private static async Task RunAsync(WebClient webClient)
{
//get list of questions with specified properties
var displayType = "MultilineText";
List <string> questionTags = new List <string>()
{
"Comments", "User Comments"
};
//returns list of question ids
List <string> Ids = await webClient.GetQuestions("api/Questions/Active", displayType, questionTags);
//
//get list of answers from first page with matching questionIds
int pages = 1;
int rows = 1000;
DateFilter dateFilter = new DateFilter(new DateTime(2019, 01, 19), new DateTime(2019, 07, 20));
//returns list of answers
finalAnswers = await webClient.GetAnswers("api/Answers/Page/", pages, rows, Ids, dateFilter);
}
//get the list of all answers whic match the criteria and return the required fields for further processing
public async Task <List <RequiredAnswer> > GetAnswers(string absoluteUri, int pageRequested, int rows, List <string> Ids, DateFilter dateFilter)
{
var requiredAnswers = new List <RequiredAnswer>();
HttpResponseMessage response;
try
{
//get the data
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dateFilter);
var httpContent = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(BaseUri);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", BearerToken);
response = await client.PostAsync(BaseUri + absoluteUri + pageRequested + "/" + rows, httpContent);
}
//if success
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var result = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
//convert json objects into class objects
var answers = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Answers>(result);
foreach (var answer in answers.Responses)
{
//get each response from the list of all
var answerResponse = answer.Responses;
foreach (var responseFromUser in answerResponse)
{
if (Ids.Contains(responseFromUser.QuestionId))
{
requiredAnswers.Add(new RequiredAnswer(responseFromUser.QuestionId, responseFromUser.QuestionText, responseFromUser.TextInput));
}
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error in getting Answers: {response.StatusCode}");
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exception in getting answers: " + e);
}
return(requiredAnswers);
}
