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I've updated this recently:

elliot — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:18:40 -0500

I've updated this recently: see this blog entry instead.

It's a script which you run from the command line, which presents itself as a web site. Behind the scenes, using the web site makes calls to the iPlayer site in the background. The other alternative is to run it as a scheduled task (Windows) or cron job (Linux), where the script will perform your searches and email the results.

It's not really intended for non-technical users, so if you're not a command line user, you may find it tricky to get started with.

The iPlayer

Andy from PC to TV senders — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:46:28 -0500

I'm not too clued up with scripting. So, is this an external script that you run when the search page is open, or does the script somehow tap into the iplayer search page?

Andy

Don't I know I need those

elliot — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:21:51 -0500

Don't I know I need those modules.

I turned off the Last.fm module, just because it made my site crash if Last.fm timed out, unless I hacked in some changes to the Drupal HTTP client code. Which I didn't fancy maintaining. Glad to hear you've done some work on a new module for it. Good luck with it!

Last.fm and Tabbo module

muszek — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:33:07 -0500

Hi,

I've just finished a Last.fm and Tabbo module for Drupal 6... I don't know how much yours exactly works (don't have a working D5 installation around and your demo is either turned off or malfunctioning), but it seems to be similar (one difference is that mine also supports Tabbo.

P.S. You need some sort of anti-spam measures. Captcha + reCAPTCHA modules have been working fine for me (one site got literally thousands of spam comments. I deleted them all and installed those two modules - not even one bastard got through).

UK Proxy

Jimmy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:33:39 -0600

someone got a list of uk proxies available?

Ah, sorry Fred. Though if

elliot — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:52:16 -0600

Ah, sorry Fred. Though if you could get a UK proxy you might be able to pretend you're over here...

only in UK

fred — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:27:35 -0600

if you are not in UK, it won't work...
bbc only let you download if you're in UK.
what a bullshit....

Hello Arp. Are you using PHP

elliot — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:41:34 -0500

Hello Arp. Are you using PHP 4? I developed on PHP 5 and haven't tested on PHP 4 as I never use it. I get the feeling it might be due to that. In PHP 4, you can't chain together method invocations on objects, as this module does on the line where the error occurs. If you can, try running it under PHP 5 and see whether the problem goes away. I need to do some work to make it PHP 4 compatible, as I believe Drupal 5 still supports that PHP version.

Problem with multisite?

Arp laszlo — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:34:41 -0500

Hey there,

Very cool module - thanks for taking the time to work on it. I've only tried it on a multisite install so far and am getting an error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in .../sites/default/modules/lastfm/lastfm.module on line 176

I realize this is a very early release, so it's not that big a deal, but should I be getting this error? I tried moving it to sites/domain.com/modules and got the same error. I have not tried it in a single Drupal install yet. Thanks!

Sponsorship and/or Development Help

Jeff Robbins — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:27:28 -0500

Hi Elliot. We've got a client that is interested in doing Last.fm/Drupal integration on their site. They would probably sponsor a bunch of fixes/features for this module. So if you're looking for help/money for developing the modules (and perhaps not having it crash your site!), please contact me and I can give you more details.

Hi Jeff. I think that's a

elliot — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:08:21 -0500

Hi Jeff. I think that's a good idea, and I'd definitely be willing to do it. Only thing is I've got quite a bit on at the moment, so may not get round to it for a week or so. Any tips on the best place to start when thinking about contributing to Drupal?

The caching idea is also a great one. Looks like I could easily use that instead of my hokey caching to the filesystem. Thanks for the reference and the clear article.

Submitting to drupal.org?

Jeff Eaton — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:45:37 -0500

Have you considered putting this into CVS on drupal.org? It's a module that quite a few others have mentioned a need for, and I'm pretty sure some other folks would be able to pitch in with patches for things like multi-user support. It could take advantage of drupal's built in caching system pretty easily, too... (http://www.lullabot.com/articles/a_beginners_guide_to_caching_data)...

You're welcome, Artur.

elliot — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:40:58 -0500

You're welcome, Artur.

Thanks

Artur — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:04:43 -0500

Thanks a lot.

I imagine this is possible,

elliot — Mon, 14 May 2007 14:42:22 -0500

I imagine this is possible, but it's not something I need or have attempted yet. If you have patches, I'd be happy to incorporate them.