public LocationRestResponse sendRequestToIPStack(HttpClient clientt, string URL)
{
LocationRestResponse restResponse = new LocationRestResponse();
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
{
//if it's the first time submitting a request
if (client.BaseAddress == null)
{
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(URL);
// Add an Accept header for JSON format.
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(
new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
}
HttpResponseMessage response;
//send request and get the response
try
{
response = client.GetAsync(_LOCATION_API_KEY).Result; // Blocking call! Program will wait here until a response is received or a timeout occurs.
}
//if there is no internet connection the exception below e occurs
catch (AggregateException)
{
restResponse.Message = "No internet connection";
return(restResponse);
}
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
// Parse the response body.
LocationData parsedData = null;
try
{
parsedData = response.Content.ReadAsAsync <LocationData>().Result; //parsing json into RootObject
}
catch (Exception)
{
restResponse.Message = "Something went wrong. Please try again";
return(restResponse);
}
restResponse.Message = "Success";
restResponse.Root = parsedData;
}
else
{
restResponse.Message = $"Can't find place with name {CityName}";
}
}
return(restResponse);
}
//Retreiving location data
private LocationData sendRequestLocation()
{
LocationRestResponse response = rest_request.sendRequestToIPStack(client, rest_request.LOCATION_URL); //get response from server
if (response.Root == null)
{
NotifyUser(response.Message); //something wen't wrong in the response
return(null);
}
//if the json parsed, but some of the importan't data is null
if (response.Root.city == null)
{
NotifyUser("Something went wrong. Please try again in a couple of minutes");
return(null);
}
return(response.Root);
}