/// <summary>
/// Performs a BySearchRequest asynchronously.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="bySearchRequest">Requires a BySearchRequest object that will be used to specify GET request parameters.</param>
/// <returns>A BySearchResponse object.</returns>
public async Task <BySearchResponse> BySearchRequestAsync(BySearchRequest bySearchRequest)
{
BySearchResponse bySearchResponse = null;
string parameters = GenerateBySearchRequestParameters(bySearchRequest);
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(parameters);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string jsonContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
bySearchResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <BySearchResponse>(jsonContent);
}
else
{
throw new HttpRequestException($"BySearchRequest was unsuccessful with HTTP status code {response.StatusCode.ToString()}");
}
// If no page number was specified, process all pages (if more than one is found).
if (bySearchRequest.Page.HasValue == false && bySearchResponse.TotalResults > RESULT_ITEMS_PER_BY_SEARCH_REQUEST)
{
uint searchResultsProcessed = RESULT_ITEMS_PER_BY_SEARCH_REQUEST;
uint pagesProcessed = 1;
while (searchResultsProcessed < bySearchResponse.TotalResults)
{
BySearchResponse additional_results = null;
BySearchRequest additional_request = new BySearchRequest(bySearchRequest.Title, bySearchRequest.VideoType, bySearchRequest.Year, ++pagesProcessed);
string parameters_additional_request = GenerateBySearchRequestParameters(additional_request);
HttpResponseMessage additional_response = await client.GetAsync(parameters_additional_request);
if (additional_response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string additional_json_content = await additional_response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
additional_results = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <BySearchResponse>(additional_json_content);
foreach (BySearchResponse.SearchResultItem resultItem in additional_results.SearchResults)
{
bySearchResponse.SearchResults.Add(resultItem);
}
searchResultsProcessed += (uint)additional_results.SearchResults.Count;
}
else
{
throw new HttpRequestException($"BySearchRequest was unsuccessful with HTTP status code {response.StatusCode.ToString()}");
}
}
}
return(bySearchResponse);
}
public static async Task MainAsync()
{
Console.WriteLine("The following is a demonstration the OMDB_API_Wrapper.\n");
#region API Key Validation Demo
// Ask user for the OMDB API Key.
Console.WriteLine("Please enter a valid OMDB Key:\n");
string omdb_api_key = Console.ReadLine();
// Create the OMDB API Client.
OmdbClient omdbClient = new OmdbClient(omdb_api_key);
// Verify if the API Key is valid.
bool isKeyValid = await omdbClient.IsAPIKeyValidAsync();
while (isKeyValid == false)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter a valid OMDB Key to continue demonstration:\n");
omdb_api_key = Console.ReadLine();
omdbClient = new OmdbClient(omdb_api_key);
isKeyValid = omdbClient.IsAPIKeyValidSync();
if (isKeyValid == false)
{
Console.WriteLine("->The API Key is NOT valid.\n");
}
}
Console.WriteLine("->The API Key entered is valid.\n");
#endregion
#region ByTitleRequest DEMO
Console.WriteLine("Here is a demo for requesting a ByTitleRequest:\n");
// Create a ByTitleRequest.
ByTitleRequest byTitleRequest = new ByTitleRequest("rick and morty", VideoType.Series, null, PlotSize.Full);
// Obtain a ByTitleResponse for the ByTitleRequest asynchronously.
ByTitleResponse byTitleResponse = await omdbClient.ByTitleRequestAsync(byTitleRequest);
// Print ByTitleRequest object.
Console.WriteLine("ByTitleRequest Object Attributes:");
foreach (PropertyDescriptor descriptor in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(byTitleRequest))
{
string name = descriptor.Name;
object value = descriptor.GetValue(byTitleRequest);
Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}\n", name, value);
}
// Print ByTitleResponse object's JSON attributes.
Console.WriteLine("ByTitleResponse JSON attributes:");
PrintObjectJsonStyle(byTitleResponse);
#endregion
#region ByIDRequest DEMO
Console.WriteLine("Here is a demo for requesting a ByIDRequest:\n");
// Create a ByIDRequest.
ByIDRequest byIDRequest = new ByIDRequest("tt1219827", PlotSize.Full);
// Obtain a ByTitleResponse for the ByIDRequest asynchronously.
ByTitleResponse byTitleResponseForIDRequest = await omdbClient.ByIDRequestAsync(byIDRequest);
// Print ByIDRequest object.
Console.WriteLine("ByIDRequest Object Attributes:");
Console.WriteLine($"IMDB_ID = {byIDRequest.IMDB_ID}\n");
// Print ByTitleResponse object's JSON attributes.
Console.WriteLine("ByTitleResponse JSON attributes:");
PrintObjectJsonStyle(byTitleResponseForIDRequest);
#endregion
#region Image Download DEMO
// Attempt to download the image and write to root of C drive.
ImageDownload imageDownload = await omdbClient.GetImageForByTitleResponseAsync(byTitleResponseForIDRequest);
if (imageDownload.DownloadSuccessful)
{
File.WriteAllBytes(@"C:\" + imageDownload.FileName, imageDownload.Data);
}
#endregion
#region BySearchRequest DEMO
Console.WriteLine("Here is a demo for requesting a BySearchRequest:\n");
// Create a BySearchRequest.
BySearchRequest bySearchRequest = new BySearchRequest("ghost in the shell");
// Obtain a BySearchResponse for the BySearchRequest asynchronously.
BySearchResponse bySearchResponse = await omdbClient.BySearchRequestAsync(bySearchRequest);
// Print BySearchRequest object.
Console.WriteLine("BySearchRequest Object Attributes:");
foreach (PropertyDescriptor descriptor in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(bySearchRequest))
{
string name = descriptor.Name;
object value = descriptor.GetValue(bySearchRequest);
Console.WriteLine("{0}={1}\n", name, value);
}
// Print BySearchResponse object's JSON attributes.
Console.WriteLine("BySearchResponse JSON attributes:");
PrintObjectJsonStyle(bySearchResponse);
#endregion
// Prevent console from terminating.
string hold = Console.ReadLine();
}
