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scissors · 06-19-2011, 02:49 AM

I've noticed the link for the print version is the same as the standard with "print-" sandwiched in after the last slash. I thought i might try that instead....

I did some trawling and found starsons thread regarding the join/split by slash method. It seems ideal as i counted the slashs and there were 6, only the string to be inserted changed.

The two links end as...

Cornish-campsite/_ch3_nw1433
Cornish-campsite/Print-_ch3_nw1433

So I thought it was just a case of adding code after the feeds=[] command such as

def print_version(self,url):
segments = URL.split('/')
printURL = '/'.join(segments[0:6]) + '/Print-' + ''.join(segments[6:])
return printURL

I thought this took the url, split it,added '/Print-' and then added the end of the url back on.

it appears to do nothing and the original feeds are still fetched. I've obviously mis-understood how this works.

Can anyone help?
Also is it possible to echo a string to screen so you can test what's going on?

EDit.

I just used the bbc print_version example pasted in after the feeds
ie:

def print_version(self, url):
return url.replace('http://', 'http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/')

in my reasoning this should have failed as each article would be for example

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pag...te/_ch3_nw1433

which wouldn't exist - but the origianl article is still fetched.

I'm baffled now - any help?

thanks guys

06-19-2011, 02:49 AM	#8
scissors Addict Posts: 241 Karma: 1001369 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: prs300, kindle keyboard 3g	I've noticed the link for the print version is the same as the standard with "print-" sandwiched in after the last slash. I thought i might try that instead.... I did some trawling and found starsons thread regarding the join/split by slash method. It seems ideal as i counted the slashs and there were 6, only the string to be inserted changed. The two links end as... Cornish-campsite/_ch3_nw1433 Cornish-campsite/Print-_ch3_nw1433 So I thought it was just a case of adding code after the feeds=[] command such as def print_version(self,url): segments = URL.split('/') printURL = '/'.join(segments[0:6]) + '/Print-' + ''.join(segments[6:]) return printURL I thought this took the url, split it,added '/Print-' and then added the end of the url back on. it appears to do nothing and the original feeds are still fetched. I've obviously mis-understood how this works. Can anyone help? Also is it possible to echo a string to screen so you can test what's going on? EDit. I just used the bbc print_version example pasted in after the feeds ie: def print_version(self, url): return url.replace('http://', 'http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/') in my reasoning this should have failed as each article would be for example http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pag...te/_ch3_nw1433 which wouldn't exist - but the origianl article is still fetched. I'm baffled now - any help? thanks guys Last edited by scissors; 06-19-2011 at 06:16 AM.