Hello!

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Owen Stephens <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hope this is the right place to ask.
> I'm playing around with the Programmes XML serialisation to get information
> episodes available on the iPlayer - I'm using the syntax:
> /programmes/:groupPID/episodes/player.xml
> as specified at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/developers
> This works fine where I'm getting details for a series - so:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs7c9/episodes/player.xml works fine
> Is there any syntax for getting similar information for a programme that
> isn't part of a series - e.g.:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rq3y2
> The information available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rq3y2.rdf
> doesn't contain any information about iPlayer availability, nor does it
> point towards a groupID (as far as I can see? - not sure what qualifies as a
> groupID?).

It does contain the hierarchy relations (links to containing series
and/or brand). However, in that case, the episode is orphaned, so the
only "group" that is available is the masterbrand.

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rq3y2/episodes/player.xml
> doesn't work.
> How can I find out iPlayer information about this programme?

The availability data is not available within the /programmes feeds
atm. I'll ping you when I have more news wrt that, which should
hopefully be very soon!

Cheers,
y

> Thanks,

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