Disqus

DisqusController.cs

using System.Web.Mvc;
using TheOutfield.Website.XsltExtensions;

namespace TheOutfield.Website.Controllers
{
    public class DisqusController : Controller
    {
        [HttpGet]
        [OutputCache(Duration = 300, VaryByParam = "threadId")]
        public JsonResult GetCommentCount(int threadId)
        {
            return Json(DisqusExtensions.GetCommentCount(threadId), "text/html", JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }
    }
}

DisqusExtensions.cs

using TheOutfield.Website.Extensions;
using umbraco;

namespace TheOutfield.Website.XsltExtensions
{
    [XsltExtension("Disqus")]
    public class DisqusExtensions
    {
        public static int GetCommentCount(int threadId)
        {
            var url = string.Format("https://disqus.com/api/3.0/threads/details.json?forum={0}&thread:ident={1}&api_secret={2}",
                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["disqusForumShortName"],
                threadId,
                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["disqusApiSecret"]);

            try
            {
                using (var webClient = new System.Net.WebClient())
                {
                    var jsonString = webClient.DownloadString(url);
                    var jsonObj = jsonString.DeserializeJsonTo<JsonResponse<ThreadDetailsResponse>>();
                    return jsonObj.response.posts;
                }
            }
            catch { }

            return 0;
        }
    }
    
    public class JsonResponse<T>
    {
        public int code { get; set; }
        public T response { get; set; }
    }

    public class ThreadDetailsResponse
    {
        public int posts { get; set; }
    }
    
  }