Bug #3498 for Geo-Weather: Geo::Weather producing incorrect URLs

Wed Aug 27 01:44:12 2003 Guest - Ticket created

Subject:

Geo::Weather producing incorrect URLs

Geo::Weather is attempting to scrape content from URLs of the form: http://www.w3.weather.com/weather/local/seattle,wa This returns a 404 making scraping difficult.

Wed Aug 27 13:00:07 2003 mike [...] metrobeam.com - Correspondence added

[guest - Wed Aug 27 01:44:12 2003]: Show quoted text

> Geo::Weather is attempting to scrape content from URLs of the form: > http://www.w3.weather.com/weather/local/seattle,wa > > This returns a 404 making scraping difficult.

Fixed in 1.41 ftp://ftp.innercite.com/pub/perl

Wed Aug 27 13:00:08 2003 mike [...] metrobeam.com - Status changed from 'new' to 'resolved'

Wed Aug 27 20:37:44 2003 Guest - Correspondence added

For a random sampling of major US cities: * Boston, MA - worked * Providence, RI - worked * Santa Cruz, CA - worked (not so major) But: * New York, NY * Seattle, WA * San Francisco, CA All failed with an error message similar to: Attempting to connect to weather.com... 402: Geo::Weather: Attempting to GET current weather at http://www.weather.com/search/search?where=los+angeles,ca Current Conditions for , : Condition: Condition Image: Temp: F Temp: -18 C Wind: Heat Index: F Visability: Not Available Barometer: [MMACHADO - Wed Aug 27 13:00:07 2003]: Show quoted text

> [guest - Wed Aug 27 01:44:12 2003]: >

> > Geo::Weather is attempting to scrape content from URLs of the form: > > http://www.w3.weather.com/weather/local/seattle,wa > > > > This returns a 404 making scraping difficult.

> > > Fixed in 1.41 > > ftp://ftp.innercite.com/pub/perl

Wed Aug 27 20:37:45 2003 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'