public async Task <FoodTruckAPI> GetFoodTrucks()
{
string url = $"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?query=Foodtrucks+in+Milwaukee&key={API_KEY.googleMapsApiKey}";
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
FoodTruckAPI foodTruckAPI = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <FoodTruckAPI>(json);
return(foodTruckAPI);
}
else
{
return(null);
}
}
private void MapGoogleResultsToFoodTruckModel(FoodTruckAPI foodTruckAPI)
{
var foodTrucks = foodTruckAPI;
foreach (Result res in foodTrucks.results)
{
//Turn each one of these messy arrays of info into an actual FoodTruck Object for your DB
FoodTruck ft = new FoodTruck
{
FoodTruckName = res.name,
FoodTruckPhone = res.plus_code.compound_code,
Lat = res.geometry.location.lat,
Lng = res.geometry.location.lng,
Address = res.formatted_address,
FoodType = res.types.ToString(),
Price_level = res.price_level,
Rating = res.rating,
Place_Id = res.place_id
};
//add all the properties one at a time.
_context.FoodTrucks.Add(ft);
}
_context.SaveChanges();
}
public async Task <IActionResult> Index()
{
FoodTruckAPI foodTruckAPI = await _googleMapService.GetFoodTrucks();
return(View(foodTruckAPI));
}
