private static Artist ParseArtist(string artistName)
{
try
{
bool isNew;
Artist artist = ArtistServices.Get(artistName, out isNew);
if (artist == null)
{
artist = new Artist();
}
Uri strUrl = new Uri(string.Format(@"http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&api_key=7e1cb1060b6150e4fbb60e119250f54c&artist={0}&autocorrect=1", artistName));
XElement restResponse = XElement.Parse(Util.GetRest(strUrl));
LastFm objLastFm = LastFm.ArtistToObject(restResponse);
artist.Bio = objLastFm.ArtistContent;
artist.FulleName = objLastFm.ArtistName;
if (objLastFm.ArtistExtraLargeImage != null)
{
artist.Picture = Util.GetImage(objLastFm.ArtistLargeImage);
}
artist.WebSite = objLastFm.ArtistUrl;
strUrl = new Uri(string.Format(@"http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getTopAlbums&api_key=7e1cb1060b6150e4fbb60e119250f54c&mbid={0}&limit=500", objLastFm.ArtistId));
restResponse = XElement.Parse(Util.GetRest(strUrl));
IEnumerable <LastFm> credits = LastFm.AlbumToCollection(restResponse);
if (credits != null && artist.ArtistCredits != null)
{
foreach (LastFm item in credits)
{
if (artist.ArtistCredits.Any(x => x.Title.Trim().ToUpper() == item.AlbumName.Trim().ToUpper()) == false)
{
ArtistCredits artistcredit = new ArtistCredits();
artistcredit.ArtistId = artist.Id;
artistcredit.BuyLink = item.AlbumUrl;
artistcredit.Title = item.AlbumName;
artistcredit.EntityType = EntityType.Music;
artist.ArtistCredits.Add(artistcredit);
}
}
}
return(artist);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Util.LogException(ex);
return(null);
}
}