/// <summary>
/// artist.getInfo last.fm api function
/// </summary>
/// <param name="artistName">Artist name</param>
/// <returns>Artist info object, containing artist desription</returns>
public static async Task<artistInfo> getInfo(string artistName)
{
RequestParameters rParams = new RequestParameters("artist.getinfo");
rParams.Add("artist", artistName);
XDocument returnedXml = await Request.MakeRequest(rParams);
if (Request.CheckStatus(returnedXml) == 0)
{
artistInfo artist = new artistInfo(returnedXml.Element("lfm").Element("artist"));
return artist;
}
else
throw new LastFmAPIException(returnedXml);
}
private async void getArtistInfo(string artistName)
{
SystemTray.IsVisible = true;
prog.IsVisible = true;
prog.IsIndeterminate = true;
prog.Text = "Loading...";
try { currArtist = await artist.getInfo(artistName); }
catch (TaskCanceledException) { }
this.DataContext = currArtist;
//NavigateToString method works bad with encodings, that's why I am using this stuff
var store = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
using (var stream = new IsolatedStorageFileStream("artist.html", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, store))
{
using (var sw = new StreamWriter(stream))
sw.Write(utilities.makeHtmlFromCdata(currArtist.bio, currArtist.extralargeImage));
}
artistDescription.Navigate(new Uri("artist.html", UriKind.Relative));
prog.IsIndeterminate = false;
prog.IsVisible = false;
SystemTray.IsVisible = false;
}
