public async static Task <List <Food> > SearchFood(string foodName, string brand)
{
string Uri = "https://api.edamam.com/api/food-database/v2/parser?app_id=103664a0&app_key=b1ce1d8f2c9a98f79d67f9e3cb070d3a";
if (foodName == null)
{
//requires a value and dont know what else to do for default
Uri += "&ingr=a";
}
else
{
Uri += "&ingr=" + foodName;
}
Uri += "&brand=" + brand;
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(Uri);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
APIFoods f = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <APIFoods>(response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result);
return(ConvertAPIFoodsToFood(f));
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Application failed to access API at address: " + Uri);
}
}
private static List <Food> ConvertAPIFoodsToFood(APIFoods FoodsIn)
{
List <Food> f = new List <Food>();
for (int i = 0; i < FoodsIn.hints.Length; i++)
{
f.Add(new Food(FoodsIn.hints[i].food));
}
return(f);
}
