Hi Mo, get_iplayer version 2.99 started behaving oddly on here too. I
have no solutions to offer but I think the get_iplayer people are aware
of this. I had a very quick look and there are few discussions going
about this on the emailing list and the forum. Will see.
Amro
On 15/03/2017 10:51 AM, Mobeen Iqbal wrote:
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.
