public virtual async Task <List <PetNameByGender> > CatsByGender()
{
try
{
// Retrieve data from API and deserialize
string jsonResponse = await AppHelper.APIGetData(_appSettings.Value.CatsMediaType, _appSettings.Value.CatsUrl, APIResponseType.Json);
List <Owner> ownwers = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <Owner> >(jsonResponse);
// Avoid invalid response
if (ownwers == null)
{
return(new List <PetNameByGender>());
}
// Filter and retrieve required Data, finally remove duplicates
List <PetNameByGender> cats = ownwers.Where(p => p.Pets != null).SelectMany(m => m.Pets.Where(n => (n.Type == PetType.Cat)).Select(o => new PetNameByGender()
{
OwnerGender = m.Gender.ToString(), PetName = o.Name
})).Distinct().ToList();
return(cats);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Log errors
// Throw exception
throw new Exception("Error retrieving data");
}
}