/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of games matched up with loose search terms.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Name">The game title to search for</param>
/// <param name="Platform">Filters results by platform</param>
/// <param name="Genre">Filters results by genre</param>
/// <returns>A collection of games that matched the search terms</returns>
public static ICollection <GDBNETGameSearchResult> GetGames(String Name, String Platform = "", String Genre = "")
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(@"http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetGamesList.php?name=" + Name + @"&platform=" + Platform + @"&genre=" + Genre);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
IEnumerator ienum = root.GetEnumerator();
List <GDBNETGameSearchResult> games = new List <GDBNETGameSearchResult>();
// Iterate through all games
XmlNode gameNode;
while (ienum.MoveNext())
{
GDBNETGameSearchResult game = new GDBNETGameSearchResult();
gameNode = (XmlNode)ienum.Current;
IEnumerator ienumGame = gameNode.GetEnumerator();
XmlNode attributeNode;
while (ienumGame.MoveNext())
{
attributeNode = (XmlNode)ienumGame.Current;
// Iterate through all game attributes
switch (attributeNode.Name)
{
case "id":
int.TryParse(attributeNode.InnerText, out game.ID);
break;
case "GameTitle":
game.Title = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "ReleaseDate":
game.ReleaseDate = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "Platform":
game.Platform = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
games.Add(game);
}
return(games);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all the games for a platform. The Platform field will not be filled.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ID">The platform ID to return games for (can be found by using GetPlatformsList)</param>
/// <returns>A collection of all the games on the platform</returns>
public static ICollection <GDBNETGameSearchResult> GetPlatformGames(int ID)
{
WebOps wo = new WebOps();
wo.Params = "/GetPlatformGames.php?platform=" + ID;
wo.Timeout = 20000;
string result = wo.ApiCall();
// string returned
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(result);
/*
* XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
* try
* {
* doc.Load(@"http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetPlatformGames.php?platform=" + ID);
* }
* catch (Exception ex)
* {
* return new List<GDBNETGameSearchResult>();
* }
* finally { }
*/
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
IEnumerator ienum = root.GetEnumerator();
List <GDBNETGameSearchResult> games = new List <GDBNETGameSearchResult>();
// Iterate through all games
XmlNode gameNode;
while (ienum.MoveNext())
{
GDBNETGameSearchResult game = new GDBNETGameSearchResult();
gameNode = (XmlNode)ienum.Current;
IEnumerator ienumGame = gameNode.GetEnumerator();
XmlNode attributeNode;
while (ienumGame.MoveNext())
{
attributeNode = (XmlNode)ienumGame.Current;
// Iterate through all game attributes
switch (attributeNode.Name)
{
case "id":
int.TryParse(attributeNode.InnerText, out game.ID);
break;
case "GameTitle":
game.Title = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "ReleaseDate":
game.ReleaseDate = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
games.Add(game);
}
return(games);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the data for a specific game.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="game">The game to return data for</param>
/// <returns>A Game-object containing all the data about the game, or null if no game was found</returns>
public static GDBNETGame GetGame(GDBNETGameSearchResult game)
{
return(GetGame(game.ID));
}