private async Task <object> CallSearchAPI(string location, string searchType)
{
var client = new HttpClient();
var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
// Request headers
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["CogServices:NewsSearch:ID"]);
// Request parameters
queryString["count"] = "4";
queryString["offset"] = "0";
queryString["mkt"] = "en-US";
queryString["safeSearch"] = "Moderate";
string uri = null;
if (searchType == "news")
{
queryString["q"] = "Travel related news about " + location;
uri = "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v5.0/news/search?" + queryString;
}
else if (searchType == "destination")
{
queryString["q"] = "Travel desitnations in " + location;
uri = "https://api.cognitive.microsoft.com/bing/v5.0/search?" + queryString;
}
var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
HttpContent resultContent = response.Content;
var result = await resultContent.ReadAsStringAsync();
// Populate a JSON object with the results of the API call
if (searchType == "news")
{
NewsResult news = new NewsResult();
JsonConvert.PopulateObject(result, news);
return(news);
}
else if (searchType == "destination")
{
DestinationResult destination = new DestinationResult();
JsonConvert.PopulateObject(result, destination);
return(destination);
}
return(null);
}
private IMessageActivity MakeDestinationCards(IDialogContext context, DestinationResult dest)
{
var resultMessage = context.MakeMessage();
resultMessage.AttachmentLayout = AttachmentLayoutTypes.Carousel;
resultMessage.Attachments = new List <Attachment>();
foreach (var item in dest.webPages.value)
{
var action = new CardAction();
action.Type = "openUrl";
action.Value = item.url;
HeroCard heroCard = new HeroCard()
{
Title = item.name,
Text = item.snippet,
Tap = action,
};
resultMessage.Attachments.Add(heroCard.ToAttachment());
}
return(resultMessage);
}
