BobSammers wrote: > What I'm wondering is if JSON will last until Nitro is the alternative, > assuming it ever is allowed out to the public. You said earlier that > Nitro didn't currently seem viable. Was that because of problems with > privately assigned keys in an open source application (or some other > specific issue your investigation turned up) or because you don't think > public access is on the horizon? > > You probably have a better idea of a) how long the JSON extension is > likely to last and b) whether the promises of public access to Nitro > will ever come to fruition, assuming that would help. If not, the > question is whether a few months (maybe longer?) of avoiding the > probable instability of playing catchup to iPlayer web page changes (if > that is the durable solution) would be worth it - but you've already > indicated you don't think that is the case. At this stage, 2 years after announcement, I don't think Nitro is going public. Even BBC talked about a modded Nitro for non BBC users. T&Cs will only work for single user or compiled into an app otherwise every user has to get their own key ! A quick looking at the way BBC apps work - there might be use of websockets which may be another more secure API.
Eventually it comes down to whether vendors wants to offer specialised products (e.g. internet radios) which makes uses program data for on demand. If not then there is no "demand" for a public API beyond the current vendor XML feed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72709 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list plugins@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
