static CarMakesResponse CarMakesRequest(string requestUrl)
{
try
{
HttpWebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(requestUrl) as HttpWebRequest;
using (HttpWebResponse response = request.GetResponse() as HttpWebResponse)
{
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
{
throw new Exception(String.Format(
"Server error (HTTP {0}: {1}).",
response.StatusCode,
response.StatusDescription));
}
StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
string responseText = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
string responseJson = JsonTrim(responseText);
JsonSerializer jsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer();
CarMakesResponse carMakesResponse = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <CarMakesResponse>(responseJson);
return(carMakesResponse);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
return(null);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
CarMakesResponse carMakesResponse = CarMakesRequest(CarMakesUrl);
Dictionary <string, CountryCarMakeCount> carMakeCounts = CollateMakes(carMakesResponse.Makes);
if (TestCollateMakes(carMakesResponse.Makes, carMakeCounts.Values.ToArray <CountryCarMakeCount>()))
{
Console.WriteLine("Car make data was successfully collated into counts of each country's common and uncommon makes");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Collated country make data doesn't match general car make data");
}
Console.ReadLine();
try
{
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(carMakeCounts.Values);
File.WriteAllText(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + "\\makeCounts.json", json); //Writes to user's Documents folder
} catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}