public static async Task checkAndAddNewComics()
{
string url = "http://xkcd.com/info.0.json";
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("user-agent", "XKCD Daily Win8 Reader");
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);
string responseText = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
try
{
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
SampleDataGroup Comics = SampleDataSource.GetGroup("XKCD");
JsonObject json = JsonObject.Parse(responseText);
string month = json.GetNamedString("month");
int num = (int)json.GetNamedNumber("num");
if (Comics.Items[0].UniqueId != num.ToString())
{
string link = json.GetNamedString("link");
string year = json.GetNamedString("year");
string news = json.GetNamedString("news");
string safe_title = json.GetNamedString("safe_title");
string transcript = json.GetNamedString("transcript");
string alt = json.GetNamedString("alt");
string img = json.GetNamedString("img");
string title = json.GetNamedString("title");
string day = json.GetNamedString("day");
//localize?
string fulldate = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
SampleDataItem newcomic = new SampleDataItem(num.ToString(), title, fulldate, img, transcript, alt, Comics, img);
if (FavoriteManager.isFavorite(num))
{
newcomic.isFav = true;
}
Comics.Items.Insert(0, newcomic);
//SampleDataSource._sampleDataSource._allGroups.Clear();
//SampleDataSource._sampleDataSource._allGroups.Add(Comics);
}
}
else if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.GatewayTimeout)
{
var dia = new Windows.UI.Popups.MessageDialog("It appears xkcd.com is under heavy load. Please try again later.");
await dia.ShowAsync();
}
response.ToString();
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
//this also makes the group
public static async Task addMostRecentComic()
{
string url = "http://xkcd.com/info.0.json";
JsonObject json = await GetAsync(url);
string month = json.GetNamedString("month");
int num = (int)json.GetNamedNumber("num");
string link = json.GetNamedString("link");
string year = json.GetNamedString("year");
string news = json.GetNamedString("news");
string safe_title = json.GetNamedString("safe_title");
string transcript = json.GetNamedString("transcript");
string alt = json.GetNamedString("alt");
string img = json.GetNamedString("img");
string title = json.GetNamedString("title");
string day = json.GetNamedString("day");
//localize?
string fulldate = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
SampleDataGroup Comics = new SampleDataGroup("XKCD", "XKCD", "A Webcomic of romace, sarcasm, math, and language", "310x150.png", "");
SampleDataItem newcomic = new SampleDataItem(num.ToString(), title, fulldate, img, transcript, alt, Comics, img);
if (FavoriteManager.isFavorite(num))
{
newcomic.isFav = true;
}
Comics.Items.Add(newcomic);
//SampleDataSource._sampleDataSource._allGroups.Clear();
SampleDataSource._sampleDataSource._allGroups.Add(Comics);
}
public static async Task addPrevious20(SampleDataItem sdi, SampleDataGroup group)
{
int c = int.Parse(sdi.UniqueId);
for (int x = 0; x < 20; x++)
{
await addToGroupByNum(--c, group);
}
}
public static async Task <SampleDataItem> getComicByNum(int number, SampleDataGroup group)
{
string url = "http://xkcd.com/" + number + "/info.0.json";
JsonObject json = await GetAsync(url, number);
string month = json.GetNamedString("month");
int num = (int)json.GetNamedNumber("num");
string link = json.GetNamedString("link");
string year = json.GetNamedString("year");
string news = json.GetNamedString("news");
string safe_title = json.GetNamedString("safe_title");
string transcript = json.GetNamedString("transcript");
string alt = json.GetNamedString("alt");
string img = json.GetNamedString("img");
string title = json.GetNamedString("title");
string day = json.GetNamedString("day");
if (!transcript.Equals(""))
{
await DownloadJSON(url, number);
}
//localize?
string fulldate = month + "/" + day + "/" + year;
var localFolder = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder;
var oldimg = img;
if (!await Download(img, num))
{
img = "ms-appdata:///local/" + num + ".png";
}
string ns = num.ToString();
SampleDataItem newcomic;
if (group.Title == "Favorites")
{
//return null; //don't want to load more favorites??
ns = ns + " ";
newcomic = new SampleDataItem(ns, title, fulldate, img, transcript, alt, group, oldimg);
newcomic.isFav = true;
}
else
{
newcomic = new SampleDataItem(ns, title, fulldate, img, transcript, alt, group, oldimg);
}
if (FavoriteManager.isFavorite(num))
{
newcomic.isFav = true;
}
return(newcomic);
}
public static async Task addPreviousN(SampleDataItem sdi, SampleDataGroup group, int n)
{
int c = int.Parse(sdi.UniqueId);
for (int x = 0; x < n; x++)
{
if (c == 405) //lol randall monroe - doesn't have a comic #404
{
c--;
}
if (c > 1)
{
await addToGroupByNum(--c, group);
}
}
}
internal static async Task fillGroup(SampleDataItem n, SampleDataItem o)
{
int newest = int.Parse(n.UniqueId);
int oldest = int.Parse(o.UniqueId);
int si = n.Group.Items.IndexOf(n) + 1;
if (newest > oldest)
{
for (int i = oldest + 1; i < newest; i++)
{
if (i == 404)
{
i++;
}
n.Group.Items.Insert(si, await getComicByNum(i, n.Group));
}
}
else
{
//how did you get here what the f**k? newer has got to be greater than older
}
}
public static async Task <IEnumerable <SampleDataItem> > returnPreviousN(SampleDataItem sdi, SampleDataGroup group, int n)
{
if (group.UniqueId != "Favorites")
{
List <SampleDataItem> l = new List <SampleDataItem>();
int c = int.Parse(sdi.UniqueId);
for (int x = 0; x < n; x++)
{
if (c == 405) //lol randall monroe - doesn't have a comic #404
{
c--;
}
if (c > 1)
{
l.Add(await getComicByNum(--c, group));
}
}
return(l);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
