internal static void CreateNewJsonFile(string filename, string json)
{
// write the formatted JSON to a created file.
FileWriter writer = new FileWriter();
string writeFile = writer.CreateFileName(filename); // new filename
writer.WriteToFile(writeFile, json); // writes the contents of the the json string to a file.
// change the file to JSON format
writer.ChangeFileExten(writeFile, ".json"); // the file starts off as a .txt but we convert it to a json file.
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Pinger p = new Pinger(); // object of Pinger.cs to get replies and ping addressess
List<long> reps = new List<long>(); // list of replies
List<System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus> ipStatus = new List<System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus>();
// user entry
string inAddress = "";
string inPingAmount = "";
long PingAmount = 0;
while (true) // we need to make sure that the user enters in a string or an IP address
{
Console.WriteLine("Enter an IP address or a hostname: ");
try // if the address doesnt throw an error we can check to see if its a valid IP / hostname
{
inAddress =
Console.ReadLine();
// checks if the input is an IP address/domain name, if not then we continue the loop.
if (Net.IsIPAddress(inAddress))
{
break; // true, the string is an IP address
}
else if (Net.IsDomainName(inAddress))
{
break; // true, the string is a domain name
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid address, use x.x.x.x format for IP or a domain name");
inAddress = "";
continue; // false, redo the loop.
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
// the output is invalid.
Console.WriteLine("Invalid address, use x.x.x.x format for IP or a domain name");
inAddress = "";
continue;
}
}
// makes sure the number of times were pinging is a number.
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Enter in the number of times you want to ping this address");
try
{
inPingAmount =
Console.ReadLine();
if (long.TryParse(inPingAmount, out PingAmount))
{
break;
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid input, try using a number");
inPingAmount = "";
continue;
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid input, try using a number");
inPingAmount = "";
continue;
}
}
// Cast inPingAmount to a long
PingAmount = long.Parse(inPingAmount);
while (reps.Count < PingAmount)
{
p.PingAddress(inAddress); // send a ICMP message
reps = p.Replies; // populate the list with the replies
ipStatus = p.Responses;
Console.WriteLine("Ping #" + reps.Count + " (status): " + p.Responses[reps.Count - 1]); // track the ICMP requests in console.
}
FileWriter writer = new FileWriter();
string msFileName = writer.CreateFileName(inAddress);
// Use Json.net to organinze a string into json using a list and then create a .json file.
string msData = Json.FormatJson(reps);
writer.WriteToFile(msFileName,msData);
writer.ChangeFileExten(msFileName, ".json");
// Use Json.net to create a string that is parallel with the first json file that tracks the reply data
// we need to populate the file with string values not IPStatus instances
List<string> status = new List<string>();
System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus isSucess = System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus.Success;
System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus isFailure = System.Net.NetworkInformation.IPStatus.TimedOut;
for (int i = 0; i < ipStatus.Count; i++)
{
if (ipStatus[i] == isSucess )
status.Add("Success");
else if (ipStatus[i] == isFailure)
status.Add("Fail");
else
status.Add("Other");
}
string resultData = Json.FormatJson(status);
// I really hate this
string ResultFileName = ReverseString(msFileName);
ResultFileName = ResultFileName + "_" + ReverseString("status");
ResultFileName = ReverseString(ResultFileName);
writer.WriteToFile(ResultFileName, resultData);
writer.ChangeFileExten(ResultFileName, ".json");
Console.ReadLine();
}