From Silverlight to Metro: Listing 4.
The updated search button event handler.
- By Michael Crump
- 03/01/2012
public async void SearchBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// Retrieve Topic to Search for from WaterMarkTextBox
string topic = txtSearchTopic.Text;
// Construct Digg REST URL
string diggUrl = String.Format(
"http://services.digg.com/search/stories?query={0}&appkey=http://www.scottgu.com", topic);
// Initiate Network call to Digg
var client = new HttpClient();
var response = new HttpResponseMessage();
response = client.Get(new Uri(diggUrl));
string responseString = response.Content.ReadAsString();
DisplayStories(responseString);
}
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