public Vine RetrieveVine(string permalink, string submitter = null)
{
Vine vine = new Vine()
{
Permalink = permalink,
Submitter = submitter
};
// Get the vine code
int startIndex = vine.Permalink.IndexOf("v/") + 2;
int endIndex = vine.Permalink.Length;
for (int i = startIndex; i < vine.Permalink.Length; i++)
{
char character = vine.Permalink[i];
if (!Char.IsLetterOrDigit(character))
{
endIndex = i;
break;
}
}
string videoCode = vine.Permalink.Substring(startIndex, endIndex - startIndex);
ScrapingBrowser browser = new ScrapingBrowser();
WebResource jsonResource = null;
var task = Task.Run(() =>
{
jsonResource =
browser.DownloadWebResource(new Uri("https://archive.vine.co/posts/" + videoCode + ".json"));
});
bool isSuccess;
try
{
isSuccess = task.Wait(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(2000));
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return(vine);
}
if (isSuccess)
{
JArray objects = JArray.Parse("[" + jsonResource.GetTextContent() + "]");
vine.Description = objects.First["description"].ToString();
vine.VideoUrl = objects.First["videoUrl"].ToString();
vine.ThumbnailUrl = objects.First["thumbnailUrl"].ToString();
vine.Created = DateTime.Parse(objects.First["created"].ToString());
vine.Loops = FormatNumber(Int32.Parse(objects.First["loops"].ToString()));
vine.Likes = FormatNumber(Int32.Parse(objects.First["likes"].ToString()));
vine.Username = objects.First["username"].ToString();
vine.Rating = 0;
}
return(vine);
}
