public IActionResult GetGameData([FromBody] List <QuestionModel> Questions)
{
var data = new List <QuestionModel>();
//Null object can be received on initial application load
if (Questions == null)
{
Questions = new List <QuestionModel>();
try
{
using (var questionDb = new QuestionsDb())
{
data = questionDb.Questions.OrderByDescending(c => c.creation_date).Take(25).ToList();
}
}
catch { }
}
else
{
//Determine last question on the DOM, order did change when object was passed from the angular controller
var lastQuestionCreated = Questions.LastOrDefault();
int lastCreationDate = 0;
if (lastQuestionCreated != null)
{
lastCreationDate = lastQuestionCreated.creation_date;
try
{
//Get 25 more questions that are older than the last question from the array
using (var questionDb = new QuestionsDb())
{
data = questionDb.Questions.Where(c => c.creation_date < lastCreationDate).OrderByDescending(c => c.creation_date).Take(25).ToList();
}
}
catch { }
}
}
try
{
//Get coorisponding answers to questions grabbed to be returned
using (var answersDb = new AnswersDb())
{
foreach (var question in data)
{
question.answers = answersDb.Answers.Where(c => c.question_id == question.question_id).OrderBy(c => Guid.NewGuid()).ToList();
}
}
}
catch { }
//Add data to Questions received from the angular controller in preparation of returning the entire list
Questions.AddRange(data);
return(Json(Questions));
}
public IActionResult GetRandomGameData()
{
var data = new List <QuestionModel>();
try
{
//Get 10 random questions from DB
using (var questionDb = new QuestionsDb())
{
data = questionDb.Questions.OrderByDescending(c => Guid.NewGuid()).Take(10).ToList();
}
// Get coorisponding answers to questions grabbed to be returned
using (var answersDb = new AnswersDb())
{
foreach (var question in data)
{
question.answers = answersDb.Answers.Where(c => c.question_id == question.question_id).OrderBy(c => Guid.NewGuid()).ToList();
}
}
}
catch { }
return(Json(data));
}
private async void FetchData(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
try
{
//HttpClientHandler is needed to configure the HttpClient to utlize GZip
HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler()
{
AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate
};
using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler))
{
//Get response from API
using (HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync("https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/questions?filter=!6h_6LPB9mi4f3VS50f9bHUwlhXNhd(idEXcx.qsqzpIjX9&order=desc&sort=activity&site=stackoverflow&pagesize=100&fromdate=" + FromDate + "&todate=" + ToDate))
{
using (HttpContent content = response.Content)
{
//Read content as a string, easiest for parsing the json string into an explicit model
var result = await content.ReadAsStringAsync();
DataModel jsonObj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <DataModel>(result);
List <QuestionModel> Questions = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <QuestionModel> >(jsonObj.items.ToString());
//initialize db, prepare for update
using (var questionsDb = new QuestionsDb())
{
//If less than 100 records received throttle back the timer that controls the interval between api calls
if (Questions.Count < 100)
{
DataUpdateServiceTimer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, runFlag, 0).TotalMilliseconds;
DataUpdateServiceTimer.Elapsed += CheckDataUpdateProcess;
DataUpdateServiceTimer.Start();
runFlag = 30;
}
//No need to take action if there are not any questions
if (Questions.Count > 0)
{
var duplicates = questionsDb.Questions.Except(Questions);
//Duplicate Found
if (duplicates.Any())
{
foreach (var question in duplicates)
{
Questions.Remove(question);
}
}
//Only interested in questions that have 2 answers or more and one of them have been accepted
await questionsDb.AddRangeAsync(Questions.Where(c => c.answer_count >= 2 && c.accepted_answer_id > 0));
var dbSaveResult = await questionsDb.SaveChangesAsync();
//No need to increment the flag variable if the data fetched was not successfully updated to the db
if (dbSaveResult >= 1)
{
/*Increment these flag parameters for use in the next api call, this will make sure we don't accidentally call for
* the same data and attempt to add a duplicate record into the db*/
FromDate = questionsDb.Questions.OrderByDescending(c => c.creation_date).First().creation_date + 1;
ToDate = FromDate + 172740;
}
}
}
using (var answersDb = new AnswersDb())
{
/*Iterate over each question and parse json string into a answer model and save to db, again only interested in
* questions with more than 2 answers where one has been accepted*/
foreach (QuestionModel question in Questions.Where(c => c.answer_count >= 2 && c.accepted_answer_id > 0))
{
await answersDb.Answers.AddRangeAsync(question.answers);
}
await answersDb.SaveChangesAsync();
}
//Clear variable and release resources to GC
if (Questions != null)
{
Questions.Clear();
}
}
}
}
} catch (Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbUpdateException error)
{
using (var questionsDb = new QuestionsDb())
{
FromDate = questionsDb.Questions.OrderByDescending(c => c.creation_date).First().creation_date + 100;
ToDate = FromDate + 172740;
}
}
}