[spiff]

well, you can just goggle for the xml-escape chars, it is general xml.

[spiff]

hi guys,

i'm sorry that i have to do this to all of you, but it was necessary as the current state was just embarrassing

please mind http://trac.xbmc.org/changeset/21882

i opted to not keep the old loading code as this would never die. one clean, painful cut

[UsagiYojimbo]

for the record when i use scrap using scrap.exe the url returns 'Blah+blah+blah' when i use xbmc the log reports that its scrapng for 'Blah%20blah%20blah'

Well, both of the URI's mean the same, as both the %20, and the plus sign are evaluated to a space character...

"Now something totally different..."

Is there a chapter 3 planned, about scraping tv-shows (tv series in particular)?
As all documentation deals with scraping movies, but I did not found any tv-show related info.

[Nicezia]

Well, both of the URI's mean the same, as both the %20, and the plus sign are evaluated to a space character... ?

No some sites don't interpret + and %20 as meaning the same thing....as i found out when dealing with some scrapers i was writing a + will mean to some sites that this exact word MUST exist as written... while %20 (space) allows for fuzzy search

[UsagiYojimbo]

No some sites don't interpret + and %20 as meaning the same thing....as i found out when dealing with some scrapers i was writing a + will mean to some sites that this exact word MUST exist as written... while %20 (space) allows for fuzzy search

Well, see for yourself:HTML URL Encoding @ W3Schools
On the other hand, some scripts do not handle it properly... However, the URL/URI is correct.

BTW, what you mention, the plus sign haveing extra meaning: it is possible, if that plus sign is encoded as %2B. If that happens, that means that there is some multiple encoding to your URL/URI... Try removing them, until only one remains. (Well in case of a scraper, you could remove the encode attribute.)

[Nicezia]

Well, see for yourself:HTML URL Encoding @ W3Schools
On the other hand, some scripts do not handle it properly... However, the URL/URI is correct.

BTW, what you mention, the plus sign haveing extra meaning: it is possible, if that plus sign is encoded as %2B. If that happens, that means that there is some multiple encoding to your URL/URI... Try removing them, until only one remains. (Well in case of a scraper, you could remove the encode attribute.)

um... sure if it was a simple matter of encoding yes they would mean the same, but what we're dealing with is the site's search routine and not simply the encoding.... apparently the site for which i am working with interprets a + as MUST exist and not as a space... its server side interpretation, not W3 consortium standard encoding that is the matter... I understand what you're saing but the interpretation of symbols is sometimes different in a website's search routine

[trondmm]

No some sites don't interpret + and %20 as meaning the same thing

That's because they don't mean the same thing everywhere.

%20 means space in the HTTP standard, while + means space in the CGI standard. So, as part of a key=value pair, after the ? in the URL, both %20 and + means space. But, before the ? only %20 will mean space.

[UsagiYojimbo]

%20 means space in the HTTP standard, while + means space in the CGI standard. So, as part of a key=value pair, after the ? in the URL, both %20 and + means space. But, before the ? only %20 will mean space.

That is true, but it does not apply here, as the problem occurs in a search query, thus after the ? mark...

[UsagiYojimbo]

um... sure if it was a simple matter of encoding yes they would mean the same, but what we're dealing with is the site's search routine and not simply the encoding.... apparently the site for which i am working with interprets a + as MUST exist and not as a space... its server side interpretation, not W3 consortium standard encoding that is the matter... I understand what you're saing but the interpretation of symbols is sometimes different in a website's search routine

Well it must be encoding, otherwise the search engine of that site would not come across your + sign, just a space character...

[Yukon150]

Not sure if Im in the right forum

I have a website that I can watch live tv (makolive). Anybody know how I can watch them on my ATV2.

Thanks -

[LastCoder]

Hi,

did something change with Eden ? I read in different threads something about unresolved dependencies ?!?!

is there a short way, means without having installed whole XBMC, to test scrapers on linux like it's described for windows (using scrap.exe and so) ?

Greetz

LastCoder

[freak1]

Can somebody please create the site scraper for this website?
http://www.sakitvs.com/indiantv.htm

Thanks

[akuiraz]

Is there a replacement for scrap.exe as it seems to be retired? anything to make editing and testing the scraper along the way would be extremely helpful... i'm on windows. thanks in advance.

[Spongeroberto]

Hello


I'm trying to create my own scraper but I'm stuck at the part where I put the scraper in XBMC. Putting it in the "C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\system\scrapers\video" folder doesn't make it appear in XBMC. Even if I just copy the 'dummy.xml' from the guide and put it in that folder, it doesn't show up, so it isn't an issue with my own little scraper.

Any ideas here?

[DiMag]

The likn to your tool to test scrapers, reported on page 1, is dead. As it is perhaps the most useful tool to any would-be scraper developer, can you update it/provide an alternative?