private static async Task <ListOfQuotes> GetSpecificQuote(string path)
{
ListOfQuotes quotes = null;
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(path);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
quotes = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync <ListOfQuotes>();
}
return(quotes);
}
private static async Task GetTheNewThing(String tag)
{
if (tag == "")
{
try
{
Quote quote = new Quote();
quote = await GetRandomQuote(client.BaseAddress + "/random/quote");
Console.WriteLine($"At {quote.appeared_at.Date.ToShortDateString()} he said: " + quote.value);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
else
{
try
{
ListOfQuotes list = await GetSpecificQuote(client.BaseAddress + "search/quote?query=" + tag);
if (list.Count == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine($" ---------- The idiot has nothing to say about this. Thank god.");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine($" ---------- The idiot has {list.Count} things to say about this. Yikes.");
foreach (Quote quote in list._embedded.quotes)
{
Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine($"At {quote.appeared_at.Date.ToShortDateString()} he said: " + quote.value);
}
Console.WriteLine(" --------- And that is all he had to say about it!");
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
}