public Location GetLocationInfo(LocationName location)
{
Location checkedLocation = new Location();
//Create a new XML document, create the string from user input, and load the XML.
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
String xmlString = String.Format("http://api.geonames.org/search?q={0}&maxRows=10&lang=es&username=crippegoude&style=full", location.LocationString);
xml.Load(xmlString);
XmlNodeList xmlNodeList = xml.SelectNodes("/geonames/geoname");
try
{
//Get the information from the first location found
checkedLocation.LocationID = Convert.ToInt32(xmlNodeList[0]["geonameId"].InnerText);
checkedLocation.Lat = xmlNodeList[0]["lat"].InnerText;
checkedLocation.Lng = xmlNodeList[0]["lng"].InnerText;
checkedLocation.Location1 = location.LocationString;
}
catch (XmlException)
{
throw new Exception();
}
return checkedLocation;
}
public ActionResult Search(LocationName location)
{
try
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
locationFinder = new GeoWebService();
weatherFinder = new WeatherWebService();
checkedLocation = new Location();
checkedLocation = locationFinder.GetLocationInfo(location);
List<WeatherInfo> weatherList = new List<WeatherInfo>();
weatherList = weatherFinder.GetWeatherInfo(checkedLocation);
_repository.AddWeather(weatherList);
_repository.Save();
return View("Index", weatherList);
}
else
{
return View("Search");
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
string error = "This city was not found in the Geonames API";
ModelState.AddModelError(String.Empty, error + e.InnerException);
return View("Search");
}
}
