/// <summary>
/// Get the song lyrics for a given song
/// </summary>
/// <param name="artist">The artist who performs the song</param>
/// <param name="title">The title of the song</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public async Task <string> GetSongLyrics(string artist, string title)
{
string lyrics = null;
if (title.Contains('/'))
{
int found = title.IndexOf('/');
title = title.Substring(0, found);
}
try
{
string endpoint = String.Format("{0}/{1}", artist.ToLower(), title);
string responseData = await _clientManager.GetJsonResponse(endpoint);
var dict = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Dictionary <string, string> >(responseData);
lyrics = dict["lyrics"];
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
return(lyrics);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get the artist Id being used in the MusicBrainz database for the artist
/// specified by the input parameter
/// </summary>
/// <param name="artist">The artist name e.g. Coldplay</param>
/// <returns>The Artist Id</returns>
public async Task <string> GetArtistId(string artist)
{
string artistId = null;
string endpoint = String.Format("artist?query={0}", artist);
string responseData = await _clientManager.GetJsonResponse(endpoint);
if (responseData != null)
{
// Parse the result into our ArtistWrapper, there could be multiple matches.
ArtistWrapper wrapper = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ArtistWrapper>(responseData);
// Only take an exact match
IEnumerable <ArtistSearchResult> matches = wrapper.Artists.Where(a => a.Name.Equals(artist, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
if (matches.Count() >= 1)
{
artistId = matches.ToList()[0].Id;
}
}
return(artistId);
}
