private WeatherTransferObject GetJsonData(string URL)
{
if (URL == null)
{
return(null);
}
WeatherTransferObject weatherData = new WeatherTransferObject();
string jsonData = "";
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
try
{
jsonData = client.DownloadString(URL);
weatherData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <WeatherTransferObject>(jsonData);
// set icon
instance.SetIcon(weatherData.weather[0].icon);
// set all Data
instance.UpdateWeatherData(weatherData);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: " + e.Message);
throw;
}
}
return(weatherData);
}
public GetWeatherForm()
{
if (instance != null)
{
return;
}
instance = this; // this is my fake singleton used in other files to work with the UI elements
InitializeComponent();
// initialize jsonObject
jsonObject = new WeatherTransferObject();
// set default data
txtboxCountry.Text = "Canada";
txtboxCity.Text = "Halifax";
}
public void UpdateWeatherData(WeatherTransferObject dataSet)
{
// populate all recieved data to the UI
lblSetCity.Text = dataSet.name;
lblSetCountry.Text = dataSet.sys.country.ToString();
lblCurrentTemp.Text = dataSet.main.temp.ToString();
lblHumidity.Text = dataSet.main.humidity.ToString();
lblPressure.Text = dataSet.main.pressure.ToString();
lblWindSpeed.Text = (dataSet.wind.speed.ToString() + " (mps)"); // meters per second
lblLong.Text = dataSet.coord.lon.ToString();
lblLat.Text = dataSet.coord.lat.ToString();
lblDesc.Text = dataSet.weather[0].description.ToString();
}
