/// <summary>
/// Sends a GET request to the specified URL, containing the endpoint specified in the parameter,
/// then it runs a while loop where it creates instances of Gamemodel and sends data with them.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="endpoint">The desired endpoint to get data from</param>
/// <returns>List task</returns>
public async Task <List <UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel> > GetUpcomingGames()
{
Int32 unixTimestamp = (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
List <UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel> games = new List <Models.GameModel>();
string mycontent = await SendStringRequest("https://api-v3.igdb.com/games/", $"fields id" +
$" ,first_release_date" +
$" ,name" +
$" ,release_dates.date" +
$" ,release_dates.platform" +
$" ,platforms,cover.image_id;" +
$" where release_dates.date > {unixTimestamp} & hypes > 10 ; limit 200;");
bool stringcontent = true;
int count = 0;
while (stringcontent)
{
try
{
if (mycontent.Length < 10)
{
List <GameModel> emptylist = new List <GameModel>();
return(emptylist);
}
else
{
//mycontent is json data from the POST request, and count is the game result
//so when it has run the loop once the count is 0, which means game 0 which Gamemodel then filters
//Then it counts up to 1, so GameModel know what data to fill into the properties of that object
UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel game = new UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel(mycontent, count, false);
games.Add(game);
count++;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
stringcontent = false;
}
}
return(games);
}
public async Task <List <UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel> > GetGameInfo(int Id = 0)
{
Int32 unixTimestamp = (Int32)(DateTime.UtcNow.Subtract(new DateTime(1970, 1, 1))).TotalSeconds;
List <UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel> games = new List <Models.GameModel>();
string mycontent = await SendStringRequest("https://api-v3.igdb.com/games/", $"fields involved_companies.company.name" +
$" ,websites.category" +
$" ,websites.url" +
$" ,involved_companies.developer" +
$" ,involved_companies.publisher" +
$" ,genres.name" +
$" ,summary" +
$" ,id" +
$" ,name,screenshots.*" +
$" ,release_dates.date" +
$" ,release_dates.platform" +
$" ,videos.name,videos.video_id" +
$" ,platforms,cover.image_id;" +
$" where id = {Id}; limit 1;");
bool stringcontent = true;
int count = 0;
while (stringcontent)
{
try
{
UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel game = new UpcomingGames.Models.GameModel(mycontent, count, true);
games.Add(game);
count++;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
stringcontent = false;
}
}
return(games);
}
