Numeric Only Search

[Peter S Kirk]

On 20 May 2015 at 20:46, Derek Kaye wrote:

> Good evening all,
> Having a bit of trouble setting up a pvr search where the term is numeric only.
> 
> I'm looking to download the BBC four programme '1864', but the best
> search I can come up with is the following:
> 
> $ get_iplayer --fields title --channel 'BBC Four' --category Drama
> get_iplayer v2.92, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>   This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>   This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>   conditions; use --conditions for details.
> 
> Matches:
> 2: 1864 - Episode 1, BBC Four, Drama,Historical,War & Disaster, default
> 3: 1864 - Episode 2, BBC Four, Drama,Historical,War & Disaster, default
> 
> INFO: 2 Matching Programmes
> 
> As soon as I add in the search term '1864', gip thinks that I'm
> wanting to use that as the programme index, and not the search term:
> 
> $ get_iplayer --fields title --channel 'BBC Four' --category Drama '1864'
> get_iplayer v2.92, Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Phil Lewis
>   This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use --warranty.
>   This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
>   conditions; use --conditions for details.
> 
> WARNING: Unmatched programme index '1864' specified - ignoring
> 
> INFO: 0 Matching Programmes
> 
> Any suggestions please?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04lcwhr/1864-episode-1
PID b04lcwhr

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04ld4nf/1864-episode-2
PID b04ld4nf