public static async System.Threading.Tasks.Task <AlbumArtObject> GetAlbumArtObjects(string MBID)
{
AlbumArtObject Result = null;
Uri restAPIUri = null;
restAPIUri = new Uri("http://coverartarchive.org/release/" + MBID);
string url = string.Empty;
try
{
HttpClient hc = new HttpClient();
hc.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAppendWithoutValidation("Accept", "application/json");
hc.DefaultRequestHeaders.TryAppendWithoutValidation("User-Agent", Information.SystemInformation.ApplicationName + "/" + Information.SystemInformation.ApplicationVersion);
hc.DefaultRequestHeaders.Remove("Accept-Encoding");
HttpResponseMessage rep = await hc.GetAsync(restAPIUri);
if ((rep != null) && (rep.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.Ok) && (rep.Content != null))
{
string s = rep.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().GetResults();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
{
Result = ReadToObject <AlbumArtObject>(s);
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Exception " + e.Message);
}
return(Result);
}
public async System.Threading.Tasks.Task <string> GetAlbumArtUrl(string MBID)
{
string result = string.Empty;
try
{
AlbumArtObject albumArt = await GetAlbumArtObjects(MBID);
if (albumArt != null)
{
if ((albumArt.images != null) &&
(albumArt.images.Count >= 1))
{
if (albumArt.images[0].approved == true)
{
if (albumArt.images[0].thumbnails != null)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(albumArt.images[0].thumbnails.large))
{
result = albumArt.images[0].thumbnails.large;
}
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(albumArt.images[0].thumbnails.small))
{
result = albumArt.images[0].thumbnails.small;
}
else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(albumArt.images[0].image))
{
result = albumArt.images[0].image;
}
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("Exception while getting album art url: " + ex.Message);
result = string.Empty;
}
return(result);
}