// GET: Location
public ActionResult Index(string SearchText)
{
LocationSearchModel LocSearch = new LocationSearchModel();
LocSearch.SearchText = SearchText == null ? LocSearch.SearchText : SearchText;
GetSearchResults(LocSearch);
return View(LocSearch);
}
//This seems oddly placed because the result is determined by changing the LocationSearchModel.SearchText
// But I didn't want to include logic directly in the Model to handle it. In MVVM I'd use a VM property that
// is bound to the model, but updates the search results within the setter.
private void GetSearchResults(LocationSearchModel Model)
{
//reset the error flag
Model.Error = false;
if(Model.SearchText != "")
{
//clear any previous search
Model.SearchResults.Clear();
//hit API
string retVal = RESTRequest.GetREST("http://" + WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AccuWeatherSite"],
"/locations/v1/search?q=" + Model.SearchText + "&apikey=" + WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AccuWeatherAPIKey"]);
//check for any strangeness
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(retVal))
{
try
{
//get an object we can use
JArray jObject = JArray.Parse(retVal);
for (int i = 0; i < jObject.Count; i++)
{
//create our local object and add it to the model
LocationModel res = new LocationModel();
res.Key = int.Parse(jObject[i]["Key"].ToString());
res.LocalizedName = jObject[i]["LocalizedName"].ToString();
res.PrimaryPostalCode = jObject[i]["PrimaryPostalCode"].ToString();
res.Country = jObject[i]["Country"]["LocalizedName"].ToString();
res.AdministrativeAreaLocalizedName = jObject[i]["AdministrativeArea"]["LocalizedName"].ToString();
Model.SearchResults.Add(res);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//log error here
//set the model error flag so we can tell the user something went wrong on the backend
Model.Error = true;
}
} else
{
//something went wrong with the API call
Model.Error = true;
}
}
}