public IActionResult AddNewFilm(/*List<Film> films*/)
{
//get set of films from the API
TMDBFilms films = GetFilmsAsync("https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?primary_release_date.gte=2019-06-01&primary_release_date.lte=2019-08-13&original_language=en&adult=false&page=1&api_key=9173523d02b5d500a3d9252ff424f79b").Result;
//Map to a Model the View is expecting
IList <Film> vm = TMDBsToFilms(films);
return(View(vm));
}
private async Task <TMDBFilms> GetFilmsAsync(string path)
{
TMDBFilms films = null; //variable to store results
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(path);
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
//string s = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
films = await response.Content.ReadAsAsync <TMDBFilms>();
}
return(films);
}
/// <summary>
/// Convert a set of TMDB film results into a list of Films
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filmsParam">information populated by an API call, in TMDBFilms format</param>
/// <returns>List of Films corresponding to the data in the TMDBFilms.results property</returns>
private List <Film> TMDBsToFilms(TMDBFilms filmsParam)
{
List <Film> result = new List <Film>();
foreach (TMDBFilm tmdbFilm in filmsParam.results)
{
Film film = TMDBtoFilm(tmdbFilm);
result.Add(film);
}
return(result);
}
