JSON BBC schedule data

[Mike Crowe]

On 16.03.2025 16.10, Mike Crowe wrote:
>> As of 14th March 2025, it looks like the Nitro schedules are no longer
>> being updated. I just keep getting the schedule for 13th/14th. This can be
>> seen by visiting
>> https://ess.api.bbci.co.uk/schedules?serviceId=bbc_radio_four_extra .
>> 
>> My searching hasn't revealed another source of these schedules. Does anyone
>> know where to find JSON schedules or another way to turn service ids and
>> times into pids for use by get_iplayer?

On Sunday 16 March 2025 at 16:20:54 +0000, Peter Scott wrote:
> I wrote this years ago and announced it on this list:
> 
>      https://github.com/cmsps/getPids
> 
> There is another tool at github called chkNew but I have just this minute
> found the beeb have changed their html and stopped it working perfectly.

It appears that parsing the HTML is the only option now then. :(

Your script works for me. I just need to hack it enough to produce
output that my other scripts can consume.

Thanks!

Mike.