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anyone interested in making a python script to pull sports scores?
SupaDawg
2004-04-07, 01:53
great idea. i like this. very cool idea. and it wouldnt be too hard, considering a lot of sites use scripts to post scores.
there aren't many python coders around so you are unlikely to get someone to do it for you, but if you can give me a specific site to grab from i'll have a crack at it.
well you can use many...
http://www.espn.com
http://sports.yahoo.com
i would love to have nhl, mlb, and nfl....
does reading a rss file help?
check out
http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/sports
well there is now a rss viewer in xbmc so it is kind of useless
well there is now a rss viewer in xbmc so it is kind of useless
i think a rss viewer script would still be useful. the built-in rss viewer only takes one feed and you have to wait for the scrolling to read the entire feed. it would be nice to allow multiple feeds and make it selectable.
SupaDawg
2004-04-13, 23:39
its not as easy as one would seem. i've played with this idea a bit, but to no avail.
its not as easy as one would seem. i've played with this idea a bit, but to no avail.
i am in the process of learn python, so i might take a stab at it. it looks like i will need a module to pull the rss file from the web, then another module to parse the xml, and then code to display. what issues did you run into?
man, that's all i want in xbmc now. a sports section. whether it be my sports or a good rss feed, i don't care. a lot of the feeds i've tried don't work worth a crap.
thebeast
2004-04-23, 02:39
i'm sure many people i know would love this.
SupaDawg
2004-04-23, 05:11
the rss sports feed suck. i've been digging all day... nothin.
as far as grabbing sports news, it aint gunna happen. all i want is a scrolling sports ticker rss feed