// GET: Book/Index/The Hobbit
public async Task <ActionResult> Index(string title)
{
var works = new List <Work>();
var books = new List <Library.Models.Book>();
// if a search, search goodreads api and local repository.
// otherwise simply return local repository.
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(title))
{
// read authentication information from configuration file.
_token = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <AuthenticationToken>(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath(configDataLocation)));
works = await GoodReadsApiInterface.GetBookAsync(title, _token);
books = _context.Books.Where(item => item.Title.Contains(title)).ToList();
}
else
{
// get local library.
books = _context.Books.Where(item => item.IsDeleted == false).ToList();
}
// get list of authors.
var authors = _context.Authors.Where(item => item.IsDeleted == false).ToList();
// attach authors to books.
foreach (var book in books)
{
book.Author = authors.FirstOrDefault(a => a.ID == book.AuthorID);
}
var viewModel = new BookViewModel
{
Works = works,
Books = books,
Authors = authors
};
return(View(viewModel));
}
public async Task Can_Retrieve_Book_By_Api_Search()
{
List <Work> books = await GoodReadsApiInterface.GetBookAsync("Hobbit", _token);
Assert.IsTrue(books.Count > 0);
}