static OMovie RandomInput(string apiKey) // ----- change string to string[]
{
OMovie movieInfo = new OMovie();
InvalidOId contentsIn = new InvalidOId();
string contents;
// -- push the contents from random generation into the object
do
{
string id = RandomGenerate();
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
string address = "http://www.omdbapi.com/?i=" + id + apiKey;
//Console.WriteLine(address);
contents = client.DownloadString(address); // contents was originally of type var not string, declared here // http://www.omdbapi.com/ ?i=tt389619 8&apikey=d6b3c2ae
if (contents.Contains("False"))
{
contentsIn = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <InvalidOId>(contents); // if the json string includes the word error then deserialise into contents(invalid)
}
else
{
movieInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <OMovie>(contents);
}
}
} while (movieInfo.title == null);
return(movieInfo);
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) // section for omdbAPI button click
{
string textBoxValue = textBox1.Text;
webAddress = "http://www.omdbapi.com/";
apiKey = "&apikey=d6b3c2ae";
//TextBoxString mc = new TextBoxString();
//mc.MyProperty = textBox1_TextChanged.Text;
string sAddress = webAddress + "?t=" + textBoxValue + apiKey;
OMovie searchMovie = new OMovie();
InvalidOId invalid = new InvalidOId();
string contents;
using (var client = new WebClient())
{
contents = client.DownloadString(sAddress); // apikey unauthorized
if (contents.Contains("False"))
{
invalid = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <InvalidOId>(contents);
//OSearch_Results(invalid);
}
else
{
searchMovie = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <OMovie>(contents);
OSearch_Results(searchMovie);
}
}
currentID = searchMovie.imdbID;
}