Simple Horse racing price scraper to produce output csv/txt file
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Inputs : User to select "Racecourse" and "Time of Race" from a menu. Then selects "ON".
Outputs : A csv file containing the "Horse Name" and "Odds" for the race selected above. The file is over-written every "x" secs
1. User must be able to set how often it scrapes by time to race start
examples:
20 minutes before scheduled start time every x seconds
10 mintues before scheduled start time every y seconds
5 minutes & 2 minutes.
The output file should ideally have a "99" header record, with the status of the race (e.g. "Inactive", "Going Down", "At The Post", "Going Behind", etc) taken from the web site, and a "99" trailer record containing a time stamp when the csv file was last written.
A sample file for the 14.20 at Ayr yesterday is attached
c# preferred pls.
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## Platform
XP
XP 64-bit
Vista