/// <summary>
/// Returns a list of business candidates based on search key.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="searchKey">search key eg. microsoft</param>
/// <returns>Returns a list of candidates.</returns>
public List <Candidate> SearchBusinessCandidates(string searchKey)
{
List <Candidate> candidates = new List <Candidate>();
try
{
//Build the API request to be send.
_Request = WebRequest.Create(new Uri(String.Format("{0}{1}", _DnBBasicURL, StatementBuilder.FindCompany(searchKey))));
_Request.Method = "GET";
_Request.ContentType = "application/json; charset=UTF-8";
_Request.Headers.Add("Authorization", _Token);
//Call the API and get a response.
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)_Request.GetResponse();
if (response.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
{
//Get Json
string json = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
//Deserialized Json
var foundCompany = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <DnB.NET.JsonModels.SearchMatch.SearchMatchResponse>(json);
if (foundCompany == null)
{
_ErrorMessage = "No results found";
return(null);
}
if (foundCompany.MatchResponse.TransactionResult.ResultText.Equals("Success"))
{
List <Candidate> results = Assemble.Build(foundCompany.MatchResponse.MatchResponseDetail.MatchCandidate);
if (results == null || results.Count <= 0)
{
_ErrorMessage = "No results found. Couldn't Build Object from JSON.";
return(null);
}
candidates = results;
}
else
{
_ErrorMessage = "API Call Success. Couldn't read data.";
return(null);
}
}
}
response.Close();
}
catch (WebException wex)
{
HttpWebResponse resp = (HttpWebResponse)wex.Response;
if (resp.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.NotFound)
{
_ErrorMessage = "Entity not found";
return(null);
}
else
{
using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream()))
{
var errAPI = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <DnB.NET.JsonModels.JsonError.ErrorAPICall>(streamReader.ReadToEnd());
_ErrorMessage = String.Format("API CALL ERROR: {0} - {1}", errAPI.MatchResponse.TransactionResult.ResultText, errAPI.MatchResponse.TransactionResult.ResultMessage[0].ResultDescription);
}
return(null);
}
}
catch (JsonSerializationException jex)
{
_ErrorMessage = "Json De-serialization exception.";
return(null);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_ErrorMessage = ex.Message;
return(null);
}
return(candidates);
}