Behind the scenes, the initial part of a schedule URL path is matched against /:service/programmes/schedules/:outlet
The :service parameter is the usual BBC top-level directory name, eg "radio1", "bbctwo", "6music". The :outlet parameter is only required if the service in question has different schedules depending on how or where you receive it, eg Radio 4 FM vs Radio 4 LW, and BBC Two England vs BBC Two Scotland. If you omit the :outlet parameter and it turns out to be needed, the HTML views will give you a list of outlets to choose from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/schedules http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules However, as you've noticed the XML and JSON views don't handle this properly, they just render a 500 error. It's on the list of things to fix! Of the currently available services, only BBC One, BBC Two, and Radio 4 require an outlet. For BBC One and BBC Two, the "london" and "england" outlets respectively are the only ones guaranteed to have full schedules at the moment; the others occasionally have gaps or missing days, but work is underway to address that. The "fm" and "lw" Radio 4 outlets should both be fine. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Iain Emsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ta. Intriguingly the other URL works for radios 1,2,3 and 6music. > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, 20 May, 2008 10:25:43 AM > Subject: Re: [backstage-developer] Accessing > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z from PHP > > it is > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm/2008/05/20 > > or > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/lw/2008/05/20 > > 2008/5/20 Iain Emsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Using this URL >> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/2008/04/28.xml), I've got >> (same with the .json instead of .xml): >> >> Unable to find template schedules/show_outlets at Controllers/Schedules.pm >> line 326 >> >> Iain >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Paul Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, 19 May, 2008 8:54:57 PM >> Subject: Re: [backstage-developer] Accessing >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z from PHP >> >> We updated the /programmes site today and there are some new views >> that might be of use... >> >> See all programmes on a service with broadcasts +/- 7 days from now at >> /:service/programmes/a-z >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/a-z >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/programmes/a-z >> >> Add /all to remove the 7 day restriction, or /player to show just the >> programmes with episodes available in iPlayer: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/programmes/a-z/all >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/programmes/a-z/player >> >> Search within a service by adding "/by/:search" after "/a-z": >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/a-z/by/e >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/programmes/a-z/by/doctor >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/a-z/by/food/all >> >> Or search within all radio, all tv (soon), or all BBC services: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/a-z/by/chris/player >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/programmes/a-z/by/east (soon) >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z/by/skating/all >> >> With one known and soon to be fixed exception, all the /programmes >> pages should be valid XML (and XHTML!), and hopefully easy to process >> with XPath etc. >> >> Not new, but you can fetch schedule data through the /programmes site. >> Today's schedules: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/programmes/schedules >> >> Or a schedule for a particular date: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules/2008/04/28 >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/england/2008/05/22 >> >> (Unfortunately, BBC One and BBC Two data outside the London and >> England regions can be patchy; we're working on improving that.) >> >> Add .xml to the end of a schedule URL to get an XML representation, or >> .json for JSON. The format of the .xml and .json representations >> isn't fixed yet, but we're interested in any feedback from people >> using them. >> >> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Brian Butterworth >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I wrote some code a while ago that goes though the BBC programme >> > catalogue >> > at >> > >> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z >> > >> > and creates a database table that I used to work out what the correct >> > iPlayer picture code to use for each, matching them up against the >> > programme >> > schedules from >> > >> > >> > http://www0.rdthdo.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/api/query.pl?method=bbc.schedule.getProgrammes&channel_id=$strChannel&start=$strDTS&end=$strDTE&limit=100&detail=schedule >> > >> > For some reason I can access http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z from a >> > browser, but doing a >> > file_get_contents("http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a-z";) from PHP just >> > locks >> > up. >> > >> > Is this intentional? >> > >> > I'm just having another go at making a 'what's on now' iGoogle theme for >> > BBC >> > channels... >> > >> > Brian Butterworth >> > >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. 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