RE: Automatic TV listings: Was RE: http://zz9.dnsq.org

["Graham Kiff" <graham.kiff@xxxxxxx>]

I've done a bit of searching and found this:

    http://www.bleb.org/tv/

It's not as detailed as DigiGuide, but it's a start

 

Cheers

Graham

-----Original Message-----
From: Colin Bradford [mailto:colin@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 26 January 2002 11:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Automatic TV listings: Was RE: [ukha_d] http://zz9.dnsq.org

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Keith Doxey wrote:
> I was working on a similar idea last year and had just about perfected the
> script that would process the HTML grabbed from Ananova when the b*******
> redisigned the site and TOTALLY stuffed my script.
>
> I havent had time to play with the idea anymore but I remember at the time
> having concerns about the server logs picking up on "automated" hits to grab
> pages.
>
> If only there was a legitimate way to get this info.

I've been pondering this as well. I've got a version that screenscrapes
from Digiguide, but I'm also concerned about being spotted in the
logs...

> Your idea of an XML format could be one way to go, but wouldnt a simple CSV
> file in an agreed format take up much less bandwidth. It would also mean
> that people could import it directly into Access, SQL, MySQL, Excel etc
> without having to do any processing.
>
> Once they had it in a database they can search and retrieve the data anyway
> they like.

I'm wondering about approaching Digiguide, and asking if they'd add an
XML version of their database for subscribers. I much prefer XML over
CSV because if the format changes then you don't need to rewrite the
code that uploads it into the database - also, you don't have problems
with whether text strings are enclosed in quotes or not, text strings
including new lines etc.

I suspect that Digiguide would want to know how many people would
subscribe before they committed to doing anything. So, what are the
groups views on this?

Cheers,

Colin.




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