public async Task<ActionResult> Auctions(string keyword)
{
var auctions = await Task.Run<IEnumerable<Models.Auction>>
(() =>
{
var db = new Models.AuctionsDataContext();
return db.Auctions.Where(x=>x.Title.Contains(keyword)).ToArray();
});
return Json(auctions, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
public async Task <ActionResult> Auction(string keyword)
{
var auctions = await Task.Run <IEnumerable <Models.Auction> >(
() =>
{
var db = new Models.AuctionsDataContext();
return(db.Auctions.Where(x => x.Title.Contains(keyword)).ToList());
});
return(Json(auctions, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));
}
//This statement creates an asynchronous task that takes in a keyword to use to search the Auctions database
//To use this action, we need to set the URL to "~/Search/Auctions?Keyword= " followed by the search terms (title of auction)
public async Task<ActionResult> Auctions (string keyword)
{
//await keyword forces it to wait for the task to complete then continues executing the method when it does
var auctions = await Task.Run<IEnumerable<Models.Auction>>(
() =>
{
var db = new Models.AuctionsDataContext();
//Uses the Contains method to find any title that contains the keywords that are passed as parameters to the search controller
return db.Auctions.Where(x => x.Title.Contains(keyword)).ToArray();
});
//After finding matching titles, the JSON is returned to the browser
return Json(auctions, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}