public async Task <GoodreadsReviewsResult> GetReviewsAsync(int bookID)
{
var settings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
var baseUrl = settings["GoodreadsReviewsBaseUrl"];
var apiKey = settings["GoodreadsApiKey"];
var link = new GoodreadsApiReviews()
{
BaseUrl = baseUrl,
ApiKey = apiKey,
BookID = bookID
};
HttpRequestMessage request = link.CreateRequest();
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
GoodreadsReviewsResult result = link.ParseResponse(response);
return(result);
}
}
public GoodreadsReviewsResult ParseResponse(HttpResponseMessage response)
{
var result = new GoodreadsReviewsResult();
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
return(result);
}
var body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
var xmlRoot = XElement.Parse(body);
var ratingStr = (string)xmlRoot.Descendants("average_rating").First();
var rating = float.Parse(ratingStr, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
var reviews = (string)xmlRoot.Descendants("reviews_widget").First();
result.Reviews = new GoodreadsReviews()
{
AverageRating = rating,
ReviewsHtml = reviews
};
return(result);
}
