/// <summary>
/// Gets all the posts posted by channels that a person follows
/// </summary>
/// <param name="userID"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public List <Post> GetFollowedPosts(int userID)
{
ChannelRepo cr = new ChannelRepo();
List <Channel> followedChannels = cr.GetFollowedChannels();
List <Post> feed = new List <Post>();
foreach (Channel ch in followedChannels)
{
feed.AddRange(db.Posts.Where(p => p.ChannelID == ch.ChannelID && p.IsDeleted == false).OrderByDescending(p => p.CreateTime).ToList());
}
return(feed);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets all the posts posted by channels that a person follows in a specific day range
/// </summary>
/// <param name="userID">user id</param>
/// <param name="dayRange">maximum oldness of post</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public List <Post> GetFollowedPosts(int userID, double dayRange)
{
ChannelRepo cr = new ChannelRepo();
List <Channel> followedChannels = cr.GetFollowedChannels(userID);
List <Post> feed = new List <Post>();
if (followedChannels != null)
{
DateTime compare = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-dayRange);
foreach (Channel ch in followedChannels)
{
feed.AddRange(db.Posts.Where(p => p.ChannelID == ch.ChannelID && p.IsDeleted == false && p.CreateTime.CompareTo(compare) > 0).OrderByDescending(p => p.CreateTime).ToList());
}
}
if (feed.Count < 1)
{
feed = GetFollowedPosts(userID, dayRange + 1);
}
return(feed);
}