/// <summary>
/// Sets up the crawl with all the parameters it needs to continue until finished.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="urlToStart">The valid url to start crawling from</param>
/// <param name="maxAttempts">Number of times to try failed pages (not implemented)</param>
/// <param name="secondsDelay">Number of seconds to wait between page loads</param>
/// <param name="steps">Number of steps away from the urlToStart to transverse before stopping</param>
/// <param name="databaseFileName">Name of the file to store data in</param>
public void Seed(string urlToStart, int maxAttempts, int secondsDelay, int steps, string databaseFileName)
{
try
{
_seedUri = new Uri(urlToStart);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invalid URI supplied as seed", ex);
}
if (!_seedUri.IsWellFormedOriginalString() || !_seedUri.IsAbsoluteUri)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Invliad URI supplied as seed");
}
var seedNode = new WebNode {
NodeUri = new Uri(urlToStart)
};
WebNodes.Add(seedNode);
_maxCrawlAttempts = maxAttempts;
_secondsDelay = secondsDelay;
_maxSteps = steps;
var dbSetup = new Database();
dbSetup.ConnectToDatabase(databaseFileName);
_snapShot = new SnapShot(databaseFileName);
_snapShotId = _snapShot.InsertSnapShot(urlToStart, secondsDelay, steps);
}
