private static async Task <string> GetBreedURLFromAPIAsync(string breedName)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = DogApiSettings.BaseAddress();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
try
{
HttpResponseMessage Res = await client.GetAsync(DogApiSettings.BreedRandomImageURL(breedName));
BreedImageUrl breeds = new BreedImageUrl();
if (Res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var ApiResponse = await Res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
breeds = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <BreedImageUrl>(ApiResponse);
return(breeds.ImageUrl);
}
else
{
return(DogApiSettings.MissingImageURL());
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
return(DogApiSettings.MissingImageURL());
}
}
}
public static async Task <BreedsList> GetBreedsFromApiAsync()
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.BaseAddress = DogApiSettings.BaseAddress();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Clear();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
try
{
HttpResponseMessage Res = await client.GetAsync(DogApiSettings.BreedListURL());
if (Res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
var ApiResponse = await Res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
return(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <BreedsList>(ApiResponse));
}
else
{
return(new BreedsList {
Status = "failed", Breeds = new string[] { "unable to retrieve list" }
});
}
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
return(new BreedsList {
Status = "error", Breeds = new string[] { "an error occurred" }
});
}
}
}
