private async void LoadLookups()
{
this.UseWaitCursor = true;
var supplier = _context.Supplier.SingleOrDefault(s => s.EnumValue == (int)FlexInterfaces.Enumerations.FlexExternalSuppliers.FareHarbor);
if (supplier == null)
{
this.DisplayError("The supplier was not found.");
}
else
{
var guid = supplier.GUID;
_supplierConnection = _context.SupplierConnection.FirstOrDefault(s => s.Supplier_GUID == guid);
var rq = new CommonRQ();
var companies = await GetDataFromAPI <Company>(typeof(CompaniesRS), _supplierConnection, "companies/", rq);
imageComboBoxEditCompanies.Properties.Items.Add(new ImageComboBoxItem());
imageComboBoxEditCompanies.Properties.Items.AddRange(
companies.Select(c => new ImageComboBoxItem()
{
Description = c.Name, Value = c.Shortname
}).ToArray());
}
var lookup = new List <CodeName> {
new CodeName(null)
};
lookup.AddRange(_context.CITYCOD
.OrderBy(o => o.CODE)
.Select(s => new CodeName()
{
Code = s.CODE, Name = s.NAME
}));
searchLookUpEditCity.Properties.DataSource = lookup;
lookup = new List <CodeName> {
new CodeName(null)
};
lookup.AddRange(_context.SERVTYPE
.OrderBy(o => o.TYPE)
.Select(s => new CodeName()
{
Code = s.TYPE, Name = s.DESCRIP
}));
searchLookUpEditServiceType.Properties.DataSource = lookup;
this.UseWaitCursor = false;
}
private async Task <List <T> > GetDataFromAPI <T>(Type type, SupplierConnection connection, string url, CommonRQ request)
{
Dictionary <string, string> headers = new Dictionary <string, string> {
{ "X-FareHarbor-API-App", connection.Login },
{ "X-FareHarbor-API-User", connection.Secret },
};
List <T> list = new List <T>();
//convert strongly typed class to dictionary of request parameters
Dictionary <string, string> parameters = request.AsDictionary();
string result = await ApiInvoker.SendRequestGet(connection.URL + url, parameters, headers);
var rs = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(result, type); //Deserialize the data as the provided type
CommonRS common = (CommonRS)rs; //We know all returned data can be cast to this basic type
var data = common.GetData <T>(); //Get the actual list of results as generic type
list.AddRange(data);
return(list);
}