public string RefreshElections(string electionYear, string stateCode)
{
var jsonObj = VoteSmart.GetJsonAsDictionary("Election.getElectionByYearState",
"year=" + electionYear + "&stateId=" + stateCode);
if (!jsonObj.ContainsKey("elections"))
{
return("No elections found in " + electionYear + " for " +
StateCache.GetStateName(stateCode));
}
VsElections.DeleteByElectionYearStateCode(electionYear, stateCode);
var elections = jsonObj["elections"] as Dictionary <string, object>;
Debug.Assert(elections != null, "elections != null");
var election = VoteSmart.AsArrayList(elections["election"]);
foreach (var e in election.Cast <Dictionary <string, object> >())
{
var electionId = Convert.ToInt32(e["electionId"]);
var stage = VoteSmart.AsArrayList(e["stage"]);
foreach (var s in stage.Cast <Dictionary <string, object> >())
{
var stageId = s["stageId"] as string;
VsElectionsCandidates.DeleteByElectionIdStageId(electionId, stageId);
VsElections.Insert(electionId, stageId, electionYear,
stateCode, e["officeTypeId"] as string, e["special"] as string,
e["name"] as string, s["name"] as string,
DateTime.Parse(s["electionDate"] as string),
VotePage.DefaultDbDate);
}
}
if (VsElectionYearState.ElectionYearStateCodeExists(electionYear, stateCode))
{
VsElectionYearState.UpdateLastRefreshTime(DateTime.UtcNow, electionYear,
stateCode);
}
else
{
VsElectionYearState.Insert(electionYear, stateCode, DateTime.UtcNow);
}
return(string.Empty);
}
public string RefreshCandidates(string vsElectionKey)
{
var electionId =
int.Parse(vsElectionKey.Substring(0, vsElectionKey.Length - 1));
var stageId = vsElectionKey.Substring(vsElectionKey.Length - 1, 1);
VsElectionsCandidates.DeleteByElectionIdStageId(electionId, stageId);
VsElections.UpdateCandidateListRefreshTime(DateTime.UtcNow, electionId, stageId);
var jsonObj = VoteSmart.GetJsonAsDictionary("Candidates.getByElection",
"electionId=" + electionId + "&stageId=" + stageId);
if (jsonObj.ContainsKey("candidateList"))
{
var candidateList = jsonObj["candidateList"] as Dictionary <string, object>;
// ReSharper disable once PossibleNullReferenceException
var candidateArray = VoteSmart.AsArrayList(candidateList["candidate"]);
foreach (
var candidate in candidateArray.OfType <Dictionary <string, object> >())
{
try
{
VsElectionsCandidates.Insert(electionId, stageId,
Convert.ToInt32(candidate["candidateId"]),
VsDecode(candidate["ballotName"]), candidate["lastName"] as string,
candidate["firstName"] as string);
}
catch (MySqlException e)
{
if (!e.Message.StartsWith("Duplicate entry",
StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
throw;
}
}
}
}
return(string.Empty);
}
