/// <summary>
/// Get request for twitter.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The return type T</typeparam>
/// <param name="requestObject">The request object</param>
/// <returns>The result represented as an object of type T</returns>
public T TwitterGetRequest <T>(RequestUrlObject requestObject) where T : new() //Needed such that a new instance of an object can be made
{
T res = default(T); // First set it to its default
//Then if it is a list (IEnumerable), then it creates a new instance of it.
//Such that it is not null
if (typeof(IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(typeof(T)))
{
res = new T();
}
//Such that if it fails to get an result or deserialize it just is null
T tempRes = default(T);
try
{
string data = TwitterGetRequest(requestObject);
tempRes = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <T>(data);
}
catch (JsonException e)
{
Log.Error(e.Message);
}
if (tempRes != null)
{
res = tempRes;
}
return(res);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get request for twitter.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="requestObject">The request object</param>
/// <returns>A string representation of the result of the request</returns>
public string TwitterGetRequest(RequestUrlObject requestObject)
{
string res = "";
string authHeader = "";
if (auth.Type == AuthObj.AuthType.User)
{
authHeader = OAuthHelper.Instance.BuildAuthHeader(OAuthHelper.RequestMethod.GET, auth.Name, auth.OAuthToken, auth.OAuthTokenSecret, requestObject.BaseUrl, requestObject.Params);
}
else if (auth.Type == AuthObj.AuthType.App)
{
authHeader = auth.APIKey;
}
GetRequestBody(requestObject, authHeader, ref res);
return(res);
}
//Private helper method to return the result of an get request
private bool GetRequestBody(RequestUrlObject requestObject, object auth, ref string result)
{
return(GetRequestBody(requestObject.Url, auth, ref result));
}