private TopGamesInfo GetTopGamesData()
{
// create web request form
var request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.Method = "Get";
request.Timeout = 12000;
request.Headers.Add("Client-ID", clientID);
// get response from API
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
// get data stream from API
Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
// open data stream
StreamReader dataReader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
// read data stream
string data = dataReader.ReadToEnd();
//Debug.Log(data);
// transform JSON into a serialized object
TopGamesInfo jsonData = JsonUtility.FromJson <TopGamesInfo>(data);
//Debug.Log(jsonData.data[0].name);
// close streams
dataReader.Close();
dataStream.Close();
response.Close();
return(jsonData);
}
private List <string> GetGameNames(TopGamesInfo jsonData)
{
// make sure previous list is cleared to prevent duplicates when refreshing
gameNames.Clear();
// loop through serialized JSON data for game names and add to list
for (int i = 0; i < jsonData.data.Count; i++)
{
gameNames.Add(jsonData.data[i].name);
}
return(gameNames);
}
private Dictionary <string, string> GetGameDictionary(TopGamesInfo jsonData)
{
// make sure previous dictionary is cleared to prevent duplicates when refreshing
gameDictionary.Clear();
gameDictionary.Add("0", "Null"); // add entry for null (for use in future builds)
// loop through serialized JSON data for game ids and names and add to dictionary
for (int i = 0; i < jsonData.data.Count; i++)
{
gameDictionary.Add(jsonData.data[i].id, jsonData.data[i].name);
}
return(gameDictionary);
}
private void LoadTopGames()
{
// load serialized JSON data
TopGamesInfo jsonTopGames = GetTopGamesData();
// method calls to parse serialized JSON data
GetGameIDs(jsonTopGames);
GetGameNames(jsonTopGames);
GetGameDictionary(jsonTopGames);
// **setup event system in future**
// send out event signal that top games have been refreshed
//topGamesRefreshed.Invoke();
Debug.Log("Update top games");
}
