if you build it assuming that http://www.fixmytransport.com/campaigns/whatever-campaign-it-is.json exists with a dict containing all the relevant fields, I'm sure it will exist tomorrow :)
Sam On 7 Sep 2011, at 19:54, Ryan Cullen wrote: > Tom is there an API to get the campaign info from, instead of scraping? > Either way pretty easy to knock something up (just not sure I'm awake enough > to do it tonight before someone else does it) > > Ryan > On Sep 7, 2011 7:42 PM, "Tom Steinberg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> This is one of my occasional 'would anyone feel like hacking this as a >> volunteer?' appeals. Here goes... >> >> I'm spending a fair bit of time leaving comments on FixMyTransport >> problems, suggesting what people might do in order to get the things >> they want fixing, fixed. >> >> Quite often, the honest answer is that the best thing that they can >> probably do is print a page of A4 with an appeal, and stick it on/next >> to the bus stop where they wait for their problematic bus. >> >> What would be REALLY COOL is this - a web page where I could stick the >> URL of a campaign page, which it would then scrape in order to produce >> a PDF or easy-to-print HTML page containing: >> >> a) The appeal text printed really big, saying something like "Please >> support my attempt to persuade Arriva to run this bus on time" >> >> b) The more details text printed slightly smaller >> >> c) An easy to read short URL, printed quite big - along with some >> words which say "To sign up on your phone, open this URL" >> >> d) A QR code for the cool kids. >> >> If someone would hack this for me then me, Myf and the emerging new >> generation of volunteers could use it all the time make nice little >> printable pages for FMT users, which we'd post as links on their >> pages. >> >> Is there anyone in here who would be kind enough to give this a go? Or >> a pair of people who might work together? >> >> thanks! >> >> Tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> developers-public mailing list >> [email protected] >> > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> >> Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/ryancullen%40artesea.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/mysociety-devchat%40msmith.net -- I didn't do it. And besides, everybody else was doing it - and it shouldn't be forbidden anyway. _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
