This is a framework that I wrote for automating operations such as web scrapping.
There is limited documentation in the Documentation folder. Examples can be found in the Operations.xml folder in CustomOp\bin\Debug\net6.0-windows.
The General structure of the program is centered around the Operations.xml that specifies the different Operations to run. In this repo, "Processes" refer to a string of operations that ocur on a thread. "Operations" are the actual behavior. Each Process in the Processes Element in the Operations.xml will have a button to kick off the process on the GUI that is launched when the program is ran.
The Following process is an example of how the ProcessList Operation Works. This Process will run the Operated Process(that shows a message box popup) once every second
<Process name="ListTest">
<Operation type="SetVar" name="SetVars">
<Data name="T1" type="string" value="This is a message testing test !" />
</Operation>
<Operation type="GenerateIntList" name="ListGenerator">
<Vars>
<Data name="StartInt" type = "int" value="0" />
<Data name="EndInt" type="int" value="10" />
<Data name="Step" type="int" value="1" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="ProcessList" name="ListProcessor">
<WaitTime>1000</WaitTime>
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="InputList" varName="IntListOutput" />
</Vars>
<OperatedProcess>
<Process name="SubProcess">
<Operation type="MessageBox" name="MessageBox">
<Vars>
<Data name="Message" type="string" value="This is a message" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
</Process>
</OperatedProcess>
</Operation>
</Process>The follow Process parses out a JSON response for a Magic:The Gathering Decklist from the site https://www.Archidekt.com. After Parsing the Deck the Process Stores it in a local database
<Process name="ArkidektScraper">
<Operation type="ReadFile" name="ReadSQLFile">
<Vars>
<Data name="FilePath" type="string" value="DeckList.Json" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="JSONToMap" name="CastJSON">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="JSonString" varName="ReadText" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="GetMapValue" name="MapToString">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="MapToRead" varName="DeserializedJSonMap" />
<Data name="MapKey" type="string" value="cards" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="JSONListToTable" name="MapToString">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="JSonListString" varName="MapKeyValue" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="DataTableColToList" name="Initial DataTable Creation">
<Vars>
<Data name="ColName" type="string" value="card" />
<Mapping methodName="DataTableToList" varName="JSONDataTable" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="Reduce" name="DataTable Reduction">
<Accumulator>JSonList</Accumulator>
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="ToReduceList" varName="DataTableColList" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="JSONListToTable" name="Cards Table Maker">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="JSonListString" varName="ReducedListString" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="DataTableColToList" name="Initial DataTable Creation">
<Vars>
<Data name="ColName" type="string" value="oracleCard" />
<Mapping methodName="DataTableToList" varName="JSONDataTable" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="Reduce" name="DataTable Reduction">
<Accumulator>JSonList</Accumulator>
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="ToReduceList" varName="DataTableColList" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="JSONListToTable" name="Cards Table Maker">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="JSonListString" varName="ReducedListString" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="WriteFile" name="WriteFile">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="TextToWrite" varName="ReducedListString" />
<Data name="WriteFilePath" type="string" value="intermediateJSON.txt" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="TableToString" name="MapToString">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="TableToString" varName="JSONDataTable" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="WriteFile" name="WriteFile">
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="TextToWrite" varName="TableString" />
<Data name="WriteFilePath" type="string" value="FinalJSonCardList.txt" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
<Operation type="StoreTableToDB" name="StoreMap">
<DataSource>.</DataSource>
<InitialCatalog>MTG</InitialCatalog>
<Password>TestUser</Password>
<User>TestUser</User>
<DataBase>Sets</DataBase>
<DBCols DBCol="name" VarName = "name" />
<Vars>
<Mapping methodName="TableToDB" varName="JSONDataTable" />
</Vars>
</Operation>
</Process>