public async Task <List <Artist> > GetSimilarArtists(string artistName)
{
try
{
var lastFmClient = new HttpClient();
var response =
await
lastFmClient.GetStringAsync(new Uri(string.Format("http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getsimilar&format=json&limit=8&api_key={0}&artist={1}", MusicMDFetcher.ApiKeyLastFm, artistName)));
var artists = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <SimilarArtistInformation>(response);
if (artists == null || artists.Similarartists == null || !artists.Similarartists.Artist.Any())
{
return(null);
}
var similarArtists = artists.Similarartists.Artist;
var artistList = new List <Artist>();
foreach (var similarArtist in similarArtists)
{
var artist = new Artist();
artist.MapFrom(similarArtist);
artistList.Add(artist);
}
return(artistList);
}
catch
{
Debug.WriteLine("Error getting similar artists from this artist.");
}
return(null);
}
public async Task <List <Artist> > GetSimilarArtists(string artistId)
{
try
{
var deezerClient = new HttpClient();
string json = await deezerClient.GetStringAsync(new Uri(string.Format("http://api.deezer.com/artist/{0}/related?appid={1}", artistId, MusicMDFetcher.DeezerAppId)));
var deezerArtists = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Artists>(json);
var artistList = new List <Artist>();
if (deezerArtists.Data != null)
{
foreach (var deezerArtist in deezerArtists.Data)
{
var artist = new Artist();
artist.MapFrom(deezerArtist);
artistList.Add(artist);
}
}
return(artistList);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DeezerClient.GetSimilarArtists", e);
}
return(null);
}
public async Task <Artist> GetArtistInfo(string artistName)
{
try
{
var deezerClient = new HttpClient();
string json = await deezerClient.GetStringAsync(new Uri(string.Format("http://api.deezer.com/search/artist?q={0}&appid={1}", System.Net.WebUtility.HtmlEncode(artistName), MusicMDFetcher.DeezerAppId)));
// TODO: See if this is even needed. It should just map an empty object.
if (json == "{\"data\":[],\"total\":0}")
{
return(null);
}
var deezerArtists = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Artists>(json);
if (deezerArtists.Data != null && deezerArtists.Total > 0)
{
var deezerArtist = deezerArtists.Data.FirstOrDefault();
var artist = new Artist();
artist.MapFrom(deezerArtist);
return(artist);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DeezerClient.GetArtistInfo", e);
}
return(null);
}
public async Task <Artist> GetArtistInfo(string artistName)
{
try
{
var lastFmClient = new HttpClient();
// Get users language/region
// If their region is not support by LastFM, it won't return an artist biography.
var region = new Windows.Globalization.GeographicRegion();
string regionCode = "en";
// LastFM does not take in normal windows region codes as valid language values.
// We must set them ourselves.
switch (Windows.System.UserProfile.GlobalizationPreferences.Languages.First())
{
case "en-US":
regionCode = "en";
break;
case "ja":
regionCode = "ja";
break;
}
string url = string.Format("http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&artist={1}&api_key={0}&lang={2}&format=json", MusicMDFetcher.ApiKeyLastFm, artistName, regionCode);
var reponse = await lastFmClient.GetStringAsync(new Uri(url));
{
var artistInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <ArtistInformation>(reponse);
if (artistInfo == null)
{
return(null);
}
if (artistInfo.Artist == null)
{
return(null);
}
var artist = new Artist();
artist.MapFrom(artistInfo);
return(artist);
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Failed to get artist biography from LastFM. Returning nothing." + exception.ToString());
}
return(null);
}