Hello Everyone.
This morning, I tried to download something using get iplayer and
discovered that program information was not being refreshed. On visiting
the page where the BBC usually store their program information, I
received the following message.
Maintenance mode
APS is now supported on a UK-office-hours basis only. In the event of
any outages, your attention is drawn to Clause 4 of the licence under
which this service was provided, at its inception in 2007:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcbackstage/2005/05/api-licence.shtml.
In May 2017, regrettably, this system will permanently cease producing
XML and rdf outputs. A JSON service will be kept in place for a period
following this but due to budgetary and strategic considerations beyond
the domain of the team which has been maintaining the system which
produces these feeds. Thus the long-term availability of programme
metadata, in any format, at this location, is no longer guaranteed.
Other options for meeting the generic requirements which the feeds have
met are under consideration, elsewhere in the BBC.
If you wish to contact the BBC on this specific matter, please address
any email to programmes-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Does this mean that we can no longer use XML feeds to download program
listings? If so, we will need to inform the get_iplayer developer.
cheers,
Mo.
