Trying to Improve an INI

to try to answer...

1.if the json data has..

"uri":"http://abc.com/blah.jpg?quality=60"

this is wrong for regex.. index_temp_1.scrub {regex|"uri":"||","|","}

i assume u meant separator string method..

index_temp_1.scrub {single|"uri":"||","|","}

2. u dont need to use regex again if u only want everything before the ?quality=60,it can be done on the same line as the scrub.

index_temp_1.scrub {single(separator="?" include=first)|"uri":"||","|","}

3. once a show is created during the showsplit it cannot be removed,yes u can remove the title and it will not appear in you xml file but your webgrab log file will have a message saying "skipped a show without a title at xxxxx".if for some reason u want to omit a show it has to be removed during the showsplit stage.

4. yes u can have multiple icons,it may or may not be a simple thing to do depending on how the data is formatted.
to give a simple example i will use the data u have above..

say u had multiple "uri":"xxxx","..

"uri":"http://abc.com/blah1.jpg?quality=60","uri":"http://abc.com/blah2.jpg?quality=60","uri":"http://abc.com/blah3.jpg?quality=60","

all u have todo is change it from a single element scrub to a multi..

index_showicon.scrub {multi(separator="?" include=first)|"uri":"||","|","}

the only difference in using..

index_showicon.scrub {single
and
index_showicon.scrub {multi

is for single webgrab only keeps the first element,where multi it keeps them all.

for other scenarios it would be more complicated.

index_showicon.scrub {single|"Image":"||","|","}
index_showicon.modify {set(not "")|'index_showicon'[what you want to add here]\|'index_showicon'[what you want to add here]\|'index_showicon'[what you want to add here]}

just keep adding \|'index_showicon'[what you want to add here] to the end as many time as u want.

webgrab uses a | as a separator internally for multi value elements but when we add to a single value element(to make it multi) we must escape the | so its \|

if u want the original image url un touched then dont add anything to the first element.

post processing doesnt work that way.

the only thing that can be done is adding the imdb url with a subdetails page and there would be mupltiple of these needed.
it wouldnt be recommended as it would slow down the grabbing to a snails pace.

the site already has everything plus more available than you would get using the post processor.
if ur not getting everything you need to fix ur ini.

ex channel 4 for today.

premiere element has been broken since wg version 2.1 and still hasnt been fixed.
so even if ur scrub did work nothing is written to ur guide.xml

if you read the manual on this element u will see its value is boolean(only valid value is true or false).

when u add the argument (not "") or not "xxx" xx being null or any other value u want to use.it means the operation is only performed if the element being used is not empty(has no value) or if its not the value u specify in "xxx".
(not "") means the same thing as the argument (null).

dont get this confused with the argument (notnull),from the manual..

4.6.2.2 Post-Conditional arguments
These conditions will only be evaluated if the pre-conditions are true (or left out).
Values : either anycase, null or notnull
 anycase (default) : the operation will be performed regardless any of the conditions described below.
 null
: the operation will only be performed if the element is empty

notnull
(in the case of addstart and addend commands)
: the operation will only be performed if the element is not empty in the case of addstart and addend
commands
: the operation will not be performed if the element will become empty during/through the operation
in the case of replace and remove commands

to give a practical example of what notnull is usefull for.
say the index_title has the year at the end( a 4 digit number).

index_title.modify {remove(notnull type=regex)|"\s*\d{4}"}

so say u had these 2 title

My Movie 2019
and
2012

My Movie 2019 ===> My Movie
2012 ==> 2012

so for the second one the 4 digit number is not removed because this would cause the title to be empty,notnull tells wegrab to not perform the operation if this will happen.

subtitle.scrub {single(notnull)|"subtitle":||}|}}
subtitle.scrub {single(not "")|"subtitle":||}|}}

notnull means dont scrub the value if the element(subtitle) will be empty after the scrub
this is called a post conditional argument(it happens after the operation(scrub in this case)) is performed.

not "" means only scrub the value if the element(subtitle) is not(currently) empty
this is a pre conditional argument(it happens before the scrub(in this case)) is performed.

both arguments make no sense in this case.

index_starrating.scrub {regex(not "null")||"FilmStarRating":(.*?),"||}

here u saying dont scrub the starrating if its value is "null"
again,this is a pre conditional argument(it happens before the scrub(in this case)) is performed.

so u cannot say dont scrub the starrating if its value is "null" because you dont know yet what it will be until after the scrub happens.

what would make sense is..

index_starrating.scrub {regex||"FilmStarRating":(.*?),"||}
index_starrating.modify {clear("null")}

so after u scrub the value u check if its "null" and if so delete it as its not a real starrating value.