Just thought I would add this, in case someone else has already faced it. I noticed that with .NET 4 on I can use dynamic rather than define explicitly the JSON object(s),
So trying this our I am using the c# source
var url = theURL + “/search”;
if (theSearchtext.Length > 0)
url = string.Format("{0}?q='{1}'",url, theSearchtext);
HttpResponseMessage response = client.GetAsync(url).Result;
if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
tbOutput.Text = string.Empty;
var theCompanies = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
dynamic jsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(theCompanies);
int myIndex = 0;
if (jsonDe.total_results > 0)
{
tbOutput.Text = "Total number of Companies found: " + jsonDe.total_results+"\r\n";
tbOutput.AppendText(string.Format("\r\nItems grouped in {0}", jsonDe.items.Count));
foreach (var item in jsonDe.items)
{
tbOutput.AppendText(string.Format("\r\n{0} :: {1} :: {2}", myIndex++, item.company_number, item.title));
}
}
Using the text string “Profile Business” this produces the output
Total number of Companies found: 58996
Items grouped in 20
0 :: 09283478 :: PROFILE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD
1 :: 02990482 :: PROFILE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
2 :: 05881052 :: FX COMPARED LIMITED
3 :: 09914479 :: BUSINESS PROFILES LIMITED
4 :: 04582250 :: PROFILE - THE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS COMPANY LIMITED
5 :: 07675750 :: PROFILE 4 BUSINESS SUPPORT LIMITED
6 :: 04482012 :: HIGH PROFILE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
7 :: :: ANGLIAN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY SERVICES
8 :: :: ANGLIAN BUSINESS CONSULTANCY SERVICES
As you can see once I get passed company 6 the Title is repeated and there is no company number. Using the q value of “Profile Business” on the web based Try It
https://developer.companieshouse.gov.uk/api/docs/search/companies/companysearch.html#here
Below is the output of company 6 and company 7. I can see that the structure is different. The structure also doesn’t match the “Items” structure defined in
This may be down to my misunderstanding of what would be happening or the documentation is out of sync.
Any advice greatfully received.
{
“kind”: “searchresults#company”,
“description_identifier”: [
“dissolved-on”
],
“address_snippet”: “6 Spring Gardens, Woodford Green, Essex, England, IG8 7DD”,
“company_status”: “dissolved”,
“snippet”: “”,
“links”: {
“self”: “/company/04482012”
},
“company_number”: “04482012”,
“description”: “04482012 - Dissolved on 14 February 2012”,
“address”: {
“region”: “Essex”,
“address_line_1”: “Spring Gardens”,
“premises”: "6 ",
“locality”: “Woodford Green”,
“postal_code”: “IG8 7DD”,
“country”: “England”
},
“matches”: {
“snippet”: [],
“title”: [
6,
12,
14,
21
]
},
“title”: “HIGH PROFILE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED”,
“date_of_cessation”: “2012-02-14”,
“company_type”: “ltd”,
“date_of_creation”: “2002-07-10”
},
{
“matches”: {
“title”: [
1,
7
],
“snippet”: [
1,
8
]
},
“company_type”: “ltd”,
“date_of_creation”: “2008-05-27”,
“date_of_cessation”: “2012-09-11”,
“title”: “PROFILE YOU LIMITED”,
“description”: “06602233 - Dissolved on 11 September 2012”,
“address”: {
“address_line_2”: “Hale”,
“country”: “United Kingdom”,
“postal_code”: “WA15 9NJ”,
“locality”: “Altrincham”,
“premises”: "2 ",
“address_line_1”: “Park Road”,
“region”: “Cheshire”
},
“company_number”: “06602233”,
“links”: {
“self”: “/company/06602233”
},
“snippet”: "BUSINESS SERVICES 8 ",
“description_identifier”: [
“dissolved-on”
],
“kind”: “searchresults#company”,
“address_snippet”: “2 Park Road, Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA15 9NJ”,
“company_status”: “dissolved”
},
