For ApacheCon, we have CSV/Excel/whatever exports available from the conference system, couldn't you just use those? We could put them somewhere...on the interwebs.
With regards, Daniel. On 09/29/2016 02:06 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > On 09/29/2016 08:05 AM, Sergio Fernández wrote: >> Scrapping, Christ? >> >> You would't start from scratch, Hanneli (CCed) already >> implemented Sched.org scrapping when organizing TAC slots in Vancouver. > > > Yeah ... and it really sucks to have to do that, and once sites discover > that they're being scraped, they tend to take countermeasures. :( > >> >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 09/29/2016 02:34 AM, Christofer Dutz wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> >>>> I think I started a discussion on this about a year ago, but things have >>> evolved, so here goes again :) >>>> >>>> >>>> A few people from the Java User Group Darmstadt initiated a project for >>> creating an offline-capable mobile conference planning App. As usually WIFI >>> on conferences sucked greatly. Last year we managed to get a prototype >>> running and have been working on this since then. The project is called >>> DukeCon and we're developing it in the open at GitHub ( >>> https://github.com/dukecon) >>>> >>>> >>>> Now our app has matured quite a bit and we are currently extending the >>> server by adding additional conference adapters. Being an Apache addict, I >>> thought it would be great to implement an adapter so I could add ApacheCon >>> to the list of supported conferences. I know that we usually have the >>> schedule hosted at Sched.org. >>>> >>>> >>>> They have a REST API, that can be used to query exactly the information >>> I'm looking for. In order to do that however I would need an API-KEY for >>> the conference. I guess you guys here will probably know what it is and >>> could eventually provide me with it. >>>> >>>> >>>> So I am asking: Is there any interest in me supporting ApacheCon in our >>> conference planner? If yes, what would I have to do in order to get the API >>> Key for both conferences? >>> >>> >>> I expect that the short answer is, no, we can't do that. >>> >>> The longer answer is that the sched account used by ApacheCon isn't >>> Apache's, it's the Linux Foundation's, and they use that same account to >>> manage all of their many events. As I understand it, Sched accounts are >>> insanely expensive. >>> >>> I wonder if you might be able to approach Sched directly for some kind >>> of non-profit API key, in exchange for linking back to their service, or >>> something. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen >>> http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon >>> >> >> >> > >
