// MATCHES METHODS.
public Match GetMatchById(string Id)
{
DALMatches dalMatches = new DALMatches(connectionString);
Match match = dalMatches.GetById(Id);
EntityBuilder(match);
return(match);
}
public bool SyncMatchesTierOne()
{
DALMatches dalMatches = new DALMatches(connectionString); // Object to comunicate with Database.
ResourceMatches resourceMatches = new ResourceMatches(apiToken); // Object to comunicate with API football-data.org.
foreach (Competition competition in TierOneCompetitions()) // Foreach tier_one competition.
{
List <Match> lstInsertMatches = new List <Match>(); // Temporary list to hold insertable matches.
List <Match> lstUpdateMatches = new List <Match>(); // Temporary list to hold updatable matches.
List <Match> lstApiMatches = resourceMatches.GetByCompetition(competition.Id.ToString()); // Get a list of matches by competition from the Api.
foreach (Match apiMatch in lstApiMatches) // Foreach match in lstApiMatches.
{
if (apiMatch.HomeTeam.Id == 0 || apiMatch.AwayTeam.Id == 0) // 0 == null. Do not insert or update.
{
continue;
}
Match dbMatch = dalMatches.GetById(apiMatch.Id.ToString()); // Tries to get the same match from db.
if (dbMatch is null) // If no match then add match to insertable matches list.
{
lstInsertMatches.Add(apiMatch);
}
else // Otherwise
{
DateTime?apiLastUpdated = NormalizeApiDateTime(apiMatch.LastUpdated); // First normalize the datetime that came from the api to our standard.
if (dbMatch.LastUpdated != apiLastUpdated.ToString()) // if Api Last Update is diferent from the corresponding db value.
{
lstUpdateMatches.Add(apiMatch); // Add match to updatable matches list.
}
}
}
if (lstInsertMatches.Count != 0)
{
dalMatches.Insert(lstInsertMatches);
}
if (lstUpdateMatches.Count != 0)
{
dalMatches.Update(lstUpdateMatches);
}
}
return(true);
}