public bool beginQuery()
{
Regex work_regex = new Regex(@"([\d]+)\sWorks(\sfound|)\sin");
Regex error_regex = new Regex("div[^\\>]*class=\"[\\w\\s]*errors");
int works = 0; // number of works: default 0 until a number can be found
String url = "";
if (this.minimum < 0 && this.maximum > -1)
{
url = UrlGenerator.searchUrlMax(this.maximum, this.tag, this.custom);
}
else if (this.maximum < 0 && this.minimum > -1)
{
url = UrlGenerator.searchUrlMin(this.minimum, this.tag, this.custom);
}
else if (this.maximum > -1 && this.minimum > -1)
{
url = UrlGenerator.searchUrlMinMax(this.minimum, this.maximum, this.tag, this.custom);
}
else
{
url = UrlGenerator.searchUrl(this.tag, this.custom);
}
String raw = Scraper.scrape(url); // scrape search results page
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(raw) != true)
{
if (Int32.TryParse(work_regex.Match(raw).Groups[1].ToString().Trim(), out works) == false)
{
return(false);
}
// if the response is not empty, regex for number and attempt to parse as int
// if successful: parsed number will be stored in var works, replacing default 0
// if unsuccessful, default 0 will remain
}
else
{
return(false);
}
// either way, return number of works
// successful scraping will return number
// unsuccessful scraping will return 0
this.results = works;
return(true);
}
public static Work beginQuery(int id)
{
String url = UrlGenerator.workUrl(id);
String raw = Scraper.scrape(url);
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(raw) == true)
{
throw new System.ArgumentException("Work could not be found!", id.ToString());
}
Work result = new Work();
Regex title_regex = new Regex("<h2 class=\"[^\"]*title[^\"]*\">(?'title'[^\\<]*)");
Regex author_regex = new Regex("<a[^>]*rel=\"author\"[^>]*>(?'author'[^<]*)");
Regex publish_regex = new Regex("<dd class=\"published\">(?'publish'\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d)");
Regex update_regex = new Regex("<dd class=\"status\">(?'update'\\d\\d\\d\\d-\\d\\d-\\d\\d)");
Regex bookmarks_regex = new Regex("<dd class=\"bookmarks\"><a[^>]*>(?'bookmarks'\\d*)");
String title = "";
String author = "";
int chapters = 1;
int words = 0;
int comments = 0;
int kudos = 0;
int bookmarks = 0;
int hits = 0;
Match title_match = title_regex.Match(raw);
Match author_match = author_regex.Match(raw);
if (title_match.Groups["title"].Success == true)
{
title = title_match.Groups["title"].ToString().Trim();
}
if (author_match.Groups["author"].Success == true)
{
author = author_match.Groups["author"].ToString().Trim();
}
Match chapters_match = regexNumericField("chapters").Match(raw);
Int32.TryParse(matchProperty(chapters_match, "chapters"), out chapters);
Match words_match = regexNumericField("words").Match(raw);
Int32.TryParse(matchProperty(words_match, "words"), out words);
Match comments_match = regexNumericField("comments").Match(raw);
Int32.TryParse(matchProperty(comments_match, "comments"), out comments);
Match kudos_match = regexNumericField("kudos").Match(raw);
Int32.TryParse(matchProperty(kudos_match, "kudos"), out kudos);
Match bookmarks_match = bookmarks_regex.Match(raw);
Int32.TryParse(matchProperty(bookmarks_match, "bookmarks"), out bookmarks);
Match hits_match = regexNumericField("hits").Match(raw);
Int32.TryParse(matchProperty(hits_match, "hits"), out hits);
Match publish_match = publish_regex.Match(raw);
DateTime published = new DateTime();
if (publish_match.Groups["publish"].Success == true && DateTime.TryParse(publish_match.Groups["publish"].ToString(), out published) == false)
{
// checking first if the capture group exists. if not, condition will fail anyway.
// then running int32 try parse, if successful, value will be stored regardless of if condition (out published)
// if group exists but int try parse fails, published will be assigned january 1st, 1970 instead: a common failsafe value
published = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);
}
result.published = published;
Match update_match = update_regex.Match(raw);
DateTime updated = new DateTime();
if (update_match.Groups["update"].Success == false || chapters == 1)
{
updated = published;
}
else if (update_match.Groups["update"].Success == true && DateTime.TryParse(update_match.Groups["update"].ToString(), out updated) == false)
{
// same procedure as above, except if no update date can be detected or there is only 1 chapter
// the publish date will be used, since oneshots and fics with only 1 chapter yet don't have an update date
published = new DateTime(1970, 1, 1);
}
result.updated = updated;
result.title = title;
result.author = author;
result.chapters = chapters;
result.words = words;
result.comments = comments;
result.kudos = kudos;
result.bookmarks = bookmarks;
result.hits = hits;
return(result);
}