Re: BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread Mark Carroll
On 01 Dec 2017, Mike Ralphson wrote: > As we got shown the door at the forum, I hope it's not too off-topic > to post this here. Thank you for sharing. I was planning to get around to doing a bit of get-iplayer-related scripting and this would be easy to work into it. It's always hard to know

BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread Mike Ralphson
As we got shown the door at the forum, I hope it's not too off-topic to post this here. To clarify, this data is not mine or generated by me, it comes straight from the BBC's replacement for the data sources they shut down back in April/May. It *could* be used by get_iplayer to reinstate the

Re: BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread SquarePenguin
On Fri, 2017-12-01 at 11:24 +0100, Mike Ralphson wrote: > As we got shown the door at the forum, I hope it's not too off-topic to post > this here. Yes sorry about that. That thread did draw Dinky's ire. Normally off-topic stuff is just moved to the 'Any other business' sub-forum[0] in the

Re: BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread RS
From: Mike Ralphson Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 10:24 AM As we got shown the door at the forum, I hope it's not too off-topic to post this here. To clarify, this data is not mine or generated by me, it comes straight from the BBC's replacement for the data sources they shut down back in

Re: BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread RS
From: Mike Ralphson Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 10:24 AM As we got shown the door at the forum, I hope it's not too off-topic to post this here. To clarify, this data is not mine or generated by me, it comes straight from the BBC's replacement for the data sources they shut down back in

Re: BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread Owen Smith
Yes well, Dinky's attitude over the last couple of years has gradually driven me away from get_iplayer. There used to be support and encouragement for users with more technical knowledge and that had an interest in improving features. Now that all seems to be frowned on despite it still being

RE: BBC Clifton API JSON data (attn: Martin Powell)

2017-12-01 Thread George Eycott
Hmm, I do get the impression that DP has adopted a "my way or the highway" approach, but to be fair, he does this without getting paid and while trying to keep under the radar from Aunty. There is no way I could maintain the code and no-one else seems to be offering an alternative since the demise