public async Task <ActionResult> SearchByGenre(GenreObj genreObj)
{
// make another games API call
// call for Games, with a title of 'titleToSearchBy'
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.rawg.io/api/genres");
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("?search=" + genreObj.Title);
List <Item> itemsToChooseFrom = new List <Item>();
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string data = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
JObject jsonResults = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <JObject>(data);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
JToken name = jsonResults["results"][i]["name"];
JToken Released = jsonResults["results"][i]["released"];
Item randomItem = new Item();
randomItem.Name = name.ToString();
randomItem.Released = Released.ToString();
itemsToChooseFrom.Add(randomItem);
}
}
return(View("GamesIndex", itemsToChooseFrom));
}
public ActionResult SearchByGenre()
{
GenreObj input = new GenreObj();
return(View(input));
}