/// <summary>
/// Filters the gifs based on the client rating selection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gifList">A GifList to populate with Gifs</param>
/// <param name="giphyObj">The GiphyObj containing Json gifs that were serialized</param>
/// <param name="rating">The rating to filter the gifs with</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private GifList GetGifs(GifList gifList, GiphyObj giphyObj, string rating)
{
if (giphyObj == null)
{
return(null);
}
int size = giphyObj.Data.Count;
List <Gif> gifs = new List <Gif>(size);
//filters the gifs
for (int i = 0; i < giphyObj.Data.Count; i++)
{
if (rating.Equals("all"))
{
gifs = AddGif(giphyObj, i, gifs);
}
else
{
if (rating.Equals(giphyObj.Data[i].Rating))
{
gifs = AddGif(giphyObj, i, gifs);
}
}
}
//add the gif list to the GifList object
gifList.Gifs = gifs;
gifList.Size = gifList.Gifs.Count;
return(gifList);
}
//Adds a gif to the list of gifs
private List <Gif> AddGif(GiphyObj giphyObj, int i, List <Gif> gifs)
{
Gif myGif = new Gif();
myGif.Url = giphyObj.Data[i].Images.Original.Url;
myGif.Username = (giphyObj.Data[i].User != null) ? giphyObj.Data[i].User.Username : null;
gifs.Add(myGif);
return(gifs);
}
public JsonResult GetJsonGifs(string searchArea, string searchParams, string rating)
{
//Get the IP address and browser user agent for logging.
string ipAddress = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
string userAgent = Request.Headers["User-Agent"].ToString();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(ipAddress))
{
ipAddress = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];
}
//Get api key and build the GET request header.
string apiKey = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["GiphyKey"];
string url = $"http://api.giphy.com{searchArea}?api_key={apiKey}&q={searchParams}";
Debug.WriteLine($"Url is: {url}");
GifList gl = new GifList();
GiphyObj giphyObjs = null;
/*Try to deserialize the json data into C# objects*/
try
{
//Send request to Giphy.com
HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
httpRequest.Method = "GET";
httpRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
//Handle response
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
var result = sr.ReadToEnd();
Debug.WriteLine("Result is: " + result);
giphyObjs = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <GiphyObj>(result, Converter.Settings);
}
catch (Exception e) { Debug.WriteLine(e.StackTrace); }
gl = GetGifs(gl, giphyObjs, rating);
LogRequest(ipAddress, userAgent, searchArea, searchParams, rating);//Log user request
return(Json(gl, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet));
}
public static string ToJson(this GiphyObj self) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(self, Converter.Settings);