[mythtvnz] CTV (CanterburyTV) EPG scraper anyone?

[Steven Ellis]

Robin Gilks wrote:
>>> Looks like the list is only updated on a Monday morning - that means for
>>> example that right now, Sat and Sun are out of date (i.e. not days 6 & 7
>>> from now). Does this mean some scraping magic is required to ensure we
>>> don't go back in time thinking we have next weeks data? I certainly
>>> found
>>> that on Saturday I was trying to check from the program duration whether
>>> the Last Night of the Proms was a repeat on Monday or another part - but
>>> Monday was still a week behind, not a week ahead.
>>>       
>> Ok the EPG data should be good until 6am Saturday.. can you check this.
>>
>>     
>>> Perhaps a prod at them if they only update once a week!!
>>>       
>> I'll see what I can do
>>
>>     
>>> If the Word document is more up-to-date then perhaps catdoc (or
>>> antiword)
>>> will help get the data out in a format that can be xml-ified.
>>>       
>> Thanks for the tips. I'll see what they can do.
>>
>> And thanks for the testing.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>     
>
> Hi Steve
>
> Is the CTV data being updated or is it still at a test stage? I'm still
> getting last weeks data at present...
>
> Cheers
>
>   
Whoops... Didn't add it to cron :)

I'll try and sort it out tomorrow.

Steve

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