private static async Task <WebsiteDataModel> DownloadFilesAsync(string websiteURL)
{
WebsiteDataModel output = new WebsiteDataModel();
WebClient client = new WebClient();
output.WebsiteUrl = websiteURL;
output.WebsiteData = await client.DownloadStringTaskAsync(websiteURL);
return(output);
}
private static void RunDownload()
{
var websites = PrepareData();
foreach (var item in websites)
{
WebsiteDataModel data = DownloadFiles(item);
Console.WriteLine($"{ data.WebsiteUrl } downloaded: { data.WebsiteData.Length } characters long.{ Environment.NewLine }");
}
}
private static WebsiteDataModel DownloadFiles(string websiteURL)
{
WebsiteDataModel output = new WebsiteDataModel();
WebClient client = new WebClient();
output.WebsiteUrl = websiteURL;
output.WebsiteData = client.DownloadString(websiteURL);
return(output);
}
private static async Task RunDownloadAsync()
{
var websites = PrepareData();
foreach (var item in websites)
{
//WebsiteDataModel data = await Task.Run(() => DownloadFiles(item)); //Forcing a sync method to behave like async
WebsiteDataModel data = await DownloadFilesAsync(item);
Console.WriteLine($"{ data.WebsiteUrl } downloaded: { data.WebsiteData.Length } characters long.{ Environment.NewLine }");
}
}
