Access to program guide data

[GKenny]

Been using Sage for awhile now, but haven't done much with customizations... I'm in the design stages of a T9 Predictive text input routine that will work with any remote. I was wondering how easy it is to access the program guide data from outside of Sage. (I'll be using VB or Powerbasic... haven't decided yet).

Thanks for the help,
Glen


Update:

What is T9 Predictive text input?

T9 Predictive text input is what cell phones use to type words on a 10 digit
keypad using the fewest possible keystrokes.

    1      2      3
          abc    def     43556 = hello
                               
    4      5      6      7243 = said, page, paid, rage, raid, or sage
   ghi    jkl    mno          (press fwd/back to cycle through alternates)

    7      8      9
  pqrs    tuv    wxy

           0          
          [_] 

The software uses a dictionary to lookup all possible words for the digits that
you have entered.  I think this will be a great alternative to Sage's onscreen
keyboard.

[mlbdude]

You basically can't get to the data. You kind of can with Java (check out Neilm's web guide closely and you will see how).

[GKenny]

too bad... guess I could use data from any guide service... just need data for actors names, program names, etc... I just didn't want to have to have the user set up another guide.

[GKenny]

mlbdude: where might I find Neilm's web guide?

Too bad I'm a forum noob and didn't put this in the right thread... think it would draw alot of attention if it were properly titled...

[nielm]

Start with the list of customisations, and get to the web guide homepage, but you are probably more interested in the source in CVS on sourceforge.

If you don't want to mess with java and undocumented APIs, and would prefer to write a web parser, The program names+subtitles can be downloaded directly from the Sage websever sage recordings webpages, but to get the actor names, you would need to go to the detailed info page for each program.