/// <summary>
/// Get an artists Twitter Handle.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="artist">An artists EchoNest Entity.</param>
/// <returns>A twitter handle.</returns>
public async Task <string> GetArtistsTwitterHandle(EchoNest.Artist artist)
{
try
{
var echonestClient = new HttpClient();
var response =
await echonestClient.GetStringAsync(
new Uri(
string.Format("http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/twitter?api_key={0}&id={1}", ApiKey, artist.Id)));
var artistTwitterResult = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Twitter>(response);
if (artistTwitterResult == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (artistTwitterResult.Response.Artist == null)
{
return(null);
}
var topResult = artistTwitterResult.Response.Artist;
return(topResult == null ? null : topResult.Twitter);
}
catch (Exception)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Error parsing echonest data.");
}
return(null);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get an artists music videos.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="artist">The artists EchoNest Entity.</param>
/// <returns>A list of music videos.</returns>
public async Task <List <Video> > GetArtistsVideos(EchoNest.Artist artist)
{
try
{
var echonestClient = new HttpClient();
var response =
await echonestClient.GetStringAsync(
new Uri(
string.Format("http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/video?api_key={0}&id={1}&format=json&start=0", ApiKey, artist.Id)));
var artistVideos = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Videos>(response);
if (artistVideos == null)
{
return(null);
}
return(artistVideos.Response == null ? null : artistVideos.Response.Video.ToList());
}
catch (Exception)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Error parsing echonest data.");
}
return(null);
}
