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thanks shall check it out
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Feature suggestion.
To aid in preforming a full db update from scratch without needing any additional human input I propose the detection of a .txt file or something that can hard link a folder to a particular series.
For example a series like K instead of just relying on the title of the folder the scrapper can look for a file called anidb.txt and read the first line for a9043
The scrapper would then know that the data in this folder is for a9043 making scrapping 100% successful at finding the correct series.
Is there any way to implement such a feature where as we would have the "adi" declared from our file system directly as to ensure that the scrapper always gets it right 100% of the time?
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Cool, I will try that method in the future
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Actually that reminds me of something along those lines that could be an interesting feature to add. AniDB gives you the ability to export your personal list in rather exhaustive detail. Furthermore it's customizable and that customization can be added to site for use by everyone. The idea here is to let the scraper use that first before going to anidb. It would speed things up slightly and ease the load off the site.
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As I understand it, XBMC will use the scraper set for that folder to check the tvshow.nfo for a URL first, and only if that doesn't find anything does it check using the other installed scrapers (and if one of them gets a hit, it will use that scraper).
The actual URL you need to use is entirely dependent on the regular expression(s) in the NfoUrl function inside the scraper (and for anidb.net that regex is just aid=(\d+) ).
In terms of knowing when you're unbanned...
¯\(°_o)/¯
I got banned from the website not long ago, and basically just sat on my hands for 24 hours. I could still access the api, though, so they must have separate banning systems.
The only tactic would be to just dip your toe when you think you might be unbanned, and if you are still banned, sit tight for the full 24 (starting from when you dipped your toe).
It's pretty bad that they don't at least have some form of "Am I banned?" page you can check without increasing your ban (unless you hammer it).