/// <summary>
/// Used example on stack overflow as reference
/// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/630803/associating-enums-with-strings-in-c-sharp
/// </summary>
/// <param name="type"></param>
/// <returns>A string description value assigned to enum</returns>
public static string GetLiveDataTypeDescription(this LiveDataType type)
{
DescriptionAttribute[] attributes = (DescriptionAttribute[])type
.GetType()
.GetField(type.ToString())
.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
return(attributes.Length > 0 ? attributes[0].Description : String.Empty);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get list of story items for data type provided
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dataType">Live data type of story to get</param>
/// <returns>Stories, which is a list of ids</returns>
public async Task <Stories> GetStoryIds(LiveDataType dataType)
{
var response = await _httpService.GetStringAsync(_configuration["HackerNewsBaseUrl"] + dataType.GetLiveDataTypeDescription() + ".json");
var stories = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <int> >(response);
return(new Stories {
StoryIds = stories
});
}
