public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
        {
            routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Giphy",
                url: "gif/search/{id}",
                defaults: new { conroller = "Giphy", action = "GetJsonGifs", id = UrlParameter.Optional });

            routes.MapRoute(
                name: "Default",
                url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
                defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );
        }

        [HttpGet]
        public JsonResult GetJsonGifs(string searchArea, string searchParams, string rating)
        {
            //Get the IP address and browser user agent for logging.
            string ipAddress = Request.ServerVariables["HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR"];
            string userAgent = Request.Headers["User-Agent"].ToString();
            if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(ipAddress))
                ipAddress = Request.ServerVariables["REMOTE_ADDR"];

            //Get api key and build the GET request header.
            string apiKey = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["GiphyKey"];
            string url = $"http://api.giphy.com{searchArea}?api_key={apiKey}&q={searchParams}";
            Debug.WriteLine($"Url is: {url}");
            GifList gl = new GifList();
            GiphyObj giphyObjs = null;

            /*Try to deserialize the json data into C# objects*/
            try
            {
                //Send request to Giphy.com
                HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
                httpRequest.Method = "GET";
                httpRequest.ContentType = "application/json";

                //Handle response
                HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream());
                var result = sr.ReadToEnd();
                Debug.WriteLine("Result is: " + result);

                giphyObjs = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GiphyObj>(result, Converter.Settings);
            }
            catch (Exception e){ Debug.WriteLine(e.StackTrace); }

            gl = GetGifs(gl, giphyObjs, rating);
            LogRequest(ipAddress, userAgent, searchArea, searchParams, rating);//Log user request

            return Json(gl, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
        }

//Inserts a client request into the database.
private void LogRequest(string ipAddress, string userAgent, string searchArea, string searchParams, string rating)
{
    GiphyRequest giphyRequest = new GiphyRequest()
    {
        IPAddress = ipAddress,
        BrowserType = userAgent,
        RequestDate = DateTime.Now,
        SearchType = searchArea,
        Rating = rating,
        KeyWord = searchParams
    };

    try
    {
        db.GiphyRequests.Add(giphyRequest);
        db.SaveChanges();
    }catch(Exception e) { Debug.WriteLine(e.StackTrace); }
}

/// <summary>
/// Filters the gifs based on the client rating selection.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="gifList">A GifList to populate with Gifs</param>
/// <param name="giphyObj">The GiphyObj containing Json gifs that were serialized</param>
/// <param name="rating">The rating to filter the gifs with</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private GifList GetGifs(GifList gifList, GiphyObj giphyObj, string rating)
{
    if (giphyObj == null)
        return null;

    int size = giphyObj.Data.Count;
    List<Gif> gifs = new List<Gif>(size);

    //filters the gifs
    for (int i = 0; i < giphyObj.Data.Count; i++)
    {
        if (rating.Equals("all"))
        {
            gifs = AddGif(giphyObj, i, gifs);
        }
        else
        {
            if(rating.Equals(giphyObj.Data[i].Rating))
            {
                gifs = AddGif(giphyObj, i, gifs);
            }
        }
    }

    //add the gif list to the GifList object
    gifList.Gifs = gifs;
    gifList.Size = gifList.Gifs.Count;
    return gifList;
}

//Adds a gif to the list of gifs
private List<Gif> AddGif(GiphyObj giphyObj, int i, List<Gif> gifs)
{
    Gif myGif = new Gif();
    myGif.Url = giphyObj.Data[i].Images.Original.Url;
    myGif.Username = (giphyObj.Data[i].User != null) ? giphyObj.Data[i].User.Username : null;
    gifs.Add(myGif);

    return gifs;
}