/// <summary>
/// client to get json string of a site's or post's comments
/// </summary>
/// <param name="site_or_postid">the site url. insert without http:// prefix or the post id</param>
/// <param name="listType">the type of comments list to fetch</param>
/// <param name="type">the comments type to return</param>
/// <param name="status">the comments status to return</param>
/// <param name="number">The number of categories to return. Limit: 100. Default: 20.</param>
/// <param name="offset">the 0-indexed offset for the request. Default value goes to 0. Use this parameter for pagination.</param>
/// <returns>raw json string for comments of a site or post</returns>
private async Task <HttpResponseMessage> getComments(string site, CommentsListType listType, CommentType type, CommentStatus status, string post_id = null, int?number = null, int?offset = null)
{
string url = string.Empty;
if (!number.HasValue)
{
number = 20;
}
if (!offset.HasValue)
{
offset = 0;
}
if (listType == CommentsListType.site)
{
url = siteCommentsUrl(site, type, status, number, offset);
}
if (listType == CommentsListType.post)
{
url = postCommentsUrl(site, post_id, type, status, number, offset);
}
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.IfModifiedSince = DateTime.Now;
return(await client.GetAsync(new Uri(url)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Wraps the returning comments into comment object. Uses JSON.net for deserialization.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="site">the site url. insert without http:// prefix</param>
/// <param name="listType">listType declares if site or post comments shall be returned</param>
/// <param name="type">the type of comments that shall be returned</param>
/// <param name="status">the status of the comments that shall be returned</param>
/// <param name="post_id">the post_id of which comments shall be fetched</param>
/// <param name="number">The number of comments to return. Limit: 100. Default: 20.</param>
/// <param name="offset">the 0-indexed offset for the request. Default value goes to 0. Use this parameter for pagination.</param>
/// <returns>List of all comments matching the query</returns>
public async Task <CommentsList> GetCommentsList(string site, CommentsListType listType, CommentType type, CommentStatus status, string post_id = null, int?number = null, int?offset = null)
{
CommentsList comments_list = new CommentsList();
var response = await getComments(site, listType, type, status, post_id, number, offset);
if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
comments_list = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <CommentsList>(responseString);
if (comments_list.comments_total_count != 0)
{
foreach (var item in comments_list.commentsList)
{
if (!item.parent.ToString().Contains("false"))
{
//try/catch is the only possible way to get around JsonReaderException, because parent is false not null if it has none
try
{
JObject par = (JObject)item.parent;
item.parent = new CommentParent()
{
parent_id = (int)par["ID"],
type = (string)par["type"],
link = (string)par["link"]
};
}
catch
{
item.parent = null;
}
}
}
}
else
{
Debug.WriteLine("WARNING: GetCommentsList returned 0 results. Wrong parameters?");
}
}
else if (response.StatusCode != System.Net.HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
var responseString = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
var Error = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <apiError>(responseString);
Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("ERROR on GetCommentsList: The site returned: {0}. JetPack not installed on WordPress or JetPack JSON API not active?", Error.message));
}
return(comments_list);
}