Automatic updates example for 51Degrees device detection ‘Hash’ engine shows how to build a pipeline using the 51Degrees device detection pipeline builder and demonstrates the update on start up functionality. The automatic data file updates page explains the different options you can configure.
This example is available in full on GitHub.
This example requires a subscription to 51Degrees Device Data, a subscription can be acquired from the 51Degrees pricing page.
This example requires a local data file. The free 'Lite' data file can be acquired by pulling the git submodules under this repository (run `git submodule update --recursive`) or from the device-detection-data GitHub repository.
The Lite data file is only used for illustration, and has limited accuracy and capabilities. Find out about the more capable data files that are available on our pricing page
Required NuGet Dependencies:
Expected output:
Using data file at '51Degrees-LiteV4.1.hash'
Data file published date: 13/04/2020 00:00:00
Creating pipeline and updating device data.....
Data file published date: 02/07/2020 00:00:00
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using FiftyOne.Pipeline.Engines.Services;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
{
public class Program
{
public class Example : ExampleBase
{
private string dataFile = "51Degrees.hash";
public void Run(string originalDataFile, string licenseKey)
{
// Copy the original data file to another location as we do not
// want to preserve the original for other examples.
File.Copy(originalDataFile, dataFile, true);
FileInfo f = new FileInfo(dataFile);
Console.WriteLine($"Using data file at '{f.FullName}'");
DateTime initialPublishedDate = DateTime.MinValue;
// Create a temporary Device Detection 'Hash' Engine to check the initial published date of the data file.
// There is no need to do this in production, it is for demonstration purposes only.
// This also higlights the added simplicity of the Device Detection Pipeline builder.
using (var loggerFactory = new LoggerFactory()) {
var dataUpdateService = new DataUpdateService(loggerFactory.CreateLogger<DataUpdateService>(), new HttpClient());
using (var temporaryDeviceDetectionEngine = new DeviceDetectionHashEngineBuilder(loggerFactory, dataUpdateService)
.Build(dataFile, false))
{
// Get the published date of the device data file. Engines can have multiple data files but
// for the Device Detection 'Hash' engine we can guarantee there will only be one.
initialPublishedDate = temporaryDeviceDetectionEngine.DataFiles.Single().DataPublishedDateTime;
}
}
Console.WriteLine($"Data file published date: {initialPublishedDate}");
Console.Write($"Creating pipeline and updating device data");
CancellationTokenSource cancellationSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
Task.Run(() => { OutputUntilCancelled(".", 1000, cancellationSource.Token); });
// Build a new Pipeline to use an on-premise Hash engine and
// configure automatic updates.
var pipeline = new DeviceDetectionPipelineBuilder()
// Use the On-Premise engine (aka Hash engine) and pass in
// the path to the data file, your license key and whether
// to use a temporary file.
// A license key is required otherwise automatic updates will
// remain disabled.
.UseOnPremise(dataFile, licenseKey, true)
// Enable automatic updates.
.SetAutoUpdate(true)
// Watch the data file on disk and refresh the engine
// as soon as that file is updated.
.SetDataFileSystemWatcher(true)
// Enable update on startup, the auto update system
// will be used to check for an update before the
// device detection engine is created. This will block
// creation of the pipeline.
.SetDataUpdateOnStartUp(true)
.Build();
cancellationSource.Cancel();
Console.WriteLine();
// Get the published date of the data file from the Hash engine
// after building the pipeline.
var updatedPublishedDate = pipeline
.GetElement<DeviceDetectionHashEngine>()
.DataFiles
.Single()
.DataPublishedDateTime;
if (DateTime.Equals(initialPublishedDate, updatedPublishedDate))
{
Console.WriteLine("There was no update available at this time.");
}
Console.WriteLine($"Data file published date: {updatedPublishedDate}");
}
}
private static void OutputUntilCancelled(string text, int intervalMs, CancellationToken token)
{
while (token.IsCancellationRequested == false)
{
Console.Write(text);
Task.Delay(intervalMs).Wait();
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var licenseKey = "!!Your license key!!";
if (licenseKey.StartsWith("!!"))
{
Console.WriteLine("You need a license key to run this example, " +
"you can obtain one by subscribing to a 51Degrees bundle: https://51degrees.com/pricing");
Console.ReadKey();
return;
}
var filename = "51Degrees-LiteV4.1.hash";
var dataFile = args.Length > 0 ? args[0] : ExampleUtils.FindFile(filename);
new Example().Run(dataFile, licenseKey);
#if (DEBUG)
Console.WriteLine("Complete. Press key to exit.");
Console.ReadKey();
#endif
}
}
}