/// <summary>
/// Build an in-memory CLR dictionary of month-prediction
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Success of building model</returns>
public bool BuildPredictionModel()
{
bool success = false;
try
{
IList <WeatherData> weatherData = excelClient.RetrieveAllFromSheet(Constants.ExcelSheetIndex);
rainfallPredictionModel = new Dictionary <int, RainfallResult>();
foreach (var weatherDataPoint in weatherData)
{
int month = weatherDataPoint.Month;
float prcp = weatherDataPoint.Prcp;
if (!rainfallPredictionModel.ContainsKey(month))
{
rainfallPredictionModel[month] = new RainfallResult();
}
rainfallPredictionModel[month].PrcpList.Add(prcp);
}
success = true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
return(success);
}
public IHttpActionResult Get(string dateSource)
{
DateTime validDate;
bool canParseDate = DateTime.TryParse(dateSource, out validDate);
if (canParseDate)
{
RainfallResult model = null;
try
{
model = _weatherEngine.GetRainfallPrediction(validDate);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
BadRequest(ex.Message);
}
return(Ok(new RainfallResultViewModel {
MeanPrcp = model.MeanPrcp, StdDev = model.StdDev
}));
}
return(BadRequest("Invalid date format supplied by user"));
}
