C#•2y ago

❔ How to get specific fields from a Http GET request

I am working with a test API for learning purposes, I am using the following snippet to actually return the request body:

        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Debug.Log(body);
        }

        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Debug.Log(body);
        }

I get a response such as:

{"results":[{"code":"1002227_group_013","name":"Cargo Joggers","stock":{"stockLevel":1},"price":{"currencyIso":"USD","value":39.99,"priceType":"BUY","formattedValue":"$ 39.99","type":"WHITE"},"images":[{"url":"https://lp2.hm.com/hmgoepprod?set=source[/66/07/660740532368338c273791d92e308e445a5af9c5.jpg],origin[dam],category[],type[DESCRIPTIVESTILLLIFE],res[m],hmver[2]&call=url[file:/product/style]","baseUrl":"https://image.hm.com/assets/hm/66/07/660740532368338c273791d92e308e445a5af9c5.jpg"}],"categories":[],"pk":"9461964111873","sellingAttributes":["New Arrival"],"whitePrice":{"currencyIso":"USD","value":39.99,"priceType":"BUY","formattedValue":"$ 39.99","type":"WHITE"},"articles":[{"code":"1002227013","name":"Cargo

{"results":[{"code":"1002227_group_013","name":"Cargo Joggers","stock":{"stockLevel":1},"price":{"currencyIso":"USD","value":39.99,"priceType":"BUY","formattedValue":"$ 39.99","type":"WHITE"},"images":[{"url":"https://lp2.hm.com/hmgoepprod?set=source[/66/07/660740532368338c273791d92e308e445a5af9c5.jpg],origin[dam],category[],type[DESCRIPTIVESTILLLIFE],res[m],hmver[2]&call=url[file:/product/style]","baseUrl":"https://image.hm.com/assets/hm/66/07/660740532368338c273791d92e308e445a5af9c5.jpg"}],"categories":[],"pk":"9461964111873","sellingAttributes":["New Arrival"],"whitePrice":{"currencyIso":"USD","value":39.99,"priceType":"BUY","formattedValue":"$ 39.99","type":"WHITE"},"articles":[{"code":"1002227013","name":"Cargo

How could I go about getting a specific field from this output, such as the "name" or "images"?

111 Replies

Axiss•2y ago

Typically you would deserialize that into an object that you control. Create a class that has properties that have the same names as the fields in the JSON and use either NewtonSoft or System.Text.Json to deserialze that into a class. Another option is using something like JsonPath to query the fields that you need. https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/QueryJsonSelectTokenJsonPath.htm

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

So if I just wanted an object that held the image and name would that be possible?

Angius•2y ago

await client.GetAsJsonAsync<Model>(url)

Axiss•2y ago

Yep. You don't need to create a property for each field. Just the ones you need.

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

so this is the changes:

        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            ClothingAttributes clothingAttributes = new ClothingAttributes();
            Debug.Log(body);
        }
    }
}

public class ClothingAttributes{
    string name;
    string image;
}

        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            ClothingAttributes clothingAttributes = new ClothingAttributes();
            Debug.Log(body);
        }
    }
}

public class ClothingAttributes{
    string name;
    string image;
}

obviously no connection yet, you mentioned JSON etc, is there a best method to deserialize? sorry if that doesn't make a lot of sense, i'm new to working with requests

Axiss•2y ago

Look at what ZZZZZZZZ posted

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

where would that fit into this code? and what should go into <Model> and (url)? the URL currently being used in the request is

https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers

https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers

Angius•2y ago

Model is the class you want to deserialize to url is the... url

Axiss•2y ago

I'd need to see a bit more, but instead of var response = await client.SendAsync(request) it's var response = await client.GetAsJsonAsync<ClothingAttributes>(your url here);

Angius•2y ago

Assuming client is an HttpClient of course

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

I can post the whole script, this is in a Unity project:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using UnityEngine;


public class API_Test : MonoBehaviour
{
    /*ladies_all
     *  //ladies_trousers // ladies_jeans
     *  //ladies_jacketscoats_coats
        //ladies_premium_selection_tops
     */

    /*Categories:
     * men_all
     *   //pants: men_trousers
     *  //jacket: men_blazerssuits
     *  //shirt: men_shirts */
    public string theGender;
    private async void Start() => await StartAsync(theGender);


    private async void GenerateOutfit()
    {
        if(theGender == "ladies")
        {
            await StartAsync("");
        } else
        {

        }
    }
    async Task StartAsync(string gender)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri($"https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers"),
            Headers =
    {
        { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
        { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
    },
        };
        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            ClothingAttributes clothingAttributes = new ClothingAttributes();
            Debug.Log(body);
        }
    }
}

public class ClothingAttributes{
    string name;
    string image;
}

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using UnityEngine;


public class API_Test : MonoBehaviour
{
    /*ladies_all
     *  //ladies_trousers // ladies_jeans
     *  //ladies_jacketscoats_coats
        //ladies_premium_selection_tops
     */

    /*Categories:
     * men_all
     *   //pants: men_trousers
     *  //jacket: men_blazerssuits
     *  //shirt: men_shirts */
    public string theGender;
    private async void Start() => await StartAsync(theGender);


    private async void GenerateOutfit()
    {
        if(theGender == "ladies")
        {
            await StartAsync("");
        } else
        {

        }
    }
    async Task StartAsync(string gender)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri($"https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers"),
            Headers =
    {
        { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
        { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
    },
        };
        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            ClothingAttributes clothingAttributes = new ClothingAttributes();
            Debug.Log(body);
        }
    }
}

public class ClothingAttributes{
    string name;
    string image;
}

Angius•2y ago

Ah oof ouch my bones Unity First of all, async void is the devil Second, you have an API key in this code

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

In the end i want to be able to click a button for male or female and put an outfit on screen generated from this H&M API Right, this is a free test website for messing with different APIs, this is a local hobby project for learning so is it bad to provide it here?

Angius•2y ago

Someone can now make requests to this API on your behalf Usually not the best thing to have happen

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

right, well i can generate a new one after this then, like i said i'm just using this for personal learning

Angius•2y ago

Regardless, it seems you are using HttpClient so my code should work Although... I think this extension method uses System.Text.Json Which Unity doesn't support So you might need to go oldschool after all

Axiss•2y ago

You'll need a lot more classes to get what you want, it's nested response.

Angius•2y ago

$jsongen

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dankmememachineOP•2y ago

Yeah haha I don't know what most of this means, why can't I use this class I made and just create new ones for each clothing item?

Angius•2y ago

The class has to match the JSON Period

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

in the end i need 3 requests for 3 item types, and then need an image and their name

Angius•2y ago

It can skip some properties, but the properties it has have to match Period

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, so then for this object :

public class ClothingAttributes{
    string name;
    string image;
}

public class ClothingAttributes{
    string name;
    string image;
}

are these names not correctly formatted?

Axiss•2y ago

For your json, I cleaned it up a bit and generated this:

    public class Image
    {
        public string url { get; set; }
        public string baseUrl { get; set; }
    }

    public class Price
    {
        public string currencyIso { get; set; }
        public double value { get; set; }
        public string priceType { get; set; }
        public string formattedValue { get; set; }
        public string type { get; set; }
    }

    public class Result
    {
        public string code { get; set; }
        public string name { get; set; }
        public Stock stock { get; set; }
        public Price price { get; set; }
        public List<Image> images { get; set; }
        public List<object> categories { get; set; }
        public string pk { get; set; }
        public List<string> sellingAttributes { get; set; }
        public WhitePrice whitePrice { get; set; }
    }

    public class Root
    {
        public List<Result> results { get; set; }
    }

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, and these append to my current code? as new objects for each of these fields in the .cs file?

Angius•2y ago

If the JSON is

{
  "images": [
    {
      "url": "..."
    }
  ] 
}

{
  "images": [
    {
      "url": "..."
    }
  ] 
}

you can't deserialize it to

public class ClothingAttributes
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string image { get; set; }
}

public class ClothingAttributes
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string image { get; set; }
}

You place those wherever You send a Get request to the API and get a JSON string back Then you use (ugh) Newtonsoft.Json to deserialize that JSON to the Root class

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, so the object has to match exactly to the fields of the JSON, so each section of the JSON I want to use needs to be treated like an object? so in the example above:

    public class Image
    {
        public string url { get; set; }
        public string baseUrl { get; set; }
    }

    public class Image
    {
        public string url { get; set; }
        public string baseUrl { get; set; }
    }

Angius•2y ago

Objects need to be treated as objects, lists as lists

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

this would satisfy the JSON conversion to extract the image results?

Angius•2y ago

But yes

Axiss•2y ago

Yes, but you'll get a list of images

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, and some of the lines it complains about:

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

do these need their own classes defined as well?

Axiss•2y ago

Yes, unless you don't need them

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

Or can they be removed if i dont need them ok got it so how can I extract into these classes from the response? If I wanted to get like, pants and a shirt, and get the name and image for each I added in newstonsoft

Angius•2y ago

var json = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
var data = JsonConverter.Deserialize<YourCoolClass>(json);

var json = await client.GetStringAsync(url);
var data = JsonConverter.Deserialize<YourCoolClass>(json);

Then the data will be an instance of YourCoolClass

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, so would coolclass be the root in this instance?

Angius•2y ago

Yep Also, since you're using async void it'll swallow exceptions. Not sure how Unity handles asynchronous button clicks and stuff, though So wrap the whole thing in a try catch, log the exception, and later on look into how it should be done properly

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

it says JsonConverter has no Deserialize def

Angius•2y ago

Idk, maybe Convert or something? Haven't used Newtonsoft in years See what IntelliSense tells you

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

but it isn't auto suggesting here:

Axiss•2y ago

Try JsonConvert

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

yeah that one works so this root class isn't static, do I need to create an object of it to get fields? And what about the other classes and filling their data?

Axiss•2y ago

Nope. the Deserialize method will create the object and return it populated it's smart enough to instantiate all the types that it needs

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, would i be able to debug.log the data object itself? or I guess, what can I do with this data var now? using the new snippet

            var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers");
            var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json);
            Debug.Log(data);

            var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers");
            var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json);
            Debug.Log(data);

returns a 401 error

Axiss•2y ago

Use your original code to get the response

using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        // Deserialize code         
        var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(body);

            Debug.Log(body);
        }

We got a little wrapped around how you were sending and getting the data before we knew it was unity and there was an api key involved

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

so where would

var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json);

var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json);

fit into this? just replacing it with var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(json); ? I created two objects:

    public Root root = new Root();
    public Result result = new Result();

    public Root root = new Root();
    public Result result = new Result();

the deserialize snippet returns the body in the debug but the objects are remaining empty in inspector snippet:

        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            // Deserialize code         
            root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(body);
            Debug.Log(body);
        }

        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            // Deserialize code         
            root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(body);
            Debug.Log(body);
        }

to be clear, current file:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using UnityEngine;
using Newtonsoft.Json;


public class API_Test : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string theGender;
    private async void Start() => await StartAsync(theGender);

    public Root root = new Root();
    public Result result = new Result();

    async Task StartAsync(string gender)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri($"https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers"),
            Headers =
            {
                { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
                { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
            },
        };
        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            // Deserialize code         
            root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(body);
            Debug.Log(body);
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using UnityEngine;
using Newtonsoft.Json;


public class API_Test : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string theGender;
    private async void Start() => await StartAsync(theGender);

    public Root root = new Root();
    public Result result = new Result();

    async Task StartAsync(string gender)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri($"https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers"),
            Headers =
            {
                { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
                { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
            },
        };
        using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
        {
            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
            var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            // Deserialize code         
            root = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(body);
            Debug.Log(body);
        }
    }
}

(not including the classes below it) I also tried

            root = JsonUtility.FromJson<Root>(body);
            result = JsonUtility.FromJson<Result>(body);

            root = JsonUtility.FromJson<Root>(body);
            result = JsonUtility.FromJson<Result>(body);

but the body debug always returns the info and the root/result objects are still blank in the inspector

Angius•2y ago

Why do you create those instances? No need to

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

I'm just trying to still figure out how to get this data into a manipulatable state

Angius•2y ago

JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Root>(body) will return an instance of Root

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

would

root = JsonUtility.FromJson<Root>(body);

root = JsonUtility.FromJson<Root>(body);

do the same? I realized JsonUtility was added to Unity

Angius•2y ago

Idk, maybe?

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, so i have an instance of root, I can't see it anywhere though, how would I go from this deserialized root to getting the name of the item

Angius•2y ago

root that instance And you would use... the properties of it If it has an Images property, well, access it root.Images If Images is a list, well, treat it as a list and loop over it, or get nth element

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

i see this:

Axiss•2y ago

I threw your code into a Console app, and I'm getting data back

Axiss•2y ago

Axiss•2y ago

Yeah, Root doesn't have that it has a List<Result>

Angius•2y ago

Look at the class you have It'll give you all the information you need

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok @Axiss do I need to create an Image object?

Axiss•2y ago

no You need to navigate the deserialized object root.results is a list each result has the properties you are looking for

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, let me try that

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

if I debug log the root.list I get:

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

*root.results

Axiss•2y ago

Yeah, that's expected you handed Debug.Log a List<Result> and it wrote out it's name What are you trying to do with these results?

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

I just need the name of the item and the photo of it

Angius•2y ago

Access and log those, then

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

I'm not understanding how to do that, i have serializable classes for Image and Result but do not know how to fill them

Angius•2y ago

You don't fill them You don't even instantiate those classes manually The deserialization does that for you

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

Ok, so with

public class Image
{
    public string url { get; set; }
    public string baseUrl { get; set; }
}

public class Image
{
    public string url { get; set; }
    public string baseUrl { get; set; }
}

How would I debug.log the image url after deserializing root?

Angius•2y ago

From... root See what properties it has And traverse them until you get to the images

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

looking through here?

Angius•2y ago

Here, and looking at the class results is a list in this case So... treat it as a list

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

Debug.Log(root.results.ToArray());

Debug.Log(root.results.ToArray());

Angius•2y ago

It is an array/list What can you do with a list? You can loop over it for example

Axiss•2y ago

Your api call returned 30 results

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

right, but its giving me what looks like garbage in the debug log:

0x00007ff68e2769cd (Unity) StackWalker::GetCurrentCallstack
0x00007ff68e27d589 (Unity) StackWalker::ShowCallstack
0x00007ff68f200943 (Unity) GetStacktrace
0x00007ff68f8a091d (Unity) DebugStringToFile
0x00007ff68d33c262 (Unity) DebugLogHandler_CUSTOM_Internal_Log
0x000001b90257f72a (Mono JIT Code) (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_Log (UnityEngine.LogType,UnityEngine.LogOption,string,UnityEngine.Object)
0x000001b90257f5bb (Mono JIT Code) UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogFormat (UnityEngine.LogType,UnityEngine.Object,string,object[])
0x000001b90257eade (Mono JIT Code) UnityEngine.Logger:Log (UnityEngine.LogType,object)
0x000001b90257e77d (Mono JIT Code) UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
0x000001b927b6ba13 (Mono JIT Code) [API_Test.cs:47] API_Test/<StartAsync>d__2:MoveNext ()

0x00007ff68e2769cd (Unity) StackWalker::GetCurrentCallstack
0x00007ff68e27d589 (Unity) StackWalker::ShowCallstack
0x00007ff68f200943 (Unity) GetStacktrace
0x00007ff68f8a091d (Unity) DebugStringToFile
0x00007ff68d33c262 (Unity) DebugLogHandler_CUSTOM_Internal_Log
0x000001b90257f72a (Mono JIT Code) (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_Log (UnityEngine.LogType,UnityEngine.LogOption,string,UnityEngine.Object)
0x000001b90257f5bb (Mono JIT Code) UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogFormat (UnityEngine.LogType,UnityEngine.Object,string,object[])
0x000001b90257eade (Mono JIT Code) UnityEngine.Logger:Log (UnityEngine.LogType,object)
0x000001b90257e77d (Mono JIT Code) UnityEngine.Debug:Log (object)
0x000001b927b6ba13 (Mono JIT Code) [API_Test.cs:47] API_Test/<StartAsync>d__2:MoveNext ()

```

Angius•2y ago

That's why you loop over it... Loop Loop Loop Loop

Axiss•2y ago

there isn't A image and A name

Angius•2y ago

An array or a list will never be converted to a string properly

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

@Axiss yes, that is what it does in the tests online, 30 results for any of the tags i enter in this case "men_trousers"

Angius•2y ago

Not will a random class

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, sorry again I am new to this, so how would i go about looping over this?

Angius•2y ago

You need to go over the results, and get the data of each object, as needed With... a loop foreach (var whatever in root.results)

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, one sec, I know the syntax for a loop i didnt know what to put in would something like this be on the right track?

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                Debug.Log(item);
            }

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                Debug.Log(item);
            }

Angius•2y ago

item is a class So you'll also get garbage output to the console Try one of the properties of item

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ohhhh one sec im using

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                Debug.Log(item.name);
            }

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                Debug.Log(item.name);
            }

, also used item.images and am getting garbage, so I need to set this 'item' as a list?

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

like, item.name is returning what seems to be what I want:

Axiss•2y ago

images is a list so you need to loop through it to read it

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

so like:

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                foreach(var image in item.images)
                {
                    Debug.Log(image);
                }
               // Debug.Log(item.images);
            }

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                foreach(var image in item.images)
                {
                    Debug.Log(image);
                }
               // Debug.Log(item.images);
            }

Axiss•2y ago

not quite image is an object, with properties public class Image { public string url { get; set; } public string baseUrl { get; set; } } you'll need to access image.url or image.baseUrl

MODiX•2y ago

Angius#1586

REPL Result: Success

using System.Text.Json;

class Foo
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int[] Numbers { get; set; }
}
class Bar
{
    public string Ungabunga { get; set; }
    public Foo[] Foos { get; set; }
}

var json = """
  {
    "Ungabunga": "hello world",
    "Foos": [
      {
        "Name": "Bob Bobbit",
        "Numbers": [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
      },
      {
        "Name": "Mark Marksson",
        "Numbers": [ 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]
      }
    ]
  }
  """;

var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Bar>(json);

Console.WriteLine($"The text is [{data.Ungabunga}]");
Console.WriteLine($"It contains [{data.Foos.Length}] foos:");
foreach (var foo in data.Foos)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  This one is by [{foo.Name}]");
    Console.WriteLine($"  And has [{foo.Numbers.Length}] values:");
    foreach (var num in foo.Numbers)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"      {num}");
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

class Foo
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public int[] Numbers { get; set; }
}
class Bar
{
    public string Ungabunga { get; set; }
    public Foo[] Foos { get; set; }
}

var json = """
  {
    "Ungabunga": "hello world",
    "Foos": [
      {
        "Name": "Bob Bobbit",
        "Numbers": [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
      },
      {
        "Name": "Mark Marksson",
        "Numbers": [ 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]
      }
    ]
  }
  """;

var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Bar>(json);

Console.WriteLine($"The text is [{data.Ungabunga}]");
Console.WriteLine($"It contains [{data.Foos.Length}] foos:");
foreach (var foo in data.Foos)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  This one is by [{foo.Name}]");
    Console.WriteLine($"  And has [{foo.Numbers.Length}] values:");
    foreach (var num in foo.Numbers)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"      {num}");
    }
}

Console Output

The text is [hello world]
It contains [2] foos:
  This one is by [Bob Bobbit]
  And has [5] values:
      1
      2
      3
      4
      5
  This one is by [Mark Marksson]
  And has [5] values:
      6
      7
      8
      9
      10

The text is [hello world]
It contains [2] foos:
  This one is by [Bob Bobbit]
  And has [5] values:
      1
      2
      3
      4
      5
  This one is by [Mark Marksson]
  And has [5] values:
      6
      7
      8
      9
      10

Compile: 743.247ms | Execution: 125.938ms | React with ❌ to remove this embed.

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

I don't seem to be able to just append it with .url:

Angius•2y ago

The image will have the url item.images is a list of images Again, look at the classes you have

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok, i see that now sorry, would these terms be considered accessors? How would I be able to read up on knowing how to access stuff like this in the future? the snippet above is helpful as well so what I have now is

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                foreach(var image in item.images)
                {
                    Debug.Log(image.url);
                }
               
            }

            foreach(var item in root.results)
            {
                foreach(var image in item.images)
                {
                    Debug.Log(image.url);
                }
               
            }

which works

Axiss•2y ago

Properties are what they are called in the C# world

Angius•2y ago

Properties do stem from accessor methods, so I guess you could Java-ify the concept to that $getsetdevolve

MODiX•2y ago

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;

    public int GetBar()
    {
        return _bar;
    }

    public void SetBar(int bar)
    {
        _bar = bar;
    }
}

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;

    public int GetBar()
    {
        return _bar;
    }

    public void SetBar(int bar)
    {
        _bar = bar;
    }
}

can be shortened to

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;

    public int GetBar() => _bar;

    public void SetBar(int bar) => _bar = bar;
}

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;

    public int GetBar() => _bar;

    public void SetBar(int bar) => _bar = bar;
}

can be shortened to

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;
    public int Bar {
        get { return _bar; }
        set { _bar = value; }
    }
}

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;
    public int Bar {
        get { return _bar; }
        set { _bar = value; }
    }
}

can be shortened to

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;
    public int Bar {
        get => _bar;
        set => _bar = value;
    }
}

class Foo
{
    private int _bar;
    public int Bar {
        get => _bar;
        set => _bar = value;
    }
}

can be shortened to

class Foo
{
    public int Bar { get; set; }
}

class Foo
{
    public int Bar { get; set; }
}

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

ok now that i understand how to access these properties I think I have almost everything I need i want to randomize a choice from 1 to 30 for the three seperate calls i will be making for the three seperate item types I can randomize something like:

            Debug.Log(root.results[1].name);
            Debug.Log(root.results[1].images[0]);

            Debug.Log(root.results[1].name);
            Debug.Log(root.results[1].images[0]);

to choose I guess my only other question is, should I simply call this

async Task StartAsync(string gender)

async Task StartAsync(string gender)

three times if I need say a shirt, a coat, and pants? the string there needs to be changed to the accessor for the categories such as

     *   //pants: men_trousers
     *  //jacket: men_blazerssuits
     *  //shirt: men_shirts */

     *   //pants: men_trousers
     *  //jacket: men_blazerssuits
     *  //shirt: men_shirts */

Angius•2y ago

Depends on the API Can you get all of those things in a single call? Do You can't? Well, not much can be done besides calling the API multiple times

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

That I am unsure of, is there a way to test it? The api seems pretty barebones: https://rapidapi.com/apidojo/api/hm-hennes-mauritz/

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HM - Hennes Mauritz API Documentation (apidojo) | RapidAPI

H&M API helps to query for all information about regions, categories, products, etc... as on official websites

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

I just want to try to use good programming practices and minimize calls if I can, if not that is fine Right now I have it set up barebones like:

    private async void Start() => await StartAsync("men_trousers");

    async Task StartAsync(string itemCategory)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri($"https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories={itemCategory}"),
            Headers =
            {
                { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
                { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
            },
        };

    private async void Start() => await StartAsync("men_trousers");

    async Task StartAsync(string itemCategory)
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage
        {
            Method = HttpMethod.Get,
            RequestUri = new Uri($"https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories={itemCategory}"),
            Headers =
            {
                { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
                { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
            },
        };

and will just interpolate the url three times, one for each clothing category

Angius•2y ago

The documentation of the API is how you learn about it

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

Right, this format is new to me, is there something I am missing in terms of docs here? or is it just reading through each GET and seeing what they accept?

Angius•2y ago

Yeah, just see what they accept and what they return

dankmememachineOP•2y ago

Well it just provides an httpclient example from what I can see, and no mention of multiple calls at once:

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Get,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers"),
    Headers =
    {
        { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
        { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
    },
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(body);
}

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
    Method = HttpMethod.Get,
    RequestUri = new Uri("https://apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com/products/list?country=us&lang=en&currentpage=0&pagesize=30&categories=men_trousers"),
    Headers =
    {
        { "X-RapidAPI-Key", "a807635214msh9feb01fd51a9cf7p19db7ajsnffb480f6b27a" },
        { "X-RapidAPI-Host", "apidojo-hm-hennes-mauritz-v1.p.rapidapi.com" },
    },
};
using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
{
    response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    Console.WriteLine(body);
}

this would be for GET products/list I guess it might be hard to really request multiple of the same GET anyway, since I want to basically call one request, get an item from that category, then run the script again with a different request of category Thank you for your help @Angius and @Axiss I'll take a look at optimizing my code and working further on this, I might post a question when it is finalized but I think this is about as much info as I need to continue. Sorry for not knowing much lmao

Axiss•2y ago

You're welcome!

Angius•2y ago

Anytime

Accord•2y ago

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