Solutions to loss of RSS feed

[Ian Sharp]

Interesting...  The BBC respondent states:  "Public access is limited", which, if intended, is stepping down a little from the idea of 'BBC only'.

Ian.


> On 31 Oct 2014, at 23:55, David Lake (dlake) <dlake at cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> Check the banner at the top of the page.....
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> "Beta The BBC Developer site is currently open for registration to BBC Employees. Account requests from other users are not currently being activated. Please check back soon for more info."
> 
> Then check this post in the forum:
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> https://developer.bbc.co.uk/content/how-long-does-approval-process-take-nitro-app
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: get_iplayer [mailto:get_iplayer-bounces at lists.infradead.org] On Behalf Of Rob Dixon
> Sent: 31 October 2014 16:52
> To: Stuart Henderson
> Cc: get_iplayer
> Subject: Re: Solutions to loss of RSS feed
> 
>> On 31/10/2014 23:12, Stuart Henderson wrote:
>>> On 2014/10/31 21:21, Rob Dixon wrote:
>>> - Write a new application that uses the Nitro API, ostensibly to 
>>> provide a different and more flexible way of viewing the BBC 
>>> schedule, but capable of exporting the information for use in 
>>> get_iplayer. This could even reconstruct the old XML RSS feeds, but I 
>>> don't see a reason to add such an awkward intermediate format.
>>> 
>>> This last option seems to me to be the most likely to succeed. I have 
>>> applied for a licence for my own use and I shall be experimenting 
>>> with what is possible. After some experimentation I will be glad to 
>>> add an export along the lines I have described, to be specified by 
>>> those responsible for get_iplayer.
>> 
>> Whether or not this could export something that would be useful to 
>> get_iplayer, it would be useful in itself. I've certainly used 
>> get_iplayer a few times to look for programmes of interest because the 
>> search facilities are....slightly better than the BBC's website ;)... 
>> and then gone to watch them using a BBC-Approved Method.
> 
> Precisely, and I assume I would have no problem getting a licence to write something of that sort. The fact that it may export something that could be useful for get_iplayer is incidental.
> 
> Rob
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