/// <summary>
/// Locates a horse by its name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the horse to find.</param>
/// <returns>Information about the horse if an exact match is found or null if not.</returns>
public Horse FindHorse(string name)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
{
throw new ArgumentException("name", "A valid horse name must be specified.");
}
var result = ExecuteHorseSearch(name);
var id = ExtractHorseIdFromSearchResults(name, result);
var horsePage = GetHorsePage(id);
var document = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument();
var horse = new Horse();
// <div class="popUp"><div class="popUpHead clearfix"><div class="leftCol"><h1>Academy General (IRE) <span>Race record</span></h1>
document.LoadHtml(horsePage);
var nameNode = document.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//div[@class='popUp']/div[@class='popUpHead clearfix']/div[@class='leftCol']/h1");
var horseName = nameNode.ChildNodes[0].InnerText.Trim();
Regex horseNameRegex = new Regex(@"^([^\(]+)( \((.+)\))?$");
var horseNameMatch = horseNameRegex.Match(horseName);
horse.Name = horseNameMatch.Groups[1].Value;
var capturedName = horseNameMatch.Groups[3].Value;
horse.CountryOfBirth = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(capturedName) ? "GBR" : capturedName;
/* ==Date of Birth, Mother, Father==
* <ul id="detailedInfo">
* <li>
* <b>
* 7-y-o (17Apr06 b g)
* </b>
* </li>
* <li>
* <b>
* <a href="http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/stallionbook/stallion.sd?horse_id=75837&popup=1" class="White" onclick='scorecards.send("stallion_name");return Html.popup(this, {width:750, height:800})' title="Full details about this STALLION">Beneficial </a> </b>
* (14.3f) —
* <b>
* <a href="http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/dam/dam_home.sd?horse_id=503103" class="White" onclick='scorecards.send("dam_name");return Html.popup(this, {width:695, height:800})' title="Full details about this DAM ">Discerning Air </a> </b>
* (<b><a href="http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/stallionbook/stallion.sd?horse_id=69582&popup=1" class="White" onclick='scorecards.send("stallion_name");return Html.popup(this, {width:750, height:800})' title="Full details about this STALLION">Ezzoud (IRE)</a></b>
* <span>(11.5f)</span>)
* </li>
*/
var dobNode = document.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//ul[@id='detailedInfo']/li/b");
var dobText = dobNode.InnerText.Trim();
var dobRegex = new Regex(@"\((\d+)([A-Za-z]+)(\d+) .*\)");
var dobMatch = dobRegex.Match(dobText);
horse.DateOfBirth = DateTime.Parse(string.Format("{0}-{1}-{2}", dobMatch.Groups[1], dobMatch.Groups[2], dobMatch.Groups[3]));
var parentageNodes = document.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//ul[@id='detailedInfo']//li//b/a[@class='White']");
var fatherText = parentageNodes[0].InnerText.Trim();
horse.father = new Lazy <Horse>(() => FindHorse(fatherText));
var motherText = parentageNodes[1].InnerText.Trim();
horse.mother = new Lazy <Horse>(() => FindHorse(motherText));
// Breed => Load Pedigree tab: http://www.racingpost.com/horses/horse_pedigree.sd?horse_id={id}
// Form
// <div id="horse_race_record" class="tabContent tabSelected"><p class="border">Jumps placings 9/9<b>P</b><b>F</b><b>6</b><b>5</b><b>3</b>/<b>U</b><b>3</b>-</p>
return(horse);
}
/// <summary>
/// Locates a horse by its name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="name">The name of the horse to find.</param>
/// <returns>Information about the horse if an exact match is found or null if not.</returns>
public Horse FindHorse(string name)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name)) {
throw new ArgumentException("name", "A valid horse name must be specified.");
}
var result = ExecuteHorseSearch(name);
var id = ExtractHorseIdFromSearchResults(name, result);
var horsePage = GetHorsePage(id);
var document = new HtmlAgilityPack.HtmlDocument();
var horse = new Horse();
// <div class="popUp"><div class="popUpHead clearfix"><div class="leftCol"><h1>Academy General (IRE) <span>Race record</span></h1>
document.LoadHtml(horsePage);
var nameNode = document.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//div[@class='popUp']/div[@class='popUpHead clearfix']/div[@class='leftCol']/h1");
var horseName = nameNode.ChildNodes[0].InnerText.Trim();
Regex horseNameRegex = new Regex(@"^([^\(]+)( \((.+)\))?$");
var horseNameMatch = horseNameRegex.Match(horseName);
horse.Name = horseNameMatch.Groups[1].Value;
var capturedName = horseNameMatch.Groups[3].Value;
horse.CountryOfBirth = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(capturedName) ? "GBR" : capturedName;
/* ==Date of Birth, Mother, Father==
* <ul id="detailedInfo">
* <li>
* <b>
* 7-y-o (17Apr06 b g)
* </b>
* </li>
* <li>
* <b>
* <a href="http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/stallionbook/stallion.sd?horse_id=75837&popup=1" class="White" onclick='scorecards.send("stallion_name");return Html.popup(this, {width:750, height:800})' title="Full details about this STALLION">Beneficial </a> </b>
* (14.3f) —
* <b>
* <a href="http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/dam/dam_home.sd?horse_id=503103" class="White" onclick='scorecards.send("dam_name");return Html.popup(this, {width:695, height:800})' title="Full details about this DAM ">Discerning Air </a> </b>
* (<b><a href="http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/stallionbook/stallion.sd?horse_id=69582&popup=1" class="White" onclick='scorecards.send("stallion_name");return Html.popup(this, {width:750, height:800})' title="Full details about this STALLION">Ezzoud (IRE)</a></b>
* <span>(11.5f)</span>)
* </li>
*/
var dobNode = document.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("//ul[@id='detailedInfo']/li/b");
var dobText = dobNode.InnerText.Trim();
var dobRegex = new Regex(@"\((\d+)([A-Za-z]+)(\d+) .*\)");
var dobMatch = dobRegex.Match(dobText);
horse.DateOfBirth = DateTime.Parse(string.Format("{0}-{1}-{2}", dobMatch.Groups[1], dobMatch.Groups[2], dobMatch.Groups[3]));
var parentageNodes = document.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//ul[@id='detailedInfo']//li//b/a[@class='White']");
var fatherText = parentageNodes[0].InnerText.Trim();
horse.father = new Lazy<Horse>(() => FindHorse(fatherText));
var motherText = parentageNodes[1].InnerText.Trim();
horse.mother = new Lazy<Horse>(() => FindHorse(motherText));
// Breed => Load Pedigree tab: http://www.racingpost.com/horses/horse_pedigree.sd?horse_id={id}
// Form
// <div id="horse_race_record" class="tabContent tabSelected"><p class="border">Jumps placings 9/9<b>P</b><b>F</b><b>6</b><b>5</b><b>3</b>/<b>U</b><b>3</b>-</p>
return horse;
}