On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 08:52:09AM +0000, Chris Allison wrote: >some good ideas there, but there is no need to scrape the web pages >when all the schedule info you could possibly need is available in >xml, json and yaml files at urls of this form: > >www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/programmes/schedules/fm/this_week.json >www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/programmes/schedules/2014/11/1.json >www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/programmes/schedules/last_week.json
Please check the headers you get back from any such request, though: X-Aps-Deprecation-Notice: APS is soon to be deprecated. It will first of all cease to be supported on a 24/7 basis, and will then cease responding entirely. Nitro is the BBC's new API for programme data, and can provide all the information previously provided by APS. Go here to read more: http://developer.bbc.co.uk/nitro It's nice to have for now, but I wouldn't go building any serious infrastructure on it. Roger _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
