public static string GetEvents(string location)
{
//scrapes the current and upcoming events of the location
string urlHead = "https://www.ticketmaster.nl/search/?keyword=";
string fullUrl = urlHead + location;
string className = "sc-17c7lsa-1 iMroit";
//scrape the needed info for the Event object
HrefScraper hrefScraper = new HrefScraper(fullUrl, className);
List <string> hrefList = hrefScraper.Scrape();
ElementContentScraper elementContentScraper = new ElementContentScraper(fullUrl, className);
List <string> elementList = elementContentScraper.Scrape();
List <Event> eventList = new List <Event>();
Regex htmlRegex = new Regex(@"((\w*?\d*\s\d*:\d*.*)( -))");
Regex eventRegex = new Regex(@"(\w*)(\d\d)(\w*)(\s)(\d*:\d*)(.*)");
//build the Event object with the scrapers result value's
for (int i = 0; i < elementList.Count; i++)
{
string element = elementList[i];
Match match = htmlRegex.Match(element);
string eventString = match.Groups[2].Value;
match = eventRegex.Match(eventString);
Event eventObj = new Event();
eventObj.WeekDay = match.Groups[3].Value;
eventObj.Day = match.Groups[2].Value;
eventObj.Month = match.Groups[1].Value;
eventObj.Time = match.Groups[5].Value;
eventObj.Title = match.Groups[6].Value;
eventObj.Url = hrefList[i];
// scrape the image of the event from the href link
ImgScraper imageScraper = new ImgScraper(hrefList[i], "vhbo54-1 dvQcM");
List <string> images = imageScraper.Scrape();
if (images.Count > 0)
{
eventObj.UrlToImage = images[0];
}
else
{
eventObj.UrlToImage = "";
}
eventList.Add(eventObj);
}
//convert the Event object to json
string result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(eventList);
return(result);
}
public static string GetMovies(string location)
{
//scrapes the current movies in The Netherlands
string fullUrl = "https://www.pathe.nl/films/actueel";
string className = "poster poster--smaller";
//scrape the needed info for the Movie object
ElementContentScraper elementContentScraper = new ElementContentScraper(fullUrl, className);
List <string> elementList = elementContentScraper.Scrape();
HrefScraper hrefScraper = new HrefScraper(fullUrl, className);
List <string> hrefList = hrefScraper.Scrape();
ImgScraper imgScraper = new ImgScraper(fullUrl, "poster__image");
List <string> imgList = imgScraper.Scrape();
List <Movie> movieList = new List <Movie>();
Regex movieNameRegex = new Regex(@"\s*(.*)");
//build the Movie object with the result values from the scrapers
for (int i = 0; i < elementList.Count; i++)
{
string element = elementList[i];
Movie movieObj = new Movie();
Match match = movieNameRegex.Match(element);
movieObj.Title = match.Groups[1].Value;
movieObj.Url = "https://www.pathe.nl" + hrefList[i];
movieObj.UrlToImage = imgList[i];
movieList.Add(movieObj);
}
//convert the Movie object to json
string result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(movieList);
return(result);
}