// returns empty list if all validations pass
private List <string> ValidateRequest(DarkSky request)
{
var errors = new List <string>();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.Location))
{
errors.Add("Please provide the location");
}
// Other validations go here
return(errors);
}
// Assumes all validations on requets pass
private string GetQueryFromRequest(DarkSky darkSkyRequest, double latitude, double longitude)
{
var block = darkSkyRequest.Block ?? "currently,minutely,hourly,alerts,flags";
var request = String.Format("{0}/{1},{2}", ApiKey,
latitude,
longitude).AddQueryParam("exclude", block);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(darkSkyRequest.Units))
{
request = request.AddQueryParam("units", darkSkyRequest.Units);
}
return(request);
}
public DarkSkyResponse Any(DarkSky request)
{
try
{
var errorMsgs = ValidateRequest(request);
if (errorMsgs.Count > 0)
{
return new DarkSkyResponse {
Message = string.Join(",", errorMsgs)
}
}
;
var coordinates = geocoder.GetCoordinates(request.Location);
if (coordinates.Response != null && coordinates.Response.Message != null)
{
return new DarkSkyResponse {
Message = coordinates.Response.Message
}
}
;
var querystring = GetQueryFromRequest(request, coordinates.Latitude, coordinates.Longitude);
var url = PrepareUrlWithQuery(request.ToPostUrl(), querystring);
var response = url.GetJsonFromUrl();
var darkSkyForecastResponse = response.FromJson <DarkSkyForecastResponse>();
//since data for only 5 days is requested
darkSkyForecastResponse.daily.data = darkSkyForecastResponse.daily.data.Take(5).ToList();
return(new DarkSkyResponse {
DarkSkyForecastResponse = darkSkyForecastResponse
});
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return(new DarkSkyResponse {
Message = "Could not retrieve results. Please fill in the required fields."
});
}
}
