//Performs web API call process to retrieve random quote and author
//Comination Check class direct here to initialize
//Uses Newtonsoft Json to deserialize
public static async Task GetQuote()
{
string urlRanQuote = "https://api.forismatic.com/api/1.0/?method=getQuote&lang=en&format=jsonp&jsonp=?";
WebApiRequest.InitializeClient();
using (HttpResponseMessage message = await WebApiRequest.client.GetAsync(urlRanQuote))
{
if (message.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string response = await WebApiRequest.client.GetStringAsync(urlRanQuote);
var charRemove = new string[] { "?", "(", ")" };
foreach (var item in charRemove)
{
response = response.Replace(item, string.Empty);
}
QuoteModel quoteItems = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <QuoteModel>(response);
Result_Success.quoteReveal = quoteItems.quoteText;
Result_Success.authorReveal = quoteItems.quoteAuthor;
}
else
{
throw new Exception(message.ReasonPhrase);
}
}
}
//Performs web API call to retrieve random number combination
public static async Task GetRanComb()
{
string urlRanNum = "https://www.random.org/integers/?num=4&min=0&max=7&col=1&base=10&format=plain&rnd=new";
WebApiRequest.InitializeClient();
using (HttpResponseMessage message = await WebApiRequest.client.GetAsync(urlRanNum))
{
if (message.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
string response = await message.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
//-------flag - uncomment to reveal for debugging-------//
//MessageBox.Show(response);
NumModel.NumberModel.apiRanNum = response;
}
else
{
throw new Exception(message.ReasonPhrase);
}
}
}