static void Main(string[] args)
{
// SCRAPING PROCESS
// Download page content
// Use regular expressions & builder pattern to create search criteria - search through elements we want in HTML
// scrape
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter which city you would like to scrape information from:");
var craigslistCity = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the CraigsList category that you would like to scrape:");
var craigslistCategoryName = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
string content = client.DownloadString($"http://{craigslistCity.Replace(" ", string.Empty)}.craigslist.org/{Method}/sss?query={craigslistCategoryName}");
ScrapeCriteria scrapeCriteria = new ScrapeCriteriaBuilder()
.WithData(content)
.WithRegex(@"<a href=\""(.*?)\"" data-id=\""(.*?)\"" class=\""result-title hdrlnk\"">(.*?)</a>") // regex to pick out specific things from html element <a>
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)
.WithPart(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@">(.*?)</a>") // specifying parts in the link - using builder within a builder
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.WithPart(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@"href=\""(.*?)\""")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.Build(); // Now building all of it
Scraper scraper = new Scraper();
var scrapedElements = scraper.Scrape(scrapeCriteria);
if (scrapedElements.Any())
{
foreach (var scrapedElement in scrapedElements)
{
Console.WriteLine(scrapedElement);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("There were no matches for the specified scrape criteria");
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Console.Write("Enter the city to scrape information from: ");
var craigslistCity = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
Console.Write("Enter the CraigList category: ");
var craigslistCategory = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
string content = client.DownloadString($"http://{craigslistCity.Replace(" ", string.Empty)}.craigslist.org/{Method}/{craigslistCategory}");
ScrapeCriteria scrapeCriteria = new ScrapeCriteriaBuilder()
.WithData(content)
.WithRegex(@"<a href=\""(.*?)\"" data-id=\""(.*?)\"" class=\""result-title hdrlnk\"">(.*?)</a>")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)
.WithPart(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@">(.*?)</a>")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.WithPart(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@"href=\""(.*?)\""")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.Build();
Scraper scraper = new Scraper();
var scrapedElements = scraper.Scrape(scrapeCriteria);
if (scrapedElements.Any())
{
foreach (var scrapedElement in scrapedElements)
{
Console.WriteLine(scrapedElement);
}
;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("There were no matches for the specified scrape criteria.");
}
}
Console.WriteLine();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Enter which city you would like to scrape info from:");
var cityName = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("Enter which the CraigsList category:");
var categoryName = Console.ReadLine();
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
string content = client.DownloadString($"https://{cityName.Replace(" ", string.Empty)}.craigslist.org/{Method}/{categoryName}");
ScrapeCriteria scrapeCriteria = new ScrapeCriteriaBuilder()
.WithData(content)
.WithRegex(@"<a href=\""(.*?)\"" data-id=\""(.*?)\"" class=\""result-title hdrlnk\"">(.*?)</a>")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)
.WithParts(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@">(.*?)</a>")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.WithParts(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@"href=\""(.*?)\""")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.Build();
Scraper scraper = new Scraper();
var scraperdElements = scraper.Scrape(scrapeCriteria);
if (scraperdElements.Any())
{
foreach (var scrapedElement in scraperdElements)
{
Console.WriteLine(scrapedElement);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("there were no matches for scraping");
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter which city you would like to scrape:");
var craigsListCity = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the CraigsList category you would like to scrape:");
var craigsListCategory = Console.ReadLine() ?? string.Empty;
using (WebClient client = new WebClient())
{
string content = client.DownloadString($"http://{craigsListCity.Replace(" ", string.Empty)}.craigslist.org/{Method}/{craigsListCategory}");
ScrapeCriteria scrapeCriteria = new ScrapeCriteriaBuilder()
.WithData(content)
.WithRegex(@"<a href=\""(.*?)\"" data-id=\""(.*?)\"" class=\""result=title hdrlnk\"">(.*?)</a>")
.WithRegexOption(System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)
.WithPart(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@">(.*?)</a>")
.WithRegexOption(System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.WithPart(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@"href=\""(.*?)\""")
.WithRegexOption(System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.Build();
Scraper scraper = new Scraper();
var scrapedElements = scraper.Scrape(scrapeCriteria);
if (scrapedElements.Any())
{
foreach (var scrapedElement in scrapedElements)
{
Console.WriteLine(scrapedElement);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("no matches");
}
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Please enter the city you would like to scrape information from:");
var craigsListCity = Console.ReadLine() ?? String.Empty;
WebData webData = new WebDataBuilder()
.WithCity(craigsListCity)
.Build();
WebDownloader downloadContent = new WebDownloader();
Content = downloadContent.DownloadContentFrom(webData);
CategoryScraper scrapeCategory = new CategoryScraper();
Categories = scrapeCategory.GetCategoryFrom(Content);
var userCategory = "sss";
if (Categories.Any())
{
int x = Categories.Count;
for (int c = 0; c < x; c += 2)
{
Console.WriteLine("Category: {0}, Value: {1}", Categories[c + 1], Categories[c]);
Console.WriteLine();
}
Console.Write("Please enter the \"Value\" of the category you'd like to scrape elements from:");
userCategory = Console.ReadLine() ?? String.Empty;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("There were no elements found in the category list.");
Console.Write("A default category will be chosen for you.");
}
webData = new WebDataBuilder()
.WithCity(craigsListCity)
.WithCategory(userCategory)
.Build();
Content = downloadContent.DownloadContentFrom(webData);
//Need to check for errors on userCategory
// https://boston.craigslist.org/search //link example for city only
// https://boston.craigslist.org/search/cta //link example w/ category
ScrapeCriteria scrapeCriteria = new ScrapeCriteriaBuilder()
.WithData(Content)
.WithRegex(@"<a href=""(.*?)"" data-id=""(.*?)"" class=""(.*?)"">(.*?)</a>") //this regex pattern works
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)
.WithParts(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@">(.*?)<")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.WithParts(new ScrapeCriteriaPartBuilder()
.WithRegex(@"href=""(.*?)""")
.WithRegexOption(RegexOptions.Singleline)
.Build())
.Build();
Scraper scraper = new Scraper();
var scrapedElements = scraper.Scrape(scrapeCriteria);
if (scrapedElements.Any())
{
int count = 1;
foreach (var scrapedElement in scrapedElements)
{
Console.WriteLine(scrapedElement);
if (count % 2 == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine();
}
count++;
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("There were no matches found for the specified scrape Criteria.");
}
}
catch (Exception ex) { Console.WriteLine("There was an error found: {0}", ex.Message); }
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("The program will close shortly, please acknowledge by pressing any key.");
Console.ReadKey();
}
