Solutions to loss of RSS feed

[Rob Dixon]

On 31/10/2014 23:42, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote:
> Ian Macdonald <ianmac51 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have always just used the command line, but the last option seems
>> best, it depends on how much effort is required to reverse engineer
>> the API...
>
> The problem isn't the API, so far as I understand it. The problem is that
> any request has to include a 'key'.  That's a number which the BBC will use
> to associate such a request with the registered user/app that is making the
> request.
>
> Not only is it impossible for anyone outwith the BBC to get a registration
> (and hence a key) at the moment, the comments made by someone at the BBC
> which were posted in another thread suggest that they'd not grant a key to
> an app like get_iplayer.

There is a simple application form, which I filled in today, to get a 
licence for accessing the Nitro API, and there's no implication that 
there's a BBC-staff-only restriction. I'll keep people updated about 
what I hear back.

Rob



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