Looks Like Sym Roe has made an HTML -> JSON API scraper: https://twitter.com/#!/symroe/status/111551414265839618
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Tom Steinberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for expressing an interest, and so quickly! > > The reason I suggested screen scraping was because I was really hoping > this might be something that could be done without knocking Louise off > the 300+ open tickets she has in her github to do list at the moment! > > However, if it can't really be done reasonably without an API then > don't worry, it was just a long shot. > > night, > > Tom > > On 7 September 2011 21:33, Ryan Cullen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Like Sam said if you could add something simple like returning json by >> appending .json to the end that would be great. >> Also looking at the source I can see Campaign IDs, do you either have an API >> for ID->slug or a different url format which accepts the ID >> eg http://www.fixmytransport.com/campaign.php?id=146 as then the ID could be >> used in the short url? >> Ryan Cullen >> >> http://blog.artesea.co.uk >> @artesea >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 19:54, Ryan Cullen <[email protected]> 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/tom%40tomsteinberg.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/richard%40memespring.co.uk > -- /* [email protected] memespring.co.uk ++44 7976730458 memespring (flickr/skype/etc) memspr (aim) Inbox load: http://courteous.ly/95fSJV */ _______________________________________________ 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
