[ opendb-Bugs-1727988 ] Amazon.de site plugin issues

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Bugs item #1727988, was opened at 2007-05-30 02:27
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Category: None
Group: 1.0.1
Status: Open
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: L.A. Walker (l_a_walker)
Assigned to: Peter Bittner (bittner)
Summary: Amazon.de site plugin issues

Initial Comment:
Hello!
 
I added a DVD via a amazon.de search at:
http://opendb.iamvegan.net/demo1.0/login.php 
Its named ",Alien Die Saga (4 DVDs) - BUG EXAMPLE"
 
As you could see only found datas are image, plot and actors.
No genre, year, lenght, languages, subtitles.
Incorrect aspect ratio.
 
Would really be great if this bug would be fixed
and its not only the german amazon...
 
Regards,
L.A. Walker


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Comment By: John (sir_john)
Date: 2008-07-22 13:43

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Hi Peter,

It's only now that I stumbled across this thread. Sorry, with my
so-called-fixes of this class I didn't mean to interfere with any of your
work :-/ I'll happily wait for the pro to jump on in. :-D

John

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Comment By: John (sir_john)
Date: 2008-07-22 13:02

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Hi Peter,

It's only now that I stumbled across this thread. Sorry, with my
so-called-fixes of this class I didn't mean to interfere with any of your
work :-/ I'll happily wait for the pro to jump on in. :-D

John

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Comment By: Peter Bittner (bittner)
Date: 2008-04-19 02:15

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I know, excuses ain't any good. But I did not forget. I need to get this
done for myself, and I will do it. I plan to upgrade to the latest version
of OpenDb soon, and then have results for the Amazon plugin in May (middle
or end). This time hopefully for real!

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2008-04-16 23:17

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Peter - anything further on this?

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Comment By: Sascha Platte (spl83)
Date: 2008-02-14 09:58

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Hi!

The error is not only in DE Version. Amazon.com has the same issues!
I use latest Opendb 1.06 verison.
If i add an DVD with amazon.de or amazon.com the subtitles, languages,
gnere and the amorph settings will be assumed.
Aspect ratio is assumed, but it is incorrect.

@Jasonpell
I love OpenDB its a really great project!
Hope you can fix this issue.

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2008-01-25 15:17

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I was just wondering - because i am looking to release new version - and
wanted to know if amazon.de would be fixed before I release.  If I get a
chance I will try and fix basic issues myself.

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Comment By: Peter Bittner (bittner)
Date: 2008-01-20 03:29

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Sorry for being lazy. (I'm always too busy with work and family!)

I will seriously try to work on this issue in February. Be patient unless
you want to volunteer!

Sorry guys,
Peter

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2008-01-20 01:16

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anything further on fixes for this?

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-06-10 08:14

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The search results bug with Mathematik has been fixed in 1.0.1, however
since the plugin is not completely fixed by any means - this bug will
remain open.

I have changed the title to specify the German plugin is the main issue

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-06-10 05:24

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thats cool - just make sure you use latest plugin from

http://opendb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/opendb/opendb/branches/BRANCH_1_0/site/amazonde.class.php

Do not use the trunk!

Cheers
Jason

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Comment By: Peter Bittner (bittner)
Date: 2007-06-10 03:34

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Hi Jason,

okay, I volunteer this job! I need this code working. But a fair warning
to the public:

A) I might focus primarily on books (unless someone gives me examples for
DVD, etc. to work on)

B) I will be on holiday for 2 weeks by the end of next week   B-)



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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-06-10 02:35

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there is a bug in the amazonde.class.php, which occurs when more than 999
results are returned - as is the case with Mathematik, you can download a
patched version which fixes this issue here:
 
http://opendb.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/opendb/opendb/branches/BRANCH_1_0/site/amazonde.class.php

Copy the file into site/ directory in your opendb installation.

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-06-10 01:07

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What Item Type are you using?  The amazon.de is only being maintained for
DVD at the moment.  The plugin desperately needs a maintainer.

The php code for the amazon.de plugin is all in the code in
site/amazonde.class.php

There is some mapping configuration in the database to match the values
from the plugin to opendb specific values.  You can find the mappings in
the System Admin Site Plugins Attribute Map / Lookup Attribute Map
sections.  This is quite powerful, because lets say amazon.de returns a
Subtitle of Deutch - but an english site wants to map that to a language of
GERMAN.  Its a simple matter of putting a entry into the Lookup Attribute
Map (in fact there is already one there)

Check out the wiki page which does provide some information too...

http://opendb.iamvegan.net/wiki/index.php?title=Site_Plugins

I do apologise for the state of the amazon.de site plugin, but its really
difficult to maintain a piece of code for a site you cannot even read.

The original maintainer seems to have slipped of the radar - but if you
are interested in taking on this job, I will be more than happy to assist
you however I can to get up to speed.

Thanks
Jason

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Comment By: Peter Bittner (bittner)
Date: 2007-06-09 23:41

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Hi!

I use the Amazon.de site plugin and the search results are not as good as
they were in version 0.81 or so.

If you use a very generic term, for example, one would expect to get a lot
of results. But actually, there are no results then in many cases! (Try
searching for "Mathematik" - that is mathematics in German)

And: There is not data filled in except title and author. It work in the
old version though! That's really sad.

Do you have any how-to guide to help me find the bug? (How does a plugin
work?) Is it in the PHP-code or in the database?

Peter

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Comment By: L.A. Walker (l_a_walker)
Date: 2007-05-30 06:00

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Hi, Jason!

Cool, the year, runtime and extras seems to be working.
If i can help you please let me know...

Thanks.



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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-05-30 04:28

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updated demo site with updated site plugin - as I said it does not fix
aspect ratio / language / subtitles / genre but its a start.

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-05-30 04:19

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I meant to say its difficult to parse out of amazon.de

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-05-30 04:19

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Year, Runtime, dvd extras are easily fixed.  However for your example, I
cannot even find the aspect ratio or language / subtitle details.  The
genre is quite difficult to parse out of amazon.com.
File Added: amazonde.class.php

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Comment By: Jason Pell (jasonpell)
Date: 2007-05-30 02:58

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Please, If there are bugs with other site plugins provide examples
details, etc.  I have no idea what problems there might be with the other
amazon plugins, the amazon.co.uk and amazon.fr got quite a lot of attention
during 1.0 dev, amazon.de was a bit harder as there was no german developer
to help.

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