VLC_WINRT.Utility.Helpers.MusicLibrary.LastFmClient.GetSimilarArtists C# (CSharp) Method

        public async Task<List<Artist>> GetSimilarArtists(string artistName)
        {
            try
            {
                var lastFmClient = new HttpClient();
                var response =
                    await
                        lastFmClient.GetStringAsync(
                            string.Format("http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getsimilar&format=json&limit=8&api_key={0}&artist={1}", App.ApiKeyLastFm, artistName));
                var artists = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SimilarArtistInformation>(response);
                if (artists == null || !artists.Similarartists.Artist.Any()) return null;
                var similarArtists = artists.Similarartists.Artist;
                var artistList = new List<Artist>();
                foreach (var similarArtist in similarArtists)
                {
                    var artist = new Artist();
                    artist.MapFrom(similarArtist);
                    artistList.Add(artist);
                }
                return artistList;
            }
            catch
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Error getting similar artists from this artist.");
            }
            return null;
        }

        public static async Task GetArtistSimilarsArtist(MusicLibraryViewModel.ArtistItem artist)
        {
            try
            {
                var lastFmClient   = new LastFmClient();
                var similarArtists = await lastFmClient.GetSimilarArtists(artist.Name);

                if (similarArtists != null)
                {
                    artist.OnlineRelatedArtists         = similarArtists;
                    artist.IsOnlineRelatedArtistsLoaded = true;
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Error getting similar artists from this artist.");
            }
        }