Spiders not working??

by **fizzasist** on Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:52 am

I got tired of not getting the cover art so i downloaded the new spiders and they seemd to fix THAT problem but sort of created another: Now I don't seem to get any other info about the movie...no plot, rating, actors, etc....doesn't seem to matter which spider I use....the covers work pretty well but nothing else.....am I doing something wrong?? I used to get pretty much everything BUT the covers.......now it is the opposite.

by **wesblack** on Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:38 am

Steven,

Is there a problem with the spiders, I have not had a chance to check myself.
Any assistance to the forum would be helpfull.

Wes

by **dgemily** on Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:59 am

I have also some problems building an updating some spiders using the last exe... but I didn't pass enough time on it to see if the problem come from the exe or from me

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my regex seem to be ok, but I didn't verify them...

did you try with some spiders from this thread : http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3640
or check last tswhite70 updates ....

by **tswhite70** on Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:57 pm

I put out a DVD spider update for IMDB.com just a few days ago, see here: http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=37650#37650

Zip includes:
IMDB.com
IMDB.com Direct (for those movies that go directly to the info page)
Amazon.com
Buy.com
Impawards.com (coveronly)

I also put out some updated music spiders for Amazon.com and Buy.com a long time ago: http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35747#35747

Let me know if somethings not working, best to post in the Tips&Tricks\Spiders thread... http://www.xlobby.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3640

Maybe we need a Sticky in Support or Bugs instead of Tips&Tricks???

Dgemily - I haven't had any problems since Steven fixed the %variable% bug that were not my OWN fault

But it would be great if Steven could add a "Spider Update/Compile" command to Xlobby (either all spiders or single spider specified) - I HATE having to stop and restart Xlobby every time I make a spider change especially when doing spider development. Oh yeah, and regex replace functionality - PLEASE!!!!

Weird, just noticed my currently playing signature - Image is of Seal which is what I was playing yesterday, text is of John Lee Hooker which I was playing on like Sunday.

good luck,
tsw