[mythtv-users] tv_grab_au 2.3

Paul Andreassen paulx at andreassen.com.au
Wed Jun 28 11:01:11 UTC 2006


On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:00 pm, Max Barry wrote:
> Michael Immir wrote:
> > I might get time to look at this
>
> In case it helps, I've had a poke around to figure out what they're doing.
>
> First, you now need cookies to select any region but Sydney. The cookie
> looks like this (using Melbourne as an example):
>
>  Name: 9msnTVpref
>  Content: region”
>  Host: tvguide.ninemsn.com.au
>  Path: /
>
> Second, the 'day' field is now coded as a big long string instead of
> ddmmYYYY format. But the big long string is in the HTML source, so
> should be easy enough for the script to grab.
>
> You can then call an URL like:
> http://tvguide.ninemsn.com.au/todaytv/default.asp?day=(big long string)
>
> ... and, so long as you're either in Sydney or sending a region cookie,
> you get a handy 302 redirect the correct page.
>
> Max.

Something like this should work.

Paul
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