/// <summary>
/// Takes a user name, password, and subreddit from calling method. Uses these to run <see cref="Reddit.GetSubreddit(string).New.Take(15)"/>
/// to retrieve posts from the specified subreddit. The titles and URLs of these are then passed to
/// <paramref name="lstResultList"/> and <paramref name="lstUrl"/> and returned.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">Passed Reddit username.</param>
/// <param name="password">Passed Reddit password.</param>
/// <param name="sub">Passed subreddit in string format.</param>
/// <returns>
/// <param name="=lstResultList">Returns list of titles retrieved from subreddit.</param>
/// <param name="=lstUrl">Returns list of post URLs retrieved from subreddit.</param>
/// </returns>
public Tuple <List <string>, List <string> > GetPosts(string sub)
{
//Initialize helper class
rcHelper rc = new rcHelper();
try
{
//Initialize instance of Reddit class using RedditSharp, then login with passed credentials.
var reddit = new Reddit();
var subreddit = reddit.GetSubreddit(sub);
var posts = subreddit.Posts.GetListing(15);
//Initialize lists for later return
List <string> lstResultList = new List <string>();
List <string> lstUrl = new List <string>();
//Retrieves title and URL of 15 posts, adds them to a lists
foreach (var post in posts)
{
lstResultList.Add(post.Title.ToString());
lstUrl.Add(post.Url.ToString());
}
//Returns list of post titles.
return(Tuple.Create(lstResultList, lstUrl));
}
//Generic exception handling
catch (Exception ex)
{
rc.DebugLog(ex);
return(null);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes a string from the passing method, and checks file existence, then uses <see cref="GetJson(string)"/> to retrieve
/// saved JSON object. The JSON's email and password attributes are then decoded using <see cref="DecodePassword(string)"/>
/// and used to send a MailMessage object using SmtpClient to the user, informing them of a posted match.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="result">Passed string for notification purposes.</param>
/// <param name="url">Passed URL for ease of access</param>
public void NotifyUser(List <string> result, List <string> url)
{
//Initialize helper class
rcHelper rc = new rcHelper();
//Confirms rcData.json exists
if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory().ToString() + jsonFilePath)))
{
rc.DebugLog(new Exception("JSON has not been created"));
Environment.Exit(0);
}
//Retrieves json object from file path
RCDetails json = rc.GetJson(jsonFilePath);
string email = rc.DecodePassword(json.email);
string password = rc.DecodePassword(json.ePass);
//If credentials exist, continue.
if (email != null && password != null)
{
//Send details of post to the user in an email.
try
{
//Initialize mail object & client
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
SmtpClient SmtpServer = new SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com");
//Adds details to mail object
StringBuilder strMailContent = new StringBuilder();
mail.From = new MailAddress(email);
mail.To.Add(email);
mail.Subject = "New Reddit Post!";
for (int i = 0; i < result.Count(); i++)
{
strMailContent.Append(result[i] + "\n" + url[i] + "\n\n");
}
mail.Body = "The following posts were created " + DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString()
+ ":\n\n" + strMailContent;
//Sets port, credentials, SSL, and sends mail object.
SmtpServer.Port = 587;
SmtpServer.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(email, password);
SmtpServer.EnableSsl = true;
SmtpServer.Send(mail);
Console.WriteLine("mail Sent");
SmtpServer.Dispose();
mail.Dispose();
}
//Generic exception handling
catch (Exception ex)
{
rc.DebugLog(ex);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method for confirming whether or not all fields of JSON object have been initialized
/// </summary>
/// <returns><c>true</c> if all fields are input, otherwise <c>false</c></returns>
public bool ApplicationReady()
{
//Initialize helper class
rcHelper rc = new rcHelper();
//Initialize instance of RCDetails class
RCDetails json = rc.GetJson(jsonFilePath);
//If json retrieval fails, return false
if (json == null)
{
return(false);
}
//If all fields of RCDetails class are valid, return true
else if (json.email != null && json.ePass != null && json.sub != null && json.searchCriteria != null)
{
return(true);
}
//Return false by default
return(false);
}
