// GET api/<controller>/5
public Pokemon Get(int id)
{
using (PokedexDBEntities entities = new PokedexDBEntities())
{
return(entities.Pokemons.FirstOrDefault(e => e.id == id));
}
}
// GET api/<controller>
public List <Pokemon> Get()
{
using (PokedexDBEntities entities = new PokedexDBEntities())
{
return(entities.Pokemons.ToList());
}
}
public ActionResult Index(string start_pid, string end_pid) //httppost-sending request to server
{
int start_id = Convert.ToInt32(start_pid);
int end_id = Convert.ToInt32(end_pid);
PokedexDBEntities db = new PokedexDBEntities();
WebClient wc = new WebClient();
// Slow Process => Progressbar
for (int current_id = start_id; current_id <= end_id; current_id++)
{
// Check if Pokemon by ID exists in DB then skip
// TODO: Update Pokemon rather than skip
bool hasData = db.Pokemons.Any(db_row => db_row.id == current_id);
if (hasData == true)
{
continue;
} //if true or ID exsits,continue -skip the for loop
string root_url = string.Format("https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/{0}/", current_id);
var json = string.Empty;
try
{
json = wc.DownloadString(root_url); //json data in a string format
}
catch (WebException excp)
{
ViewData["error"] = excp.Message;
continue; //skip and go to next ID when data is not found
}
//dwonloading containts from url as a string
JObject parsed = JObject.Parse(json); //converting json data(string) to json (object).
Pokemon pk = new Pokemon();
//deserializeobject- converts Json object to pokemon class
// now pk contains properties and it sets in pokemon class
//set sprites_front_default = json url
//get image from url and convert to byte to store in DB
pk.id = (int)parsed.SelectToken("id");
pk.name = (string)parsed.SelectToken("name");
string SpriteUrl = (string)parsed.SelectToken("sprites.front_default"); //getting only part of url as a string
if (SpriteUrl == null)
{
pk.sprite = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(Server.MapPath("~/Images/pokeballFev.png"));
//ReadAllBytes -opens a binary file and reads the content of the file in to a byte array
}
else
{
pk.sprite = wc.DownloadData(SpriteUrl); //image downlading from url i.e.parsed object
}
db.Pokemons.Add(pk);
db.SaveChanges();
//ViewData["sprites"] = pk.sprite;
//ViewData["pid"] = pk.id;
//ViewData["pname"] = pk.name;
//here json part of the url is displaying the image in UI
}
// Part 1 - Admin - Get Remote Data and Store in DB
// Get Pokemon ID, Name, Sprite as JSON
// Convert the JSON data to C# Pokemon Class
// Get Image from Sprite URL and convert to byte
// Store in DB
// Part 2 - Admin - Implement Admin Interface
// Get range of pokemons from remote api
// Show progressbar
// / should UPDATE existing data
// TODO: Get Input from View somehow start_pid and end_pid
return(View());
}