User talk:Vabold

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Metadata on ct.wiimm.de

Hi, I noticed your request at Talk:Wiimm's Custom Archive. I already wrote code that parses some metadata from the Archive, although it is in C and not in Python (and it is very much not optimal). You can find it in the source code for Cealgair's CT Downloader. I hope this will save you some time. -- Cealgair (talk|contribs) 15:42, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip. I've had a look at polish_info() - reading directly from the HTML source this way is something I actively want to avoid, because:

1) I don't want to request the entire webpage for one table, as it's wasteful on the server's part.

2) Handling information this way will likely get very messy very quickly.

3) Performance will be much better by simply parsing a valid JSON file.

Vabold (talk) 04:50, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, I agree that it's not great for the reasons you explained, but I don't think there's a much better alternative at the moment. Wiimm has many other requests to deal with (plus his personal life), so who knows if or when yours would be fulfilled. Therefore, I think my messy solution is worth implementing. If you find a better solution that can work immediately, let me know. -- Cealgair (talk|contribs) 09:58, 8 April 2022 (UTC)