Sports Results Notifier

Table of Contents

• General Info
• Technologies
• Installation and Setup
• Features

General Info

This C# project scrapes NBA game results from Basketball Reference website, processes the data using Handlebars templating, and sends an email notification with the formatted results.

Technologies

• C#
• HtmlAgilityPack
• Handlebars.Net

Installation and Setup

1. Clone or download this project repository.
2. Open the solution file (SportsResults.Dejmenek.sln) in Visual Studio.
3. Install the required NuGet packages:
   • Handlebars.Net
   • HtmlAgilityPack
   • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration
   • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileExtensions
   • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json
   • Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
4. Update the appsettings.json.
   • Server: Replace with the hostname or IP address of your SMTP server for sending emails
   • Port: Update with the port number used by your SMTP server (standard is usually 587)
   • SenderUsername: Username used by your SMTP server
   • SenderPassword: Password used by your SMTP server
   • ReceiverEmail: Enter the email address where you want to receive the nba informations

Features

• Data Scraping: Employs HtmlAgilityPack to efficiently extract data from the target website.
• Data Processing: Leverages Handlebars templating for flexible and maintainable result formatting. Define clear and well-structured templates for the email content
• Email Notification: Utilizes the System.Net.Mail library to send email notifications.