/// <summary>
/// So we have some JSON. But what are we gonna do with that? What we really want our objects... like a Card.. a CardDeck...
/// We can use a handy JSON Converter to turn our raw json into objects!
/// You'll want to call these methods somewhere else - like in your Controller for example.
/// Create in instance of THIS class (the DAL) in your controller. Then you'll be able to call the methods below there.
/// In this demo, you'll see how these methods were called in the Index action. Why the index? Just for simplicity for demonstration.
/// </summary>
public CardDeckModel GetCardDeck()
{
string rawJson = GetCardDeckJson();
CardDeckModel cardDeck = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <CardDeckModel>(rawJson);
return(cardDeck);
}
public CardDeckModel GetCardDeck()
{
// make request to api
string url = @$"https://deckofcardsapi.com/api/deck/new/shuffle/?deck_count=1";
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.CreateHttp(url);
// store response from api
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
// convert the http response into a string of raw json
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string JSON = reader.ReadToEnd();
// convert the raw json string into an object (CardDeckModel) and return it
CardDeckModel cardDeck = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CardDeckModel>(JSON);
return cardDeck;
}