public ActionResult ETH()
{
// Calling the API method from the BTC controller method, and passing in new parameter
returnStats result = Task.Run(async() => await CallAPI("products/ETH-GBP/stats")).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
return(View(result));
}
//Created a single API call method for easy reuse.
public async Task <returnStats> CallAPI(string productlist)
{
returnStats Crypto = new returnStats();
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
//Passing service base url - the Coinbase Pro API
client.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.pro.coinbase.com/");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
//Define request data format - this is JSON
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
//Coinbase Pro API requires a User-Agent defined
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "Anthony Cook");
//Sending request to find the stats which are passed in from the relevant method call.
HttpResponseMessage Res = await client.GetAsync(productlist);
//Checking the response is successful or not
if (Res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
//Storing the response details recieved from the API
var CryptoResponse = Res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
//Deserializing the CryptoResponse recieved from the API and storing it in Crypto Object
Crypto = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <returnStats>(CryptoResponse);
//adding Growth Value & Percentage to the Model.
Crypto.growthtoday = Crypto.last - Crypto.open;
Crypto.growthtodaypct = ((Crypto.last - Crypto.open) / Math.Abs(Crypto.open)) * 100;
// Convert the data to be 2 decimal places only
Crypto.growthtoday = Math.Round(Crypto.growthtoday, 2);
Crypto.growthtodaypct = Math.Round(Crypto.growthtodaypct, 2);
Crypto.volume = Math.Round(Crypto.volume, 2);
Crypto.volume_30day = Math.Round(Crypto.volume_30day, 2);
}
//returning the employee list to view
return(Crypto);
}
}