(C# UWP/WinRT) SCIS Search

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Demonstrates the SCIS (Schools Catalogue Information Service) search API call.

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -i -X GET --url 'https://api.scisdata.com/catalogue/api/search?query=titleSearch%3Adogs%20AND%20publicationYear%3A2015&from=0&size=20&sort=author&order=asc' -H 'Authorization: Basic ****'

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

// This causes the "Authorization: Basic ****" to be added to each request.
http.Login = "myLogin";
http.Password = "myPassword";
http.BasicAuth = true;

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbQuery = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbQuery.Append("titleSearch:dogs AND publicationYear:2015");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbUrl = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
sbUrl.Append("https://api.scisdata.com/catalogue/api/search?query=");
// If non-usascii chars are included in the search, we don't know if utf-8 or windows-1252 is desired by the server.  You'll need to find out..
sbUrl.Append(sbQuery.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"));
sbUrl.Append("&from=0&size=20&sort=author&order=asc");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = await http.QuickGetSbAsync(sbUrl.GetAsString(),sbResponseBody);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "data": {
//     "hits": {
//       "hits": [
//         {
//           "_index": "scisdata2",
//           "_type": "bibdatatype",
//           "_source": {
//             "isbn": [
//               "9781517638160"
//             ],
//             "languageTermCode": [
//               "eng"
//             ],
//             "mainAuthor": {
//               "namePersonalPrimary": [
//                 "Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell."
//               ]
//             },
//             "title": {
//               "titlePrimary": [
//                 "Peace on Earth, good-will to dogs"
//               ],
//               "noteStmOfResponsibility": [
//                 "by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott."
//               ]
//             },
//             "scisType": [
//               "Book"
//             ],
//             "dateIssuedMarc": 2015,
//             "languageTermValue": [
//               "English"
//             ],
//             "contributor": {},
//             "isbn13": "9781517638160",
//             "imageFileName": "9781517638160.jpg",
//             "publicationDetails": "United States, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2015",
//             "isbn10": "151763816X",
//             "id": "1867852"
//           },
//           "_id": "1867852",
//           "sort": [
//             "abbott, eleanor hallowell."
//           ],
//           "_score": null
//         },
//         {
//           "_index": "scisdata2",
//           "_type": "bibdatatype",
//           "_source": {
//             "isbn": [
//               "9781780747910"
//             ],
//             "languageTermCode": [
//               "eng"
//             ],
//             "mainAuthor": {
//               "namePersonalPrimary": [
//                 "Adams, Richard."
//               ]
//             },
//             "title": {
//               "titlePrimary": [
//                 "The plague dogs"
//               ],
//               "noteStmOfResponsibility": [
//                 "Richard Adams."
//               ]
//             },
//             "scisType": [
//               "Book"
//             ],
//             "dateIssuedMarc": 2015,
//             "languageTermValue": [
//               "English"
//             ],
//             "contributor": {},
//             "isbn13": "9781780747910",
//             "imageFileName": "9781780747910.jpg",
//             "publicationDetails": "New York, Rock the Boat, 2015",
//             "isbn10": "1780747918",
//             "id": "1749228"
//           },
//           "_id": "1749228",
//           "sort": [
//             "adams, richard."
//           ],
//           "_score": null
//         },
//          ...
//       ],
//       "total": 84,
//       "max_score": null
//     },
//     "took": 585,
//     "timed_out": false
//   },
//   "subscriptionStatus": {}
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

string v_index;
string v_type;
int v_sourceDateIssuedMarc;
string v_sourceIsbn13;
string v_sourceImageFileName;
string v_sourcePublicationDetails;
string v_sourceIsbn10;
string v_sourceId;
string v_id;
string v_score;
int j;
int count_j;
string strVal;

int dataHitsTotal = jResp.IntOf("data.hits.total");
string dataHitsMax_score = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.max_score");
int dataTook = jResp.IntOf("data.took");
bool dataTimed_out = jResp.BoolOf("data.timed_out");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    v_index = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._index");
    v_type = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._type");
    v_sourceDateIssuedMarc = jResp.IntOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.dateIssuedMarc");
    v_sourceIsbn13 = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn13");
    v_sourceImageFileName = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.imageFileName");
    v_sourcePublicationDetails = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.publicationDetails");
    v_sourceIsbn10 = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn10");
    v_sourceId = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.id");
    v_id = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._id");
    v_score = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._score");
    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.isbn[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermCode");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermCode[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.mainAuthor.namePersonalPrimary");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.mainAuthor.namePersonalPrimary[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.titlePrimary");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.titlePrimary[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.noteStmOfResponsibility");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.title.noteStmOfResponsibility[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.scisType");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.scisType[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermValue");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.languageTermValue[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i].sort");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i].sort[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.namePersonalOther");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.namePersonalOther[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = jResp.SizeOfArray("data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.nameCorporateOther");
    while (j < count_j) {
        jResp.J = j;
        strVal = jResp.StringOf("data.hits.hits[i]._source.contributor.nameCorporateOther[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}