/// <summary>
/// Loads data from the Marvel Chronology Project (MCP) site
/// and saves it into the specified directory. Note that KEY is
/// not extracted, you have to get it manually.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pathResultsDir">
/// Path to the directory where the results will be saved.
/// </param>
public static void LoadGraphFromInternet(string pathResultsDir)
{
Console.WriteLine("Starting to extract data from Marvel Chronology Project . . .");
HashSet <string> setCharactersID = new HashSet <string>();
List <string> inputPages = ReadInputPages();
int i = 1;
foreach (string page in inputPages)
{
// Load html page
Console.WriteLine("Loading page " + i + " of " + inputPages.Count + " . . .");
HtmlWeb htmlWeb = new HtmlWeb();
HtmlDocument htmlPage = htmlWeb.Load(page);
// Start data extraction
Console.WriteLine("Extracting data from " + page + " . . .");
var tagTitle = htmlPage.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("html/head/title");
foreach (HtmlNode node in tagTitle)
{
Console.WriteLine("Page title: " + node.InnerText);
}
List <HtmlNode> chrons = htmlPage.DocumentNode.Descendants("div").Where(x => x.Id == "chrons").ToList();
if (chrons.Count > 1)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR! More than 1 element with ID = \"chrons\" has been found.");
return;
}
var charactersInfo = from HtmlNode pTag in chrons[0].Descendants("p")
where (pTag.ChildNodes.Where(x => x.Name == "span").Count() == 2)
select new
{
Name = (((from HtmlNode spanChar in pTag.Descendants("span")
where (spanChar.Attributes["class"].Value == "char")
select spanChar.Descendants("b"))
.ElementAt(0).ElementAt(0) as HtmlNode)
.InnerText as string)
.Trim().ToLower()
.Replace(',', ' ').Replace('\n', ' ').Replace(" ", " "),
Id = (pTag.Id as string)
.Trim().ToLower(),
Links = (from HtmlNode tagA in pTag.Descendants("a")
where (tagA.Attributes["href"] != null)
select tagA.Attributes["href"].Value)
.Select(x => x.Trim().ToLower())
.ToList <string>(),
Comics = ((from HtmlNode spanChron in pTag.Descendants("span")
where (spanChron.Attributes["class"].Value == "chron")
select spanChron.InnerText)
.ElementAt(0) as string)
.Trim().ToLower()
.Replace(',', ' ').Replace(" ", " ")
.Split('\n')
.ToList <string>()
};
Console.WriteLine("Saving data . . .");
// Example: MAIN_DIR\a. Needed letter is the 5th character from the end because
// every URL ends with ?.php. UGLY
string currentLetter = page[page.Length - 5].ToString();
string pathTargetDir = Path.Combine(pathResultsDir, currentLetter);
if (!Directory.Exists(pathTargetDir))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(pathTargetDir);
}
using (StreamWriter writerChNames = new StreamWriter(FileManager.GetNamesFilePath(pathTargetDir), false))
using (StreamWriter writerChComics = new StreamWriter(FileManager.GetComicsFilePath(pathTargetDir), false))
using (StreamWriter writerChLinks = new StreamWriter(FileManager.GetLinksFilePath(pathTargetDir), false))
{
foreach (var character in charactersInfo)
{
string uniqueCharacterId = character.Id;
if (uniqueCharacterId.Equals(String.Empty))
{
uniqueCharacterId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("WARNING! Empty ID was detected. Unique GUID was generated instead. GUID: {0}. Character's Name: {1}.",
uniqueCharacterId, character.Name));
}
else
{
uniqueCharacterId = IDHelper.AddIDParentLetter(IDHelper.NormalizeID(character.Id), currentLetter);
int index = 1;
while (setCharactersID.Contains(uniqueCharacterId))
{
uniqueCharacterId = IDHelper.AddIDParentLetter(IDHelper.NormalizeID(character.Id), currentLetter) + String.Format("({0})", index);
++index;
}
setCharactersID.Add(uniqueCharacterId);
}
// Write names
writerChNames.WriteLine(String.Format("{0},{1}", uniqueCharacterId, character.Name));
// Write comics
writerChComics.Write(uniqueCharacterId);
foreach (string comic in character.Comics)
{
writerChComics.Write(String.Format(",{0}", comic));
}
writerChComics.WriteLine();
//// Write links
if ((character.Links != null) && (character.Links.Count() > 0))
{
writerChLinks.Write(uniqueCharacterId);
foreach (string link in character.Links)
{
writerChLinks.Write(String.Format(",{0}", link));
}
writerChLinks.WriteLine();
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Finished processing " + page);
++i;
}
Console.WriteLine("Data extraction finished.");
}