public async Task displayAsync(IDialogContext context, IAwaitable <object> result, LuisResult res, Goodreads.IGoodreadsClient client) { var activity = await result as Activity; // await context.PostAsync($"display gen ={gen_working} auth={author_working}"); if (activity.Text == "All" && find == 1) { int i = 0; ratings = 0; Goodreads.Models.Response.Book book; find = 0; List <Attachment> l = new List <Attachment>(); while (i < 10 && sugg.List.Count() > i) { book = await client.Books.GetByBookId(sugg.List.ElementAt(i).BestBook.Id); if (book != null) { l.Add(new ThumbnailCard { Title = book.Title, Subtitle = $"Rating:{book.AverageRating}", Text = $"Summary:{book.Description}", Images = new List <CardImage> { new CardImage(book.ImageUrl) }, Buttons = new List <CardAction> { new CardAction(ActionTypes.OpenUrl, "more..", value: "https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=" + book.Title) } }.ToAttachment()); } i = i + 1; book = null; } var message = context.MakeMessage(); message.AttachmentLayout = AttachmentLayoutTypes.Carousel; message.Attachments = l; var reply = activity.CreateReply("Want more...?!"); reply.Type = ActivityTypes.Message; reply.TextFormat = TextFormatTypes.Plain; if (gen_working == 1) { reply.SuggestedActions = new SuggestedActions() { Actions = new List <CardAction>() { new CardAction() { Title = "show more genre books", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "more genre books" }, } }; } else if (author_working == 1) { reply.SuggestedActions = new SuggestedActions() { Actions = new List <CardAction>() { new CardAction() { Title = "show more author books", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "more author books" }, } }; } await context.PostAsync(message); await context.PostAsync(reply); sugg = null; } else if (activity.Text == "Ratings" && find == 1) { int i = 0; find = 2; var reply = activity.CreateReply("choose from the following ratings"); reply.Type = ActivityTypes.Message; reply.TextFormat = TextFormatTypes.Plain; reply.SuggestedActions = new SuggestedActions() { Actions = new List <CardAction>() { new CardAction() { Title = ">1", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "1" }, new CardAction() { Title = ">2", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "2" }, new CardAction() { Title = ">3", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "3" }, new CardAction() { Title = ">4", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "4" }, } }; await context.PostAsync(reply); } else { string mes = $"Found few interesting books from good reads ....Do you want to search by following?"; find = 1; var reply = activity.CreateReply(mes); reply.Type = ActivityTypes.Message; reply.TextFormat = TextFormatTypes.Plain; reply.SuggestedActions = new SuggestedActions() { Actions = new List <CardAction>() { new CardAction() { Title = "Ratings", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "Ratings" }, new CardAction() { Title = "All", Type = ActionTypes.ImBack, Value = "All" }, } }; await context.PostAsync(reply); } }