/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of all the available platforms.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A collection of all the available platforms</returns>
public static async Task <ICollection <ApiPlatformSearchResult> > GetPlatforms()
{
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
var docstring = await StaticWebClient
.DownloadDataAsync(new Uri(@"http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetPlatformsList.php"))
.ConfigureAwait(false);
doc.Load(docstring);
XmlNode root = doc.DocumentElement;
IEnumerator ienum = root.FirstChild.NextSibling.GetEnumerator();
List <ApiPlatformSearchResult> platforms = new List <ApiPlatformSearchResult>();
// Iterate through all platforms
XmlNode platformNode;
while (ienum.MoveNext())
{
platformNode = (XmlNode)ienum.Current;
ApiPlatformSearchResult platform = new ApiPlatformSearchResult();
IEnumerator ienumPlatform = platformNode.GetEnumerator();
XmlNode attributeNode;
while (ienumPlatform.MoveNext())
{
attributeNode = (XmlNode)ienumPlatform.Current;
// Iterate through all platform attributes
switch (attributeNode.Name)
{
case "id":
int.TryParse(attributeNode.InnerText, out int id);
platform.ID = id;
break;
case "name":
platform.Name = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
case "alias":
platform.Alias = attributeNode.InnerText;
break;
}
}
platforms.Add(platform);
}
return(platforms);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all the games for a platform.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="platform">The platform to return games for</param>
/// <returns>A collection of all the games on the platform</returns>
public static async Task <ICollection <ApiGameSearchResult> > GetPlatformGames(ApiPlatformSearchResult platform)
{
ICollection <ApiGameSearchResult> games = await ApiGamesDb.GetPlatformGames(platform.ID)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
foreach (ApiGameSearchResult game in games)
{
game.Platform = platform.Name;
}
return(games);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all data for a specific platform.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="platform">The platform to return data for (can be found by using GetPlatformsList)</param>
/// <returns>A Platform-object containing all the data about the platform, or null if no platform was found</returns>
public static async Task <ApiPlatform> GetPlatform(ApiPlatformSearchResult platform)
{
return(await ApiGamesDb.GetPlatform(platform.ID).ConfigureAwait(false));
}
