Getting image from Uri about tmdblib

[LordMike]

Hi,

There are a few reasons why I haven't implemented a direct GetImage(), rather than a GetImageUri(). Basically, I'm trying to keep a clean interface, where as little as possible can go wrong. The amount of different ways to do a GetImage() function is huge (return types, caching, proxy-handling, threading, ...), so I almost every case I'd either hit new issues or find people working around it because "It caches in C:\Temp and we're running on linux"...

Instead, I'd propose that you extend the Client class yourself, using an extension method. You could even Subclass the thing if you so wished :). Here's an example to get you (or others) started.

public static class ClientExtensions
{
    public static byte[] GetImage(this TMDbClient client, string size, string filePath, bool useSsl)
    {
        return new WebClient().DownloadData(client.GetImageUrl(size, filePath, useSsl));
    }
}

Oh yea, adding a System.Drawing.Image reference, also requires System.Drawing. So we'd break some compatibility somewhere :P