private async Task <WikiResponse> GetResponseAsync(WikiRequest request)
{
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(request);
HttpResponseMessage response;
HttpRequestMessage message = new HttpRequestMessage();
message.Method = HttpMethod.Get;
using (var content = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"))
{
message.Content = content;
response = await _client.SendAsync(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
}
return(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <WikiResponse>(json));
//if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name)){
// result = _client.PostAsync(db, new StringContent(json, null, "application/json")).Result;
//}else {
// result = clientSetup().PutAsync(db + String.Format("/{0}", name), new StringContent(json, null, "application/json")).Result;
//}
//return result;
//WikiResponse r = null;
//return r;
}
public pageval GetPerson(int pageId)
{
WikiRequest request = new WikiRequest();
request.PageId = pageId;
WikiResponse response = GetResponseAsync(request).Result;
if (response != null && response.query != null && response.query.pages != null)
{
return(response.query.pages.Values.FirstOrDefault());
}
return(null);
}
public List <pageval> FindPeople(string term, int limit = 10, int offset = 0, bool living = true)
{
List <pageval> results = new List <pageval>();
WikiRequest request = new WikiRequest();
request.SearchString = term;
request.GetRevision = false;
WikiResponse response = GetResponseAsync(request).Result;
if (response != null && response.query != null && response.query.pages != null)
{
results = response.query.pages.Values.ToList();
}
return(results);
//return results;
///w/api.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrlimit=5&prop=pageimages|pageterms&pilimit=5&format=json&wbptterms=description&gsrsearch=hastemplate:Birth_date_and_age%20
///w/api.php?action=query&format=json&prop=pageimages%7Cpageterms&generator=search&redirects=1&formatversion=2&piprop=thumbnail&pithumbsize=50&pilimit=10&wbptterms=description&gpssearch=Albert+Ei&gpslimit=10
}