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GuideParser

Transforms TV guide data published on the web into a common (XML) format.

Update (25 feb 2003): Veronica parser partially fixed; EuroTV also seems to have some problems currently..

Update (feb 2003): Veronica.nl changed again; this time a quite radical change, moving the detailed descriptions to separate pages. Don't know yet when i'll fix the parser (if ever)..

Update (april 30, 2002): veronica broken. Veronica.nl have changed the format of their site; fixes are available but i'm postponing making a package of it until wepg.sf.net is in a usable state. Desperate people can mail me meanwhile ;-)

Update (dec 25, 2001): httpclient patch for httpclient (0.3-3) made available:

• HTTPConnection.java (file replacement)
• HTTPConnection.diff (diff)
• HTTPClient.jar (patched)
• Mirror of HTTPClient.tar.gz (unpatched)

Update (july 19, 2001): veronica page fetcher fixed; a patch to httpclient (0.3-1) is needed. The patch is included in fs-0.12 (make sure it's before httpclient on the classpath), and also downloadable here:

• HTTPConnection.java
• HTTPConnection.class

Currently it supports these publishers:

Multiguide	EuroTV

Example

A converted entry might look like this:

<theme id="dramafilm">
  <broadcast>
    <title>A few good men</title>
    <raw-title>A few good men</raw-title>
    <start-time time="2000/05/24 18:30 GMT+00:00" />
    <end-time time="2000/05/24 20:30 GMT+00:00" />
    <meta>
      <actor>Tom Cruise</actor>
      <actor>Jack Nicholson</actor>
      <actor>Demi Moore</actor>
      <actor>Kevin Bacon</actor>
      <actor>Kiefer Sutherland</actor>
      <released date="1992" />
      <director>Rob Reiner</director>
      <info>Amerikaanse dramafilm De succesvolle
        Navy-advocaat Daniel Kaffee wordt aangesteld (etc..)
        ...
        liever in de doofpot wil stoppen</info>
      <raw-info>Amerikaanse dramafilm De
        succesvolle Navy-advocaat Daniel Kaffee wordt (etc..)
        ...
        liever in de doofpot wil stoppen. Tom Cruise, Jack
        Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland
        e.a. Premiere: 1992. Regiseur: Rob Reiner</raw-info>
    </meta>
  </broadcast>
</theme>

Install

dependencies:

• HTTPClient
• The HTML parser and other stuff from the fs package
• A JDK, preferably 1.2, but 1.1+swing might work too.

There shouldn't be much more to it than unpacking the tarball and setting up a suitable classpath. See the included example batch files.

Setup

For each supported publisher there's a configuration file that tells which channels should be fetched. Typically you don't want to retrieve all channels. The config file is in XML format, and while it's quite easy to modify it by hand, there's also a GUI for that:

File selection works via drag&drop (onto the title bar) so there's no "Browse.." option.