Recent changes to scraper_element

WikiPage scraper_element modified by kavulix

kavulix — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:29:21 -0000

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-Element name: scraper
+Element name: scraper
 
 The scraper element is supported by all items that display a springboard screen (audio, video, slideshow).  You can use the scraper element to fill in missing content on the springboard screen before it's displayed.  This is accomplished by specifying the url of a html page and then using regex with parentheses to match a specific portion of the html page.  That value is then extracted and added to either an attribute on the parent element or it is used to create a new sibling element.  In the example below the url is extracted from the src attribute of a video element on a html page.  It is then added to the parent element (i.e., the video item) as the url attribute.  In order to use scrapers you must set the enablescrapers attribute on the parent item.
 
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-Example:
+Example
 
     
        
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-Supported Attributes
+Supported Attributes
 
-Name: type
-Type: string
-Supported values:
+Name: type
+Type: string
+Supported values
 parent|sibling
 
-Name: ename
-Type: string
-Supported values:
+Name: ename
+Type: string
+Supported values
 the element name
-Notes:
+Notes
 If the type attribute is set to parent then the ename attribute will always be item.
 
-Name: aname
-Type: string
-Supported values:
+Name: aname
+Type: string
+Supported values
 the attribute name
 
-Name: url
-Type: string
-Supported values:
+Name: url
+Type: string
+Supported values
 any url pointing to a html or text document
 
-Name: regex
-Type: string
-Supported values:
+Name: regex
+Type: string
+Supported values
 a regular expression that includes parentheses
 
-Name: limit
-Type: integer
-Supported values:
+Name: limit
+Type: integer
+Supported values
 any integer
-Notes:
+Notes
 This attribute value will limit the number of matches returned by the regex. If you are scraping image urls to create a slideshow and you only want to display the first 5 image urls found then you would set this attribute to 5.
 
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-Supported Child Nodes
+Supported Child Nodes
 
 NONE

WikiPage scraper_element modified by kavulix

kavulix — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:55:05 -0000

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 Example:
 
     
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 Supported values:
 a regular expression that includes parentheses
 
+Name: limit
+Type: integer
+Supported values:
+any integer
+Notes:
+This attribute value will limit the number of matches returned by the regex. If you are scraping image urls to create a slideshow and you only want to display the first 5 image urls found then you would set this attribute to 5.
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 Supported Child Nodes

WikiPage scraper_element modified by kavulix

kavulix — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:16:17 -0000

Element name: scraper The scraper element is supported by all items that display a springboard screen (audio, video, slideshow). You can use the scraper element to fill in missing content on the springboard screen before it's displayed. This is accomplished by specifying the url of a html page and then using regex with parentheses to match a specific portion of the html page. That value is then extracted and added to either an attribute on the parent element or it is used to create a new sibling element. In the example below the url is extracted from the src attribute of a video element on a html page. It is then added to the parent element (i.e., the video item) as the url attribute. In order to use scrapers you must set the enablescrapers attribute on the parent item. *** Example: *** Supported Attributes Name: type Type: string Supported values: parent|sibling Name: ename Type: string Supported values: the element name Notes: If the type attribute is set to parent then the ename attribute will always be item. Name: aname Type: string Supported values: the attribute name Name: url Type: string Supported values: any url pointing to a html or text document Name: regex Type: string Supported values: a regular expression that includes parentheses *** Supported Child Nodes NONE