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Newday Crosswords no longer working #55

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GoogleCodeExporter opened this issue Apr 3, 2015 · 1 comment
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Newday Crosswords no longer working #55

GoogleCodeExporter opened this issue Apr 3, 2015 · 1 comment

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Click the "Download Puzzles" button
2. Select "Newday"
3. Click "Download" button

Expected result: puzzles is downloaded
Actual result: nothing happens

Version: 3.2.10 Android

Notes:
It appears that this puzzle was last available on May 5th 2013 but is no longer 
available from the webserver at picayune.uclick.com.

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/crnet/data/crnet130504-data.xml

I hesitate to request that this be removed from the list of downloadable 
puzzles. If possible we should find out whether the URL needs to be modified or 
if it is available from another webserver.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by berts4...@gmail.com on 3 Oct 2013 at 12:21

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FWIW, Newsday was working for me up to Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014.

Now, it looks like the puzzles have moved, the URL is now i.e. (spoiler alert): 
http://www.brainsonly.com/servlets-newsday-crossword/newsdaycrossword?date=14020
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The bigger issue is the format has changed, and I'm not familiar enough with 
the code (or "standard" crossword formats) to tell if shortyz already has a 
class that will parse it (I didn't see anything obvious at first glance).  I do 
some more poking around but if anyone recognizes the format please let me know.

Original comment by todd.d...@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2014 at 4:34

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