New Posts For Thread: since RP upgrade, no meetingID for racecoursehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourseIf you pull data from RP (and if you don't there's probably no point in you reading any further...) prior to the last upgrade they used to have a meetingID field in the source which held the code for the racecourse, eg: meetingId=""202"" would be TIPMy scraper looks for crs_id= and I've not had a problem.I build the form from my own database rather than the horse id url, no point scraping what you've already scraped before... so maybe that's why I haven't had a problem.But I just checked the paghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourse?post_id=503393961#503393961My scraper looks for crs_id= and I've not had a problem.I build the form from my own database rather than the horse id url, no point scraping what you've already scraped before... so maybe that's why I haven't had a problem.But I just checked the pagSun, 24 Jul 2011 08:37:55 -0500and now it turns out that scorecards.sendSpecificDesc("ruk_video", "180, 2011-07-22 isn't even included on all UK races, check out:http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=535306Not a course code for Epsom (17) to be found in the sourchttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourse?post_id=503368477#503368477and now it turns out that scorecards.sendSpecificDesc("ruk_video", "180, 2011-07-22 isn't even included on all UK races, check out:http://www.racingpost.com/horses/result_home.sd?race_id=535306Not a course code for Epsom (17) to be found in the sourcSat, 23 Jul 2011 22:37:44 -0500Apologies. Just as I gave up it finished and as yet I don't notice a difference. I can't find any reference to a MeetingID in my code.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourse?post_id=503293521#503293521Apologies. Just as I gave up it finished and as yet I don't notice a difference. I can't find any reference to a MeetingID in my code.Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:29:22 -0500My scraping programme seems to have went into an infinite loophttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourse?post_id=503291941#503291941My scraping programme seems to have went into an infinite loopSat, 23 Jul 2011 06:08:11 -0500Yes having same problem and a few others trying to extract form details using the horse ID URLMost of the source code has been changed slightly which is always a sign of a new programming team coming on board. The last 'update' a few months back washttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourse?post_id=503287781#503287781Yes having same problem and a few others trying to extract form details using the horse ID URLMost of the source code has been changed slightly which is always a sign of a new programming team coming on board. The last 'update' a few months back wasSat, 23 Jul 2011 05:01:59 -0500If you pull data from RP (and if you don't there's probably no point in you reading any further...) prior to the last upgrade they used to have a meetingID field in the source which held the code for the racecourse, eg: meetingId=""202"" would be TIPhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28053465/since-rp-upgrade-no-meetingid-for-racecourse?post_id=503262341#503262341If you pull data from RP (and if you don't there's probably no point in you reading any further...) prior to the last upgrade they used to have a meetingID field in the source which held the code for the racecourse, eg: meetingId=""202"" would be TIPFri, 22 Jul 2011 18:59:47 -0500