updating actually works, would you look at that

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ BuypeebApp.exe
 bin/
 obj/
 out/
+yahoo.html

Listing.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace Buypeeb {
 	class Listing {
-		public string url { get; set; }
+		public string url {
+			get {
+				return $"https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/{this.id}";
+			}
+		}
 		public string id { get; set; }
 		public string name { get; set; }
 		public int price = 0;
@@ -15,24 +22,54 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		public bool auto_extension;
 		public bool ready;
 
-		public Listing(string url, string id, string name) {
+		private bool success { get; set; } // TODO: custom setter that throws an exception if set to false or something idk
-			this.url = url;
+
+		public Listing(string id, string name) {
 			this.id = id;
 			this.name = name;
 			this.ready = false;
 		}
 
 		public Listing() {
-			// parameterless constructur for deserialisation
+			// parameterless constructor for deserialisation
 		}
 
-		public void Update() {
+		public void Update(string html) {
-			// use fake values for now
+			var rx = new Regex(@"var pageData ?= ?(\{.+?\});", RegexOptions.Singleline); // TODO: maybe compile and match the regex in another thread
-			var rnd = new Random();
+			var m = rx.Match(html);
-			this.price = rnd.Next(100, 5000);
+			if (m == null) {
-			this.bids = rnd.Next(0, 15);
+				Console.WriteLine("no sir i don't like it");
-			this.name = "testing";
+				return;
-			this.original_name = "testing";
+			}
+
+			Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>> j_full;
+			try {
+				// master forgive me, but i must go all out, just this once...
+				j_full = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, string>>>(m.Groups[1].Value);
+			}
+			catch (Exception e) {
+				throw e;
+			}
+
+			var j = j_full["items"];
+			this.original_name = j["productName"];
+			this.success = int.TryParse(j["price"], out this.price);
+			this.success = int.TryParse(j["winPrice"], out this.win_price);
+			this.success = int.TryParse(j["bids"], out this.bids);
+
+			if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.name)) {
+				this.name = this.original_name;
+			}
+
+			// as far as i can tell, neither the `pageData` nor the `conf` variables in the html seem to store whether or not the auction uses automatic extension
+			// the `conf` variable *does* store whether or not the auction has the "early end" feature enabled, in the key `earlyed`.
+			// unfortunately, it seems like the only way to get the auto extension info is to scrape the page for the info column that displays the auto ext status
+			// and check whether or not it's equal to "ari" (japanese for "yes").
+			var autoExtensionCheck = new Regex(@"自動延長.+\n.+>(.+)<");
+			m = rx.Match(html);
+			if (m.Groups[1].Value != null) {
+				this.auto_extension = (m.Groups[1].Value == "あり");
+			}
 		}
 
 		public string PriceAUD() {

MainWindow.cs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 	class MainWindow : Window {
 
 		private string location;
+		// private Queue<string> statuses;
 
 		private ListStore items;
 		private Settings settings;
@@ -116,6 +117,25 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			this.statusLabel.Text = status ?? "Buypeeb";
 		}
 
+		private (TreePath path, TreeIter iter) GetRow(string id) {
+			// TODO: surely there's a better way to do this
+			TreeIter iter;
+			this.itemTreeView.Model.GetIterFirst(out iter);
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < this.itemTreeView.Model.IterNChildren(); i++) {
+				var x = (Listing)this.itemTreeView.Model.GetValue(iter, 0);
+				if (x.id == id) {
+					return (this.itemTreeView.Model.GetPath(iter), iter);
+				}
+				else {
+					this.itemTreeView.Model.IterNext(ref iter);
+				}
+			}
+
+			Console.WriteLine($"Couldn't find {id}!");
+			return (null, iter);
+		}
+
 		private void SaveSettings() {
 			string j = JsonSerializer.Serialize(this.settings);
 			string p = System.IO.Path.Combine(this.location, "userdata.json");
@@ -135,33 +155,32 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 			// set item.ready to false to show that it's still being updated
 			// this changes a few behaviours, such as displaying the price as "..." instead of whatever's currently stored
 			item.ready = false;
-			// TODO: actually download the data
+
-			Thread.Sleep(3000);
+			Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate {
-			string html = "Heeenlo";
+				// TODO: find a way to not have to do this. i think we need to avoid actually modifying the items outside of the main thread :/
-			item.name = html;
+				var pathAndIter = this.GetRow(id);
+				this.items.EmitRowChanged(pathAndIter.path, pathAndIter.iter);
+			});
+
+			using (WebClient client = new WebClient()) {
+				// TODO: download should have timeout
+				item.Update(client.DownloadString(item.url));
+				// item.Update(File.ReadAllText("yahoo.html"));
+			}
+
+			Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate {
+				var pathAndIter = this.GetRow(id);
+				this.items.EmitRowChanged(pathAndIter.path, pathAndIter.iter);
+			});
+
 			item.ready = true;
 			Console.WriteLine($"{id} updated.");
-			Gtk.Application.Invoke(delegate {
-				// TODO: surely there's a better way to do this
-				TreeIter iter;
-				this.itemTreeView.Model.GetIterFirst(out iter);
-
-				for (int i = 0; i < this.itemTreeView.Model.IterNChildren(); i++) {
-					var x = (Listing)this.itemTreeView.Model.GetValue(iter, 0);
-					if (x.id == id) {
-						this.items.EmitRowChanged(this.itemTreeView.Model.GetPath(iter), iter);
-						break;
-					}
-					else {
-						this.itemTreeView.Model.IterNext(ref iter);
-					}
-				}
-			});
 		}
 
 		private void UpdateItem(string id) {
 			// don't start a new task if there are more than [tasklimit] tasks currently running
 			// this makes sure we don't make 1000 simultaneous requests to yahoo auctions if there are 1000 items on the watchlist
+			this.settings.watchlist[id].ready = false;
 			tasklimit.Wait();
 			var t = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => {
 				this.UpdateThread(id);
@@ -238,7 +257,6 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		}
 
 		private void ButtonSaveClicked(object sender, EventArgs a) {
-			Console.WriteLine("ButtonSaveClicked");
 			this.SaveSettings();
 		}
 
@@ -281,17 +299,17 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 
 		private void RenderColumnPriceYen(Gtk.TreeViewColumn column, Gtk.CellRenderer cell, Gtk.ITreeModel model, Gtk.TreeIter iter) {
 			Listing item = (Listing)model.GetValue(iter, 0);
-			(cell as Gtk.CellRendererText).Text = item.PriceJPY();
+			(cell as Gtk.CellRendererText).Text = item.ready ? item.PriceJPY() : "...";
 		}
 
 		private void RenderColumnPriceAUD(Gtk.TreeViewColumn column, Gtk.CellRenderer cell, Gtk.ITreeModel model, Gtk.TreeIter iter) {
 			Listing item = (Listing)model.GetValue(iter, 0);
-			(cell as Gtk.CellRendererText).Text = item.PriceAUD();
+			(cell as Gtk.CellRendererText).Text = item.ready ? item.PriceAUD() : "...";
 		}
 
 		private void RenderColumnEnding(Gtk.TreeViewColumn column, Gtk.CellRenderer cell, Gtk.ITreeModel model, Gtk.TreeIter iter) {
 			Listing item = (Listing)model.GetValue(iter, 0);
-			(cell as Gtk.CellRendererText).Text = "whatever";
+			(cell as Gtk.CellRendererText).Text = item.ready ? "whatever" : "...";
 		}
 
 	}

Settings.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Buypeeb {
 		public void Watch(string url, string name) {
 			string id = BuypeebApp.IDFromURL(url);
 			Console.WriteLine(id);
-			this.watchlist[id] = new Listing(url, id, name);
+			this.watchlist[id] = new Listing(id, name);
 
 			foreach (KeyValuePair<string, Listing> entry in this.watchlist) {
 				Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1}", entry.Value.name, entry.Value.price);