/// <summary>
/// Generic Get method which returns a JSON object of type T
/// </summary>
/// <param name="searchString">The string to be used in the query string</param>
/// <param name="applicationName">the name of the http client instance</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <T> GetAsync(string searchString, string applicationName)
{
try
{
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchString))
{
_url = _url.Replace("{searchString}", searchString);
using (var client = _clientFactory.CreateClient(applicationName))
{
var response = await client.GetStringAsync(_url);
response = response.Replace("jsonFlickrApi", "").Replace("(", "").Replace(")", "");
T objectValue = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <T>(response);
_logger.LogToFile(response, _path);
return(objectValue);
}
}
else
{
throw new NullReferenceException();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogToFile(ex.Message, _path);
return(null);
}
}
public async Task <Root> GetAsync(string searchString, string applicationName)
{
try
{
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchString))
{
var url = _configuration.GetSection("ApiCallSettings").GetSection("url").Value;
url = url.Replace("{searchString}", searchString);
using (var client = _clientFactory.CreateClient(applicationName))
{
var result = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
result = result.Replace("jsonFlickrApi", "").Replace("(", "").Replace(")", "");
Root value = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Root>(result);
_logger.LogToFile(result);
return(value);
}
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentNullException();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogToFile(ex.Message);
return(null);;
}
}