/// <summary>
/// Send a message to cleverbot and get a response to it. Consider using <see cref="GetResponseAsync(string)"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">your message sent to cleverbot</param>
/// <returns>response from the cleverbot.com api</returns>
//[Obsolete("Use GetResponseAsync instead.")]
//public CleverbotResponse GetResponse(string message)
//{
// if(!Valid)
// {
// return null;
// }
// var result = CleverbotResponse.CreateAsync(message, "", ApiKey).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
// ConversationId = result?.ConversationId ?? ConversationId;
// return result;
//}
/// <summary>
/// Send a message to cleverbot asynchronously and get a response.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">your message sent to cleverbot</param>
/// <returns>response from the cleverbot.com api</returns>
public async Task <CleverbotResponse> GetResponseAsync(string message)
{
if (!Valid)
{
return(null);
}
var result = await CleverbotResponse.CreateAsync(message, ConversationId, ApiKey).ConfigureAwait(false);
ConversationId = result?.ConversationId ?? ConversationId;
return(result);
}
internal static async Task <CleverbotResponse> CreateAsync(string message, string conversationId, string apiKey)
{
HttpClient c = new HttpClient();
string conversationLine = (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(conversationId) ? "" : $"&cs={conversationId}");
byte[] bytesReceived = await c.GetByteArrayAsync($"https://www.cleverbot.com/getreply?key={ apiKey }&wrapper=cleverbot.net&input={ message }{ conversationLine }").ConfigureAwait(false);
if (bytesReceived == null)
{
return(null);
}
string result = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytesReceived, 0, bytesReceived.Length);
CleverbotResponse response = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <CleverbotResponse>(result);
if (response == null)
{
return(null);
}
response.apiKey = apiKey;
response.CreateInteractionsList();
return(response);
}
