/// <summary>
/// Get the demographics data for all zipcodes in the list
/// </summary>
/// <param name="zipCodes"></param>
/// <param name="saveToDb">Save each demographic as it is retrieved</param>
/// <param name="randomWaitSeconds">Sleep for between 0 and randomWaitSeconds between each request</param>
public static List <DemographicsModel> GetDemographics(List <int> zipCodes, [Optional] bool saveToDb, [Optional] int randomWaitSeconds)
{
List <DemographicsModel> results = new List <DemographicsModel>();
DemographicsModel result = null;
foreach (int zipCode in zipCodes)
{
// Sleep for a random number of seconds between 0 and randomWaitSeconds. Default is 0.
Random random = new Random();
int seconds = random.Next(0, randomWaitSeconds);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(seconds * 1000);
result = DemographicsQuery.GetDemographic(zipCode);
if (null != result)
{
results.Add(result);
if (saveToDb == true)
{
DemographicsData.UpdateDatabase(new List <DemographicsModel> {
result
});
}
}
else
{
// We hit a ? and are blocked
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Queried a total of {0} zip codes", results.Count);
return(results);
}
public static DemographicsModel GetDemographic(int zipCode)
{
if (zipCode > 99999)
{
Console.WriteLine("Zip Code {0} cannot be more than 5 digits. Skipping it.", zipCode);
return(null);
}
string page = DemographicsQuery.GetPage(zipCode);
if (page.Equals("?"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Request for {0} contains '?' which means that this IP address is blocked by zipwho.com. Use www.whatismyip.com to see your IP address.", zipCode);
return(null);
}
DemographicsModel result = DemographicsQuery.ParsePage(page, zipCode);
return(result);
}