// Get AH data from API and return it.
// Returns dynamic (bypasses static type checking)
private dynamic getAhData(AhDownloadLink downloadLink)
{
string ahDataString;
dynamic json;
try
{
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
Logger.Write(LogType.INFO, "Starting to download AH data");
ahDataString = wc.DownloadString(downloadLink.URL);
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Logger.Write(LogType.FATAL, "Unable to download current AH data: " + ex.Message);
return(null); // Just return null so IDE is happy. We won't get in here since FATAL errors close the application.
}
Logger.Write(LogType.INFO, "Got AH data. Length: " + System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(ahDataString) + " bytes.");
try
{
json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(ahDataString);
}
catch (JsonException ex)
{
Logger.Write(LogType.FATAL, "Unable to parse AH data json: " + ex.Message);
return(null); // Just return null so IDE is happy. We won't get in here since FATAL errors close the application.
}
return(json);
}
private AhDownloadLink getAhDataDlLink()
{
string jsonString;
dynamic json;
// Download url
try
{
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
jsonString = wc.DownloadString(apiurl);
}
}
catch (WebException ex)
{
Logger.Write(LogType.FATAL, "Could not retrieve the ah download string: " + ex.Message);
return(null);
}
// Parse json
try
{
json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Logger.Write(LogType.FATAL, "Unable to parse JSON: " + ex.Message);
return(null);
}
string url = Convert.ToString(json["files"][0]["url"]);
string lastModifiedString = Convert.ToString(json["files"][0]["lastModified"]);
timestamp = long.Parse(lastModifiedString.Remove(lastModifiedString.Length - 3));
long lastModified = long.Parse(lastModifiedString);
AhDownloadLink downloadLink = new AhDownloadLink(url, lastModified);
return(downloadLink);
}
