start search implementation

src/OnePeek.Api/AppMetadataEndpoint.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,43 @@ namespace OnePeek.Api
 {
   public class AppMetadataEndpoint : ApiBase
   {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Searches for apps based on a term (app name, keywords, ..)
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="searchTerm">Search termn, is typically an app name or keyword (as used in the store interface).</param>
+    /// <param name="store">The store where the app is published.</param>
+    /// <param name="storeCulture">Culture of the query (returns location specific metadata + ratings).</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public async Task<StoreSearchResults> Search(string searchTerm, StoreType store, StoreCultureType storeCulture)
+    {
+      if (storeCulture == StoreCultureType.Unknown || storeCulture == StoreCultureType.All)
+      {
+        throw new ArgumentException("Please provide a valid store culture");
+      }
+
+      if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchTerm))
+      {
+        throw new ArgumentException("Search term has to contain at least a char.");
+      }
+
+      string xml = await ApiHttpClient.Instance.Get(
+        EndpointUris.GetWindowsPhoneSearchUri(searchTerm.Trim(), storeCulture.ToString())
+      );
+
+      IEnumerable<XElement> xel = XDocument.Parse(xml).Elements().First().Descendants();
+
+      // create metadatas
+      StoreSearchResults result = Deserialize.Xml<StoreSearchResults>(xml);
+      result.StoreType = store;
+      result.StoreCultureType = storeCulture;
+
+      // create results
+      // TODO
+
+      return result;
+    }
+
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Get app description, images, publisher, rating and more for an app in the specified culture.
     /// </summary>

src/OnePeek.Api/AppSpotlightEndpoint.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace OnePeek.Api
 {
   public class AppSpotlightEndpoint : ApiBase
   {
-
+    // starting point
+    // http://cdn.marketplaceedgeservice.windowsphone.com/v9/catalog/hubs?os=8.10.14219.0&cc=AT&lang=en-US&hw=520293381&dm=RM-1045_1012&oemId=NOKIA&moId=HUT-AT&hub=apps&cf=99-1
   }
 }

src/OnePeek.Api/EndpointUris.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Net;
 
 namespace OnePeek.Api
 {
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ namespace OnePeek.Api
 
     public const string WINDOWSPHONE_REVIEWS_URI = "http://marketplaceedgeservice.windowsphone.com/v9/ratings/product/{0}/reviews?os=8.10.14219.0&cc={1}&lang={2}&dm=RM-1045_1012&chunksize=20&skuId=c1424839-be1e-40eb-8bc3-b2730db30b62&orderBy={3}";
 
+    public const string WINDOWSPHONE_SEARCH_URI = "http://marketplaceedgeservice.windowsphone.com/v9/catalog/apps?os=8.10.14219.0&cc={0}&lang={1}&dm=Virtual&chunkSize=50&q={2}";
+
 
 
     internal static Uri GetWindowsPhoneMetadataUri(string appId, string culture)
@@ -48,6 +51,15 @@ namespace OnePeek.Api
 
 
 
+    internal static Uri GetWindowsPhoneSearchUri(string query, string culture)
+    {
+      culture = culture.Replace('_', '-');
+      string country = culture.Split('-')[1];
+      return Uri(WINDOWSPHONE_SEARCH_URI, country, culture, WebUtility.HtmlEncode(query));
+    }
+
+
+
     private static Uri Uri(string template, params string[] replacements)
     {
       string uriString = String.Format(template, replacements);

src/OnePeek.Entities/OnePeek.Entities.csproj

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     <Compile Include="StoreCultureType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StoreImageType.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StoreReviewSorting.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="StoreSearchResults.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StoreType.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\Portable\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\Microsoft.Portable.CSharp.targets" />

src/OnePeek.Entities/StoreSearchResults.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace OnePeek.Entities
+{
+  public partial class StoreSearchResults
+  {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Count the results.
+    /// </summary>
+    [XmlElement("itemsperpage")]
+    public int Count { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Last modified date of the resource (by Microsoft).
+    /// </summary>
+    [XmlElement("updated")]
+    public DateTime? StoreDataModifiedDate { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The type of the store (WP or Windows 8/10)
+    /// </summary>
+    public StoreType StoreType { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The culture is relevant for the review results,
+    /// as they are unique per country
+    /// </summary>
+    public StoreCultureType StoreCultureType { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// List of results. 
+    /// Note that the AppMetadata POCO does not contain all data in this case, only necessary data build a search results list.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IEnumerable<AppMetadata> Results { get; set; }
+  }
+}