swayzak wrote: > When you say BBC indicate this API "will die 1 May 2018", will there > likely be a usable replacement or will this functionality just disappear > ? I don't know - we are the mercy of BBC whims. In early 2015, they said the replacement Nitro API would be available to public in Sept 2015 - and the Nitro web site still basically says this but AFAICT BBC may be moving away from Nitro.
This is the BBC notice on the feeds as EXtra 2.0 now uses JSON and other undocumented unofficial feeds > > From April 18, 2017, the BBC is no longer able to offer XML, RDF and > iCalendar (.ics) views of programme metadata from this location. > > Work is underway in some areas of the BBC with a view to providing a > durable successor to the decommissioned data views, and when the shape > of this work is known, suitable communications will be put in place to > direct the wider technology community towards that successor. > > Until that time, it is possible to offer JSON views of many metadata > aggregations from 'http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes', but these views > cannot, unfortunately, include those of TV channel and radio station > schedules, or A-Z or genre and format listings for a channel or > station. > > The remaining JSON feeds will remain in operation until May 1, 2018. > > To expend new development effort on maintaining the decommissioned views > would significantly threaten the future existence of the BBC's > responsive web offering for programme websites. This includes the > responsive web views of schedules for all of the BBCÂ’s broadcast > services (listed at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes#services), which > continue to be available. > > Additionally - and this won't concern all users of data views, but may > need some clarity - we would like to point out that no provision of > metadata feeds from the BBC constitutes an implicit or explicit licence > to download rights-controlled digital media content for indefinite > retention by the downloader. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107477
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