public JsonArticle ArticleList()
{
JsonArticle jsonArticle = new JsonArticle();
ArticleviewModel articleLinkObj = new ArticleviewModel();
List <ArticleviewModel> artikleLinkListObj = new List <ArticleviewModel>();
try
{
var ListArticle = _db.ToList();
foreach (var item in ListArticle)
{
articleLinkObj.Title = item.Title;
articleLinkObj.Description = item.Description;
articleLinkObj.GalleryId = item.GalleryId;
artikleLinkListObj.Add(articleLinkObj);
}
jsonArticle.Result = artikleLinkListObj;
return(jsonArticle);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_ = ex.Message;
return(jsonArticle);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts Json model to Article model.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="article"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ArticleModels JsonToArticleModel(JsonArticle article, bool isDetail)
{
string[] articlesList = article.body.Split('.');
ArticleModels temp = new ArticleModels()
{
body = (isDetail)? article.body : String.Format(articlesList[0] + "." + articlesList[1] + "..."), //Checks if the model is going to view or not for body text stripping.
categories = article.categories,
id = article.id,
level = LevelToCategory(article.level),
url_action = article.url_action,
published_date = Helpers.UnixToDateTime(article.published_date), //Converts Unix TimeStamp to DateTime
title = article.title,
url_explanation = article.url_explanation
};
return(temp);
}
/// <summary>
/// Details view for a specific article
/// </summary>
/// <param name="_id"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public ActionResult Details(int?_id)
{
if (_id == null)
{
return(RedirectToAction("Index", "Home")); //To avoid accidental calls from Details view.
}
JsonArticle JsonArticle = new JsonArticle();
using (var webClient = new System.Net.WebClient())
{
//Specified encoding to avoid issues related to German language characters
webClient.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;
var json = webClient.DownloadString(ENDPOINT);
//Deserializes to a List of Json Articles and queries an article with matching ID.
JsonArticle = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <JsonArticle> >(json).Where(x => x.id == _id).FirstOrDefault();
}
ArticleModels temp = Helpers.JsonToArticleModel(JsonArticle, true);
return(View(temp));
}
