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    Scraping no longer working due to old api

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    • quicksilverQ
      quicksilver @TPR
      last edited by

      Since there seem to be a lot of people interested in this feature I would suggest waiting to see what mitu is able to come up with. He stated he is working on a fix to have the internal scraper switched to a different website. If that fix doesn't come then those that want it should probably consider putting together a bounty to get it fixed. This is a good way for those of us with no coding skills to motivate those who have the skills.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @quicksilver
        last edited by mitu

        @quicksilver For now, I don't think a bounty is needed. A couple of patches have been posted on the ES RetroPie repository to enable scraping again - one of them is mine -, they're just waiting for review and merge. I avoided adding an update on the forum so that the github page wouldn't be paged with unnecessary 'please fix/me too' messages.

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        • quicksilverQ
          quicksilver @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu That is awesome! Thanks for your hard work on this and all your troubleshooting support as well!

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            retrogamer0897 @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu Thanks for the update! The hard work is definitely appreciated. The internal scraper is far from useless, as some has said, and definitely has its place on the RetroPie system.

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              MetalManTN
              last edited by

              I would also like to join the list of those who would like to see the internal scraper updated to use the new api for thegamesdb. I do not want to sound ungrateful to all the other efforts going on, and I do hope those efforts continue and are successful. However, I would personally prefer to continue being able to scrape from thegamesdb and not some other site. Thanks for everything!

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                skhull2
                last edited by

                After spending 4-6 hours trying everything, I found this. Thanks a TON for working on a fix for Scraping. Can't wait for the update to be available.

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators @skhull2
                  last edited by

                  @skhull2 if you install emulationstation-dev you can test it now. From experimental section.

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • zefolhadelaZ
                    zefolhadela
                    last edited by

                    i which i know more to fix it man. skyscrapper method is good but not so good as the built in one, lets say you had 10 games i prefere just scrape them individualy in the built in one cause it is more practical and if you make sure you have the right info for the right rom. unfortunaly recently i had a bunch of sega cd, pc engine cd, amiga and msdos games and not get lucky to scrape them. i get comitted to scrape them manually

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                      skhull2 @BuZz
                      last edited by

                      @BuZz AWESOME!!! Got Screenscaper going right now! AWESOME job Buzz, AWESOME!!!!

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @skhull2
                        last edited by BuZz

                        @skhull2 Glad it's working. I did very little btw. @mitu did the work. :-)

                        (Edit) accidentally tagged muldjord first time as I got confused with skyscraper. Which @mitu integrated into retropie-setup also (an excellent scraper written by @muldjord)

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • ByteThisB
                          ByteThis @BuZz
                          last edited by ByteThis

                          @BuZz Thanks for deciding on a different internal scraper source. Skyscraper is great but misses a few titles and this one fills the blanks. And also @mitu for your hard work ! Works fantastic ! Is this the beta or final version ?

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators @ByteThis
                            last edited by

                            @ByteThis there's another patch coming to put gamesdb back in also. Not from me - just to clarify I'm not the one doing the work in this case. I will push out a new stable Emulation Station soon. Thanks!

                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            • ByteThisB
                              ByteThis @BuZz
                              last edited by

                              @BuZz Is all good ! So are we going to acquire ScreenScraper as well as TheGamesDB for internal scrapers ? Teamwork man. You guys are great.

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators @ByteThis
                                last edited by

                                @ByteThis that's the plan :-)

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                                  naddel81
                                  last edited by

                                  great job! what do I have to do to make the internal scraper work again? just update retropie?

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                                  • mediamogulM
                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @BuZz
                                    last edited by

                                    @BuZz said in Scraping no longer working due to old api:

                                    I will push out a new stable Emulation Station soon.

                                    Would it be possible to graduate @pjft's fix for scraping directories without crashing in the next stable release? I'm about to hit the open highway for part of a move and may not see the response for a while, but I just thought I'd put it out there. Thanks to all involved on keeping the internal ES scrapers operational. They really come in handy on occasion.

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                                    • BuZzB
                                      BuZz administrators @mediamogul
                                      last edited by

                                      @mediamogul I'm planning to resync stable with the dev branch so it should include that.

                                      To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        naddel81
                                        last edited by

                                        Please tell us when you are ready so we can update our pi devices. Thanks.

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                                        • ColBojankC
                                          ColBojank @ByteThis
                                          last edited by

                                          @ByteThis

                                          Skyscraper can pull from different sources. I use both thegamesdb and screenscraper.

                                          It has a bit of learning curve if you really want to get it all right, but it's great once you figure it out.

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @ColBojank
                                            last edited by

                                            @ColBojank This topic is about the Emulationstation's internal scraper, not Skyscraper or Steven Selph's scraper.

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