InitialCreate"
* in Migration folder and type in "Update-Database" to initialize the database, also check index.cshtml in clockwork.web, get url there need to be updated as well*/
db.CurrentTimeQueries.Add(returnVal);
var count = db.SaveChanges();
Console.WriteLine("{0} records saved to database", count);
Console.WriteLine();
foreach (var CurrentTimeQuery in db.CurrentTimeQueries)
{
Console.WriteLine(" - {0}", CurrentTimeQuery.UTCTime);
}
}
return(Ok(returnVal));
}
catch
{
return(StatusCode(222, "invalid timezone"));
}
}
