public static void ScrapeBasicGamesList(ProgressDialogController controller)
{
List <GDBPlatformGame> gs = new List <GDBPlatformGame>();
int count = 0;
int sysCount = GSystem.GetSystems().Count - 3;
if (controller != null)
{
controller.Minimum = 0;
controller.Maximum = sysCount;
}
foreach (GSystem sys in GSystem.GetSystems())
{
if (controller.IsCanceled)
{
controller.CloseAsync();
return;
}
// skip systems that are not needed
if (sys.systemId == 16 || sys.systemId == 17 || sys.systemId == 18)
{
continue;
}
count++;
List <GDBNETGameSearchResult> merged = new List <GDBNETGameSearchResult>();
if (controller != null)
{
controller.SetProgress(Convert.ToDouble(count));
controller.SetMessage("Retrieving Game List for Platform: " + sys.systemName);
//controller.SetIndeterminate();
}
// perform lookups
foreach (int gid in sys.theGamesDBPlatformId)
{
if (controller.IsCanceled)
{
controller.CloseAsync();
return;
}
List <GDBNETGameSearchResult> result = GDBNETGamesDB.GetPlatformGames(gid).ToList();
if (result.Count == 0)
{
// nothing returned
if (controller != null)
{
controller.SetMessage("No results returned.\n Maybe an issue connecting to thegamesdb.net...");
Task.Delay(2000);
}
}
foreach (var r in result)
{
if (controller.IsCanceled)
{
controller.CloseAsync();
return;
}
GDBPlatformGame gsingle = new GDBPlatformGame();
gsingle.id = r.ID;
gsingle.SystemId = sys.systemId;
gsingle.GameTitle = r.Title;
gsingle.GDBPlatformName = GSystem.ReturnGamesDBPlatformName(gid);
gsingle.ReleaseDate = r.ReleaseDate;
gs.Add(gsingle);
}
}
// remove duplicates
gs.Distinct();
// now we have a complete list of games for our platforms from thegamesdb.net - update the local json file
if (controller != null)
{
controller.SetMessage("Saving to file...");
}
if (controller.IsCanceled)
{
return;
}
string filePath = @"..\..\Data\System\TheGamesDB.json";
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(gs, Formatting.Indented);
File.WriteAllText(filePath, json);
}
}