/// <summary>
/// Creates URL to receive top/new books.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="category">books category (top/news)</param>
/// <param name="limit">number of results</param>
/// <param name="offset">number of skipped results</param>
/// <returns>URL to receive top/new books</returns>
private string CreateBookListURL(BookListCategory category,
uint limit,
uint offset
)
{
return string.Format("http://{0}/api/books/list?category={1}",//&limit={2}&offset={3}",
ServerAddress,
BookListCategoryToStringDictionary[category]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sends request to receive books of specified category.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="category">books category</param>
/// <param name="limit">number of results</param>
/// <param name="offset">number of skipped results</param>
/// <returns>books of specified category</returns>
public async Task<IEnumerable<Book>> GetBooksByCategory(BookListCategory category, uint limit, uint offset)
{
if (!BookListCategoryToStringDictionary.ContainsKey(category))
throw new ArgumentException("category");
string url = CreateBookListURL(category, limit, offset);
var books = await RequestManager.DownloadDataAsync<IEnumerable<Book>>(url);
return books;
}
public ServerBooksViewModel(BookListCategory category)
{
this.BooksCategory = category;
}
