2005-08-02, 08:19
i came across your xmbc script and thought it would be a good entry point for me to try to script something worthwhile..
in any event, i wanted to make a video browser for big-boys.com (a site like ebaumsworld with crazy videos)..
you can find my current progress here:
http://www.dzgraphics.com/dzg20/code/plu...ys_beta.py
in any event, i got it working to some degree. as of right now the script just pulls the first 10 pages. this works out fine for now since the site updates putting the newest videos on the first page.
i wanted to make the script work sort of like the ebaum script in that it would go through all the html pages in a loop until it reached a 404 error. the problem that i am having is that the loop done in the ebaum script looks for a 404 response, but the big-boys.com site does a redirect..
the ebaum script does the following:
while (data.find('404 - not found') == -1):
but again, i dont know what kind of response to expect since the page simply redirects to the homepage if the page doesnt exist.
in any event, i am trying to make this script worthwhile, and it is at least working as of right now.. if someone could give me some pointers i would much appreciate it. i had also tried just making the script loop through pages 1 through 150, but that would cause the flexibrowser to lockup when i ran main flexibrowser script for some reason..
any feedback, tips or help would be appreciated.. a script for big-boys.com would rule
p.s. is there a better editor to use for python scripts than just textpad/editplus/notepad? plain text is a pain to work with, especially when you are spoiled by working with vs.net
in any event, i wanted to make a video browser for big-boys.com (a site like ebaumsworld with crazy videos)..
you can find my current progress here:
http://www.dzgraphics.com/dzg20/code/plu...ys_beta.py
in any event, i got it working to some degree. as of right now the script just pulls the first 10 pages. this works out fine for now since the site updates putting the newest videos on the first page.
i wanted to make the script work sort of like the ebaum script in that it would go through all the html pages in a loop until it reached a 404 error. the problem that i am having is that the loop done in the ebaum script looks for a 404 response, but the big-boys.com site does a redirect..
the ebaum script does the following:
while (data.find('404 - not found') == -1):
but again, i dont know what kind of response to expect since the page simply redirects to the homepage if the page doesnt exist.
in any event, i am trying to make this script worthwhile, and it is at least working as of right now.. if someone could give me some pointers i would much appreciate it. i had also tried just making the script loop through pages 1 through 150, but that would cause the flexibrowser to lockup when i ran main flexibrowser script for some reason..
any feedback, tips or help would be appreciated.. a script for big-boys.com would rule
p.s. is there a better editor to use for python scripts than just textpad/editplus/notepad? plain text is a pain to work with, especially when you are spoiled by working with vs.net
