// This search returns one result, useful as a fallback when OMDB gives us a "too many results" error
public static OmdbResult SearchOmdbForTitle(string searchTerms)
{
string response = "";
string url = $"http://www.omdbapi.com/?apikey={_omdbKey}&t={HttpUtility.UrlEncode(searchTerms)}";
using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
response = wc.DownloadString(url);
}
var result = OmdbResult.FromJson(response);
return(result);
}
private static void MainSearch()
{
List <Movie> searchedMovieList = new List <Movie>();
Console.Clear();
// Gets something to search for
Console.WriteLine(_banner + "Type the name of the movie or show you want to search for:");
var input = Console.ReadLine().Trim();
while (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input))
{
Console.WriteLine("Please type something.");
input = Console.ReadLine().Trim();
}
var movieChoice = input;
// Perform serch on OMDB
Search[] omdbSearchResults = WebInteraction.SearchOmdbByString(movieChoice);
// Put results into a list of movies with titles, directors, ratings, etc
if (omdbSearchResults == null)
{
// Getting null is usually a "too many results" error, so we'll take what we get here
OmdbResult newOmdbResults = WebInteraction.SearchOmdbForTitle(movieChoice);
Movie movie = new Movie
{
Title = newOmdbResults.Title,
ImdbId = newOmdbResults.ImdbId,
Year = newOmdbResults.Year,
Poster = newOmdbResults.Poster,
Actors = newOmdbResults.Actors,
Director = newOmdbResults.Director,
ImdbRating = newOmdbResults.ImdbRating,
Metascore = newOmdbResults.Metascore,
Plot = newOmdbResults.Plot,
Rated = newOmdbResults.Rated,
Ratings = newOmdbResults.Ratings,
};
searchedMovieList.Add(movie);
}
else
{
searchedMovieList = MovieInteraction.CreateListOfOmdbResults(omdbSearchResults);
}
Console.Clear();
Console.WriteLine($"You searched for {movieChoice}.\r\n\r\n");
ShowAndPickOmdbSearch(searchedMovieList);
}
public static string ToJson(this OmdbResult self) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(self, NowPlaying.Converter.Settings);
