// get : api/Movies?type={current/all order by name etc}
protected override string ProcessRequest()
{
JavaScriptSerializer json = new JavaScriptSerializer();
try
{
SetConnectionString();
var qpParams = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(this.Request.RequestUri.Query);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(qpParams["type"]))
{
throw new ArgumentException("type is not present");
}
string type = qpParams["type"].ToString();
var tableMgr = new TableManager();
var movies = new List<MovieEntity>();
if (type.ToLower() == "orderby")
{
movies = tableMgr.GetSortedMoviesByName();
}
else if (type.ToLower() == "current")
{
movies = tableMgr.GetCurrentMovies();
}
return json.Serialize(movies);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return json.Serialize(new { Status = "Error", Message = ex.Message });
}
}
// get : api/Movies?type={current/all (default)}&resultlimit={default 100}
protected override string ProcessRequest()
{
string type = "all";
int resultLimit = 15;
// get query string parameters
string queryParameters = this.Request.RequestUri.Query;
if (queryParameters != null)
{
var qpParams = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(queryParameters);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(qpParams["type"]))
{
type = qpParams["type"].ToString().ToLower();
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(qpParams["resultlimit"]))
{
int.TryParse(qpParams["resultlimit"].ToString(), out resultLimit);
}
}
try
{
var tableMgr = new TableManager();
var moviesByName =
(type == "all") ?
tableMgr.GetSortedMoviesByName() :
(type == "current") ?
tableMgr.GetCurrentMovies() :
(type == "upcoming") ?
tableMgr.GetUpcomingMovies() :
Enumerable.Empty<MovieEntity>();
List<MovieEntity> movies = moviesByName.Take(resultLimit).ToList();
// serialize movieList object and return.
return jsonSerializer.Value.Serialize(movies);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// if any error occured then return User friendly message with system error message
return jsonSerializer.Value.Serialize(
new
{
Status = "Error",
UserMessage = "Unable to get " + type + " movies",
ActualError = ex.Message
});
}
}
