//NM - At a high level, the primary steps should be broken out into their own methods, for instance
// LoadConfiguration();
// ProcessTaxDocument();
// WriteToAzure();
// WriteToDatabase();
//
// That way people can understand what is going on at a high level without diving deep into the code
public Worker()
{
// NM - Modify this to read these values from a configuration file. Google 'how to use appsettings'
CloudStorageAccount csa = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(
"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=cminton;AccountKey=9/z9oCB6lMWHXjxBFEmxB79DUVx0bHF91iHMMjvpX1XXXBMwiJ5+ADpnAQhEhJgtBu8uw9qOtRAq/w2uQT723A==");
CloudBlobClient blobclient = csa.CreateCloudBlobClient();
CloudBlobContainer container = blobclient.GetContainerReference("mycontainer");
string connectionstr =
"Server=tcp:cminton.database.windows.net,1433;Database=cmintondb;User ID=cminton;Password=Foopass42;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;Connection Timeout=30;";
// create a blob object, then get the document blob from azure
CloudBlockBlob docblob = container.GetBlockBlobReference("myblob");
docblob.FetchAttributes();
// extract the scan data from the blob
TaxDocumentScan tdscan = new TaxDocumentScan(docblob);
// create OCRClient and send scan data through OCR
// get tax document object with completed fields
OCRClient ocr = new OCRClient();
TaxDocument taxdoc = ocr.ProcessTaxDocument(tdscan);
// populate azure sql database with tax document fields
using (var connection = new SQL.SqlConnection(connectionstr))
{
connection.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Connection opened successfully.");
UploadTaxDocument(connection, taxdoc);
}
}
// NM - Refactor this into a Repository class (google 'repository pattern'), which uses LINQ and Entity Framework.
// If you need help this, let me know
// requires an open connection
void UploadTaxDocument(SQL.SqlConnection connection, TaxDocument doc)
{
Console.WriteLine("Writing tax document to database...");
SQL.SqlParameter parameter;
using (var command = new SQL.SqlCommand())
{
command.Connection = connection;
command.CommandType = D.CommandType.Text;
command.CommandText = @"
insert into taxdocuments
(importanttaxnumber,
taxrate,
propertyname,
propertyvalue
)
values
(@importanttaxnumber,
@taxrate,
@propertyname,
@propertyvalue
); ";
parameter = new SQL.SqlParameter("@importanttaxnumber", D.SqlDbType.Int);
parameter.Value = doc.ImportantTaxNumber;
command.Parameters.Add(parameter);
parameter = new SQL.SqlParameter("@taxrate", D.SqlDbType.Float);
parameter.Value = doc.TaxRate;
command.Parameters.Add(parameter);
parameter = new SQL.SqlParameter("@propertyname", D.SqlDbType.NVarChar, 50);
parameter.Value = doc.PropertyName;
command.Parameters.Add(parameter);
parameter = new SQL.SqlParameter("@propertyvalue", D.SqlDbType.Money);
parameter.Value = doc.PropertyValue;
command.Parameters.Add(parameter);
command.ExecuteNonQuery();
Console.WriteLine("Insert operation completed.");
}
}
public TaxDocument ProcessTaxDocument(TaxDocumentScan document)
{
// NM - you may want to rename this variable to something more readable. Typing is cheap whereas understanding
// a piece of code is expensive. Something like 'taxDocument'.
TaxDocument tdout = new TaxDocument();
tdout.ImportantTaxNumber = 42;
tdout.PropertyName = "Six Flags over Atlanta";
tdout.PropertyValue = 988342.37;
tdout.TaxRate = 0.51;
Console.WriteLine("ProcessTaxDocument called");
Console.WriteLine("blob data: {0}", Encoding.Default.GetString(document.Data));
Console.WriteLine("Returning TaxDocument with params:");
Console.WriteLine("ImportantTaxNumber={0}", tdout.ImportantTaxNumber);
Console.WriteLine("PropertyName={0}", tdout.PropertyName);
Console.WriteLine("PropertyValue={0}", tdout.PropertyValue);
Console.WriteLine("TaxRate={0}", tdout.TaxRate);
return(tdout);
}