/Controllers/LocationSearchController.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web.Configuration;
using System.Web.Http;
using HCHunchApp.Web.Models;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;


namespace HCHunchApp.Web.Controllers
{
    public class LocationSearchController : ApiController
    {
        public string Get()
        {
            return "TEST";
        }

        // GET api/locationsearch/5
        public LocationSearchResultItem Get(string search)
        {

            var key = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["mapKey"];
            var location_search_url = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["location_search_url"];
            var url = string.Format(location_search_url, search, key);

            var searchRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
            searchRequest.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";

            var searchResponse = (HttpWebResponse)searchRequest.GetResponse();

            var responseData = new JObject();

            var item = new LocationSearchResultItem();

            using (var sr = new StreamReader(searchResponse.GetResponseStream()))
            {
                var data = sr.ReadToEnd();
                responseData = JObject.Parse(data);
                item.name = (string)responseData["resourceSets"][0]["resources"][0]["name"];
                item.lat = (double)responseData["resourceSets"][0]["resources"][0]["point"]["coordinates"][0];
                item.lng = (double)responseData["resourceSets"][0]["resources"][0]["point"]["coordinates"][1];
            }

            return item;
        }
    }
}