/// <summary>
/// Get all the series an author has written.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="authorId">The author to fetch the list of series for.</param>
/// <returns>A list of series written by the author.</returns>
public async Task<IReadOnlyList<Series>> GetListByAuthorId(int authorId)
{
var parameters = new List<Parameter>
{
new Parameter { Name = "id", Value = authorId, Type = ParameterType.QueryString }
};
try
{
var response = await Connection.ExecuteRaw("series/list", parameters);
if (response != null && (int)response.StatusCode >= 200 && (int)response.StatusCode < 300)
{
var content = response.Content;
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(content))
{
var document = XDocument.Parse(content);
var series = document.XPathSelectElements("GoodreadsResponse/series_works/series_work/series");
if (series != null && series.Count() > 0)
{
var seriesModels = new List<Series>();
foreach (var seriesElement in series)
{
var seriesModel = new Series();
seriesModel.Parse(seriesElement);
seriesModels.Add(seriesModel);
}
// Goodreads returns way too many duplicates, group by them by id first.
var grouped = seriesModels.GroupBy(x => x.Id);
var uniqueSeries = grouped.Select(x => x.First()).ToList();
return uniqueSeries;
}
}
}
}
catch
{
// Just ignore the error and return null...
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Get all the series that the given work is in.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="workId">The work id to fetch the list of series for.</param>
/// <returns>A list of series that this work appears in.</returns>
public async Task<IReadOnlyList<Series>> GetListByWorkId(int workId)
{
var parameters = new List<Parameter>
{
new Parameter { Name = "id", Value = workId, Type = ParameterType.UrlSegment }
};
try
{
var response = await Connection.ExecuteRaw("series/work/{id}", parameters);
if (response != null && (int)response.StatusCode >= 200 && (int)response.StatusCode < 300)
{
var content = response.Content;
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(content))
{
var document = XDocument.Parse(content);
var series = document.XPathSelectElements("GoodreadsResponse/series_works/series_work/series");
if (series != null && series.Count() > 0)
{
var seriesModels = new List<Series>();
foreach (var seriesElement in series)
{
var seriesModel = new Series();
seriesModel.Parse(seriesElement);
seriesModels.Add(seriesModel);
}
return seriesModels;
}
}
}
}
catch
{
// Just ignore the error and return null...
}
return null;
}
