/// <summary>
/// Return Bing Web Search results
/// </summary>
/// <param name="searchType">string</param>
/// <param name="query">string</param>
/// <returns>Task<ResultModel></returns>
/// <exception cref="Exception">searchType - excepted (Web, Image or Video)</exception>
/// <method>Search(string searchType, string query)</method>
public async Task <ResultModel> Search(string searchType, string query)
{
ResultModel results = new ResultModel(searchType.Trim().Clean());
// set search query url
string queryString = string.Empty;
switch (results.Type)
{
case "Web":
queryString += QUERY_PARAMETER;
break;
case "Image":
queryString += "images/" + QUERY_PARAMETER;
break;
case "Video":
queryString += "videos/" + QUERY_PARAMETER;
break;
}
queryString += Uri.EscapeDataString(query.Trim().Clean());
queryString += CUSTOM_CONFIG + _customConfigId;
queryString += MKT_PARAMETER + "en-US";
queryString += TEXT_DECORATIONS_PARAMETER + Boolean.TrueString;
queryString += COUNT_PARAMETER + results.MaxResults;
queryString += OFFSET_PARAMETER + ((results.PageNumber * results.MaxResults) - results.MaxResults);
JsonClient client = new JsonClient(_baseUri);
client.AddRequestHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", _subscriptionKey);
results.StatusCode = await client.SendRequest(HttpMethod.Get, queryString, string.Empty);
// wait 1 second to prevent throttling
Thread.Sleep(1000);
results.StatusMessage = client.GetResponseString();
if (client.IsResponseSuccess)
{
Dictionary <string, object> resultDictionary = client.GetResponseObject <Dictionary <string, object> >();
switch (results.Type)
{
case "Web":
JObject webResultObject = (JObject)resultDictionary.Where(x => x.Key == "webPages").Select(x => x.Value).FirstOrDefault();
results.Items = ((JArray)webResultObject["value"]).ToObject <List <ItemModel> >();
results.StatusMessage = client.StatusCode.ToString();
break;
case "Image":
Object[] imageArray = resultDictionary.Where(x => x.Key == "value").Select(x => x.Value).ToArray();
results.Items = ((JArray)imageArray[0]).ToObject <List <ItemModel> >();
results.StatusMessage = client.StatusCode.ToString();
break;
case "Video":
Object[] videoArray = resultDictionary.Where(x => x.Key == "value").Select(x => x.Value).ToArray();
results.Items = ((JArray)videoArray[0]).ToObject <List <ItemModel> >();
results.StatusMessage = client.StatusCode.ToString();
break;
}
}
return(results);
}