/*
* This function is designed around the way the DMMW api packages the JSON data underneath the "embedded" property
* The embedded property contains some form of array[objects], and while there are only two methods
* (illnesses and hospitals), we can assume that any subsequent types of data underneath embedded is similar
*/
// Stitches the paginated data payload of "embedded" into one list
// Returns a generic IEnumerable<T> where T is the object model of the JSON object
public static async Task <IEnumerable <T> > GetEmbeddedList <T>(HttpClient client, string route)
{
List <T> embeddedList = new List <T>();
HttpResponseMessage response;
int totalPages = 0;
int page = 0;
do
{
try
{
string requestUri = String.Format("{0}?limit=20&page={1}", route, page);
response = await client.GetAsync(requestUri);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
}
catch (System.Exception)
{
throw;
}
string body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
DmmwRootModel rootModel = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <DmmwRootModel>(body);
totalPages = rootModel.Page.TotalPages;
IEnumerable <T> _list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <IEnumerable <T> >(rootModel.Data[route].ToString());
embeddedList.AddRange(_list);
page++;
} while (page <= totalPages);
return(embeddedList);
}
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
if (!CanConvert(objectType))
{
return(null);
}
JObject jObject = JObject.Load(reader);
DmmwRootModel root = new DmmwRootModel()
{
Data = jObject["_embedded"].ToObject <Dictionary <string, object> >(),
Link = jObject["_links"].ToObject <LinkModel>(),
Page = jObject["page"].ToObject <PageModel>()
};
return(root);
}
