GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 725031
bliptv: Search return recent items' RSS instead of results
Last modified: 2015-08-28 20:01:12 UTC
In totem, searching for "nostalgia critic" returns irrelevant results. In blip.tv, http://blip.tv/search?q=Nostalgia+Critic shows what I was looking for. Maybe a bug, or maybe blip limits this content to only be viewed via the website due to ads. I'm not sure.
GrlBlipTv-Message: op url: http://blip.tv/posts?search=nostalgia critic&skin=rss&page=%u Great work on the escaping there... In any case, the search seems to be completely broken, it just returns the RSS feed of the most recent items (check the dates on the entries). I've managed to find this: http://blip.tv/search/get_episode_results?q=nostalgia+critic&page=1&page_length=50&no_wrap=1&skin=json from: https://github.com/HenrikDK/bliptv-xbmc-plugin/blob/master/plugin/BlipTVScraper.py#L37 The plugin basically needs rewriting to use json (passing RSS as the skin fails). That might be a job for a Lua plugin again ;)
So as I was implementing a lua plugin for this I was testing some API calls in my web browser, and noticed they block access to vidoes from stuff that are not "the blip player". How does the current plugin handle that? Is it okay with the blip.tv terms of use?
Scratch that, seems that they only block stuff with browser user agents. I'm still unsure about the terms of use, I can't find anything about them in the blip.tv website...
*** Bug 728527 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #2) > So as I was implementing a lua plugin for this I was testing some API calls in > my web browser, and noticed they block access to vidoes from stuff that are not > "the blip player". See grl-metrolyrics.lua about overriding the user-agent. Do you have your source available somewhere?
well, Blip.tv is *dead* as of August 20th, 2015...
(In reply to Luis Henrique Mello from comment #6) > well, Blip.tv is *dead* as of August 20th, 2015... Thanks for informing us
Created attachment 310077 [details] [review] bliptv: Remove source As stated in the blip.tv/shutdown/message.html "Dear Blip User, Blip was closed on Thursday, August 20, 2015. As you may know, Blip was acquired by Maker Studios in September 2013 and the acquisition has allowed for additional, more expansive direct-to-consumer tools and products for content creators across the network. If you are a creator and you have a YouTube channel, we encourage you to apply to the Maker Gen network to take advantage of Maker’s tools and services. Signup can be found here: https://max.makerstudios.com/. If you are a viewer, we encourage you to check out the great content from Maker talent at our new flagship site: http://maker.tv/ We thank you for being a great partner to Blip! Blip Support" This source does not work anymore.
Review of attachment 310077 [details] [review]: There's still left-over mentions of blip in the help files. Looks good otherwise.
*** Bug 705920 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Removed the mentions in the help files and squased in the patch. Attachment 310077 [details] pushed as 3298de7 - bliptv: Remove source