Finished the Request class, should be able to make requests and recei…

…ve data using the library now.

PTVWrapper/API/Request.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
+using PTVWrapper.Models;
+using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace PTVWrapper.Request
 {
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ public static string GenerateSignature(string re)
             ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding();
 
             //Encode both the developer key and the request url
-            byte[] kb = encoding.GetBytes(DEV_ID);
+            byte[] kb = encoding.GetBytes(DEV_KEY);
             byte[] ub = encoding.GetBytes(url);
 
             // Generate the url token hash for authenticating the API request
@@ -41,13 +47,48 @@ public static string GenerateSignature(string re)
             // Output the string from the StringBuilder
             url = String.Format("{0}{1}&signature={2}", API_URL, url, sb.ToString());
 
-            // Write the url to the console if debugging
-#if DEBUG
-            Debug.Write(url);
-#endif
-
             // Return the API string
             return url;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Request data from the API using a pre-encoded signature string
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="re"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static async Task<Payload> RequestEncFromAPI(string re)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                using (var client = new HttpClient())
+                {
+                    return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Payload>(await client.GetStringAsync(re), new JsonSerializerSettings
+                    {
+                        MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore,
+                        NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
+                        Error = HandleDeserializationError
+                    });
+                }
+            } catch (HttpRequestException e)
+            {
+                // Couldn't retreive data from the API, either the API or your internet connection is not responding
+                Debug.Write(e.StackTrace);
+
+                // Return a blank Payload object
+                return await Task.FromResult<Payload>(null);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static async Task<Payload> RequestUnencFromAPI(string re) => await RequestEncFromAPI(GenerateSignature(re));
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handle any errors regarding receiving a null objects from the API
+        /// This stops the program trying to put the null object into the results
+        /// </summary>
+        static void HandleDeserializationError(object sender, Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.ErrorEventArgs errorArgs)
+        {
+            var currentError = errorArgs.ErrorContext.Error.Message;
+            errorArgs.ErrorContext.Handled = true;
+        }
     }
-}
+}

PTVWrapper/Models/Payload.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace PTVWrapper.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// API payload class, containing all the possible objects the PTV API can respond with
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Payload
+    {
+        public List<Departure> Departures { get; set; }
+        public List<Route> Routes { get; set; }
+        public List<Stop> Stops { get; set; }
+        public List<Run> Runs { get; set; }
+        public List<Pattern> Patterns { get; set; }
+        public List<Location> Locations { get; set; }
+        public List<Disruption> Disruptions { get; set; }
+        public List<RouteType> RouteTypes { get; set; }
+        public List<Direction> Directions { get; set; }
+    }
+}

PTVWrapper/PTVWrapper.csproj

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Models\Payload.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Departure.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Disruption.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Location.cs" />
@@ -52,6 +56,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="API\Request.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.

PTVWrapper/packages.config

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.3" targetFramework="net452" />
+</packages>