[plugin] NFLScores [September 18 Update]

[SSDNAdmin]

Author: geoffstewart

Short Description: Get real-time scores for NFL football!
Long Description: Get real-time scores for NFL football!
Version Number: 1.3
Status: Beta
Last Updated: August 28, 2007
Homepage: n/a
Installation Instructions: Typical BM plugin... download and double-click.
Release Notes:

Version 1.3:
- Fixed week number issue

Version 1.2:
- Fixed issue with Week number showing incorect value
- Fixed minor issue with standings not being cleared on each page display

Version 1.1:
- Fixed a problem on 1280x720 displays where the standings would cut off last team in West division.

Version 1.0:
- Initial version
- Get scores
- Get standings
- Get Recap/Preview only when the page is requested to speed up the feel of the application. Special thanks to cfaslave for helping out with the images for the plugin to help get this out faster. Thanks!

License: Free
Requirements: BM 1.0 and internet connection


Download NFLScores-1.3.bmplugin

[risk1994]

This is GREAT Goeff! I cant wait to try this tonight!

[geoffstewart]

Inserting a post here so I can provide quick fixes.

Sept 26:
- The week listed on the top is still wrong... funny... i'll look at it soon.

Sep 22:
- posted version 1.2 that fixes a couple of minor bugs.

Sep 20:
- posted source code for version 1.1.
- Found a bug: the Week notation at the top of the scores screen is broken... it shows "Week 2" but list games for Week 3.... have to revisit that logic... should have a 1.2 out before the weekend.

Sep 19:
- Found a small bug with the standings where it doesn't clear the value and just keeps appending text... not that big of a deal but it should be fixed in the next iteration. I will wait for more bugs to come in before providing a new version though.

[Grasshopper]

Brilliant!

[ClamsTheCat]

Awesome!

Go Chargers!

[risk1994]

Looks like its working great! Very cool plugin!

I would love to learn how to do this, I imagine your somehow scraping this data off of ESPM and displaying in a BM freindly format? Im sure there's lots of cool stuff you check the internet for and get to display.

[cfaslave]

Geoff,
I installed the plugin this evening. Works great! Thanks for your work on this.

Now if I could just get my KC Chiefs a little better in the standings....

Brent

[geoffstewart]

risk,

The data from ESPN is for mobile devices, so it's short and sweet without a lot of extra stuff that you get with regular web sites (javascript, stylesheets, etc.). It's pretty well structured XML, but I use brute force string searching instead of XML document maninpulation. On several occasions, I tried reworking my implementation to be nicer and use an XML strategy, but just gave up. Sometimes the ugly solutions are just way too easy to do

I'll post the source shortly so you can have a look. If you're a developper in any language, it'll be pretty straight forward to understand. If you're not a developper, have a look at the NFLScoreLoader.cs class as it provides all the data for the pages.

I'm glad it's working for you.

Cheers.

Geoff

[abh03233]

I see the post about a version 1.2 that will fix the week listings issue on top of the page. I'm new to all this. Once this newer plugin is available will i have to delete the previous plugin? Other than the week listings bug. This plugin is a fanatasy football dream come true!!!!

[geoffstewart]

abh03233,

To install a newer plugin, you have to shutdown Beyond Media and double click on the plugin. When you already have a version installed, it will prompt you to tell you what version you have and what version you're attempting to install. You can then confirm the install by clicking OK.

I submitted the fixes for v1.2 last night. It should be posted in the next couple of days. If it doesn't show up for the weekend, I'll post it in Post#3 of this thread.

cheers.

geoff

[Kilrsat]

Updated

[hip_hoster]

Would there be a quick XML edit I could do on this when
basketball season starts?....oh wait..I bet NBAScores is
already waiting in anticipation for tip off..

[cfaslave]

I have been using this plugin each weekend. Works great! Now if it could only make the KC Chiefs score get a little better (o.k. a lot better) it would be perfect. I wanted to say thanks again for great work on this plugin!

Brent

[jpirotte]

pls disregard if this was fixed in an update, just didnt see it in the post. it seems like the last two games of each week shows the same teams. also seems like the last one is replacing a different game. ie: no pats game on week 8?

[geoffstewart]

Oh ya? I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the heads up.

Games for NFL are always split on two pages, so I have to do two GETs, but most of the time, they put the last game from teh previous page at the top of the second page. That would explain why a game was shown twice, but would not explain why a game was missing.

I'll post back when I have an answer.

Geoff