private int GetNameDistanceForArtistSearchResult(string query, ArtistSearchResults artist)
{
var minDist = StringUtils.GetLevenshteinDistanceWordOrderIndependent(query, artist.Names.En);
foreach (var alias in artist.Aliases)
{
minDist = Math.Min(minDist, StringUtils.GetLevenshteinDistanceWordOrderIndependent(query, alias));
}
return(minDist);
}
/// <summary>
/// Getting the list of artists via iTunes API using search string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="searchString">Search String</param>
/// <returns>The list of Artists</returns>
internal static List <Artist> GetArtists(string searchString)
{
// Trying to get data online and throwing exception or returning null if no success
ArtistSearchResults searchResults = null;
string url = _urlMediaEntity + _entityValueArtist + _searchStringParam + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(searchString);
try
{
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync(url).Result;
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string json = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
searchResults = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ArtistSearchResults>(json);
}
}
catch
{
throw;
}
if (searchResults == null)
{
return(null);
}
// If there results are not null and no exceptions converting results to the internal Artists list format and return it
List <Artist> artists = new List <Artist>();
if (searchResults != null && searchResults.resultCount > 0)
{
foreach (ArtistResultWrapper result in searchResults.results)
{
artists.Add(new Artist
{
Id = result.artistId,
Name = result.artistName,
Update = DateTime.Now
});
}
}
return(artists);
}
