/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of games matched up with loose search terms.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Name">The game title to search for</param>
/// <param name="Platform">Filters results by platform</param>
/// <param name="Genre">Filters results by genre</param>
/// <returns>A collection of games that matched the search terms</returns>
public static ICollection<GameSearchResult> GetGames(String Name, String Platform = "", String Genre = "") {
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(@"http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetGamesList.php?name=" + Name + @"&platform=" + Platform + @"&genre=" + Genre);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
IEnumerator ienum = root.GetEnumerator();
List<GameSearchResult> games = new List<GameSearchResult>();
// Iterate through all games
XmlNode gameNode;
while (ienum.MoveNext()) {
GameSearchResult game = new GameSearchResult();
gameNode = (XmlNode)ienum.Current;
IEnumerator ienumGame = gameNode.GetEnumerator();
XmlNode attributeNode;
while (ienumGame.MoveNext()) {
attributeNode = (XmlNode)ienumGame.Current;
// Iterate through all game attributes
switch (attributeNode.Name) {
case "id":
int.TryParse(attributeNode.InnerText, out game.ID);
break;
case "GameTitle":
game.Title = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "ReleaseDate":
game.ReleaseDate = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "Platform":
game.Platform = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
games.Add(game);
}
return games;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the data for a specific game.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="game">The game to return data for</param>
/// <returns>A Game-object containing all the data about the game, or null if no game was found</returns>
public static Game GetGame(GameSearchResult game) {
return GetGame(game.ID);
}