Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-11-02 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
Budgie wrote: > If any of the team here knows whether the Favourites page can provide what > I want please let me know. I have no idea... but I do remember reading a lot of complaints when the last big website revision happened, and the BBC didn't migrate all the info people had stored in their

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-11-02 Thread Budgie
On 02/11/14 06:42, Rob Dixon wrote: On 01/11/2014 16:32, Budgie wrote: Hi Rob, Because I never use iPlayer I am not sure what functionality the BBC offer but I have found the GiP PVR function invaluable for grabbing radio programmes which I wish to hear but which are not necessarily on at speci

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-11-02 Thread Ian Sharp
er.bbc.co.uk/content/how-long-does-approval-process-take-nitro-app > > -Original Message- > From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf > Of Rob Dixon > Sent: 31 October 2014 16:52 > To: Stuart Henderson > Cc: get_iplayer > Subject: Re: So

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-11-01 Thread Rob Dixon
On 01/11/2014 16:32, Budgie wrote: Hi Rob, Because I never use iPlayer I am not sure what functionality the BBC offer but I have found the GiP PVR function invaluable for grabbing radio programmes which I wish to hear but which are not necessarily on at specific times. I do not have time to pou

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-11-01 Thread Budgie
On 31/10/14 23:59, Rob Dixon wrote: On 31/10/2014 23:24, Budgie wrote: On 31/10/14 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but capable of exporting the information for use in

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 31/10/2014 23:55, David Lake (dlake) wrote: Check the banner at the top of the page. "Beta The BBC Developer site is currently open for registration to BBC Employees. Account requests from other users are not currently being activated. Please check back soon for more info." Then check

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 01/11/2014 00:03, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: On all three of: https://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitro https://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitropubliclicence https://developer.bbc.co.uk/content/nitro-quickstart I get a banner across the top of the page that says: "The BBC Developer site is

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread J K.Eason
> There is a simple application form, which I filled in today, to get > a licence for accessing the Nitro API, and there's no implication > that there's a BBC-staff-only restriction. I'll keep people updated > about what I hear back. The banner at the top of https://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitro sa

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
Rob Dixon wrote: > There is a simple application form, which I filled in today, to get a > licence for accessing the Nitro API, and there's no implication that > there's a BBC-staff-only restriction. I'll keep people updated about what > I hear back. On all three of: https://developer.bbc.co.uk

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 31/10/2014 23:55, David Lake (dlake) wrote: Check the banner at the top of the page. "Beta The BBC Developer site is currently open for registration to BBC Employees. Account requests from other users are not currently being activated. Please check back soon for more info." Then check

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 31/10/2014 23:24, Budgie wrote: On 31/10/14 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but capable of exporting the information for use in get_iplayer. This could even reconst

RE: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread David Lake (dlake)
um: https://developer.bbc.co.uk/content/how-long-does-approval-process-take-nitro-app -Original Message- From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-boun...@lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Rob Dixon Sent: 31 October 2014 16:52 To: Stuart Henderson Cc: get_iplayer Subject: Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 31/10/2014 23:18, David Woodhouse wrote: Whether or not this could export something that would be useful to get_iplayer, it would be useful in itself. I've certainly used get_iplayer a few times to look for programmes of interest because the search facilities areslightly better than the B

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 31/10/2014 23:12, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but capable of exporting the information for use in get_iplayer. This could e

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
On 31/10/2014 23:42, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: Ian Macdonald wrote: I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer the API... The problem isn't the API, so far as I understand it. The problem

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
The Nitro API is freely available to anyone who applies for a licence. There would be no reverse engineering involved. On 31/10/2014 21:38, Ian Macdonald wrote: I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse enginee

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer
Ian Macdonald wrote: >I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems >best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer >the API... The problem isn't the API, so far as I understand it. The problem is that any request has to include a 'key'. That's a numbe

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Budgie
On 31/10/14 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: I apologise if this covers old ground. I have read most, but not all of the mail that has arisen from this situation. Three solutions to this situastion come to mind. From least to most attractive: - Scrape the BBC web site directly for the information that u

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread David Woodhouse
On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 23:12 +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: > > - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide > > a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but > > capable of exporting the information for use in

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote: > - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to provide > a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC schedule, but > capable of exporting the information for use in get_iplayer. This could > even reconstruct the old XML RSS feeds, b

Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Ian Macdonald
I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer the API, though it is legal to reverse engineer in Europe, you may have a problem if you apply for a license and use that as a basis to engineer a solution, as it

Solutions to loss of RSS feed

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Dixon
I apologise if this covers old ground. I have read most, but not all of the mail that has arisen from this situation. Three solutions to this situastion come to mind. From least to most attractive: - Scrape the BBC web site directly for the information that used to come from the RSS feeds. Apart