Prompt Title: Downloading And Storing Latest Chrome Drivers

To accomplish this task in C#, you'll need to perform a number of steps, including making HTTP requests, working with file and directory operations, and handling zip files. This is a non-trivial program, and error handling is key to ensuring that it works smoothly. Below is a comprehensive C# console application that attempts to meet the specified requirements:

Please note that for the HttpClient, it's a good practice to reuse the same instance for multiple requests, so we'll define it outside of the loop.

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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Compression;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    private static readonly HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();

    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        var url = "https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/latest-patch-versions-per-build-with-downloads.json";
        var baseDirectory = @"D:\chromedrivers\";

        try
        {
            var jsonResponse = await httpClient.GetStringAsync(url);
            var jsonObject = JObject.Parse(jsonResponse);
            var builds = (JObject)jsonObject["builds"];

            foreach (var build in builds.Properties())
            {
                string versionString = (string)build.Value["version"];
                int majorVersion = int.Parse(versionString.Split('.')[0]);
                string revision = (string)build.Value["revision"];
                var win32ChromeDriver = build.Value["downloads"]["chromedriver"]
                    .FirstOrDefault(x => (string)x["platform"] == "win32");

                if (win32ChromeDriver != null)
                {
                    string win32Url = (string)win32ChromeDriver["url"];
                    string directoryPath = $"{baseDirectory}chrome-{majorVersion.ToString("D3")}";

                    if (!Directory.Exists(directoryPath))
                    {
                        Directory.CreateDirectory(directoryPath);
                    }

                    string filePath = Path.Combine(directoryPath, "chromedriver.exe");
                    bool shouldDownload = true;

                    if (File.Exists(filePath))
                    {
                        var fileInfo = new FileInfo(filePath);
                        if (DateTime.UtcNow - fileInfo.LastWriteTimeUtc < TimeSpan.FromDays(14))
                        {
                            shouldDownload = false;
                        }
                    }

                    if (shouldDownload)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine($"Downloading chromedriver for Chrome {majorVersion}...");
                        await DownloadAndExtract(win32Url, filePath);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }

    private static async Task DownloadAndExtract(string downloadUrl, string outputFile)
    {
        using (var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(downloadUrl, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead))
        using (var streamToReadFrom = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync())
        using (var zip = new ZipArchive(streamToReadFrom))
        {
            var entry = zip.GetEntry("chromedriver-win32/chromedriver.exe");
            if (entry != null)
            {
                using (var streamToWriteTo = File.Open(outputFile, FileMode.Create))
                using (var entryStream = entry.Open())
                {
                    await entryStream.CopyToAsync(streamToWriteTo);
                }

                // Update the last write time to the entry's last write time if it's newer
                DateTime lastWriteTime = entry.LastWriteTime.DateTime;
                FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(outputFile);
                if (fileInfo.LastWriteTime < lastWriteTime)
                {
                    fileInfo.LastWriteTime = lastWriteTime;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"The zip file does not contain a 'chromedriver-win32/chromedriver.exe' entry.");
            }
        }
    }
}

Here’s what this script does:

1. It defines an HttpClient to use for the requests.
2. It defines the base directory path for the chromedriver files.
3. It fetches the JSON data from the provided URL.
4. It iterates through each build in the JSON object.
5. It checks if the directory for the major version already exists.
6. If the directory does not exist, it creates it.
7. It checks if the chromedriver.exe file already exists and its last write time.
8. If the file exists and is less than two weeks old, it skips the download.
9. If the file is not present or is older than two weeks, it downloads the zip file from the URL.
10. It extracts the chromedriver.exe file from the zip and places it in the target directory.
11. If the new file is newer than the existing one, it overwrites it.

Before running this script, make sure to:

• Have a project reference to Newtonsoft.Json.
• Have the appropriate permissions to write to the D:\chromedrivers\ directory.
• Have error handling in place (as in the catch block).

The httpClient.GetAsync with HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead allows you to start processing the response as soon as the headers have been read, which is useful for large files or streams.

Also, remember to dispose of the HttpClient properly in a real-world application, ideally by registering it for dependency injection and letting the container handle its lifecycle.