//returns _regionsAndPercentages, also saves the same information to the file
public override Dictionary <string, double> DoScrape()
{
//start an Action
Task t = Task.Run(async() =>
{
try
{
// asyncronous work which gets the raw html from url
string response = await _httpClient.GetStringAsync(_url);
// info for user
Console.WriteLine("\nInfo: Got a response from {0}", _url);
// parser result
_investmentPercentages = ParseResponse(response, Xpath); // Dictionary, scraper return result
// save to file
FileMethod filemethod = new FileMethod();
filemethod.DictionaryToTxtFile(_investmentPercentages, this._fundCode);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e);
}
}).ContinueWith(t2 => Console.WriteLine("Info: Task for {0} is ready", this._fundCode));
Console.WriteLine("\nInfo: Start downloading content from {0} to {1}, task id: {2} \n\nPlease wait...", _url, _fundCode, t.Id);
t.Wait();
return(_investmentPercentages);
}
