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Originally Posted by Killraine
 That was me
Could anyone write a program that downloads the picture at http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv.../2009/####.jpg (where #### is the team number) and puts it into a folder? You would just have to run the program once and then drop the spreadsheet in there and it would have all the pictures that are currently on TBA. Basically create a matrix of team numbers (already together as Column A on the sheet "2009 Teams") and then use a loop to go through the list and download the picture to a folder on the desktop.
In psuedo-code:
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for(<Every value in the matrix>)
if(http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/pictures/2009/####.jpg exists)
Download the file at the link to "/Desktop/2009 FRC Pictures";
If you wanted to go all the way, you could have it so when the program creates the matrix, it first checks "/Desktop/2009 FRC Pictures" it only adds the teams from the list that you don't already have. Then, if there is a way to include that program in a startup script for this excel document, you would always have an updated set of photos from TBA.
I'm pretty sure you can do all of this in c++ except maybe the part where excel runs the program before opening the spreadsheet. But then again, its not that much of a hassle to click a .exe before opening up the spreadsheet. |
I asked Greg Marra of TBA about a year ago about this. This was his reply.
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Install the Firefox "Down Them All" plugin. It lets you download all the links on a single page by right clicking then selecting "down them all".
Then you can go here: http://www.thebluealliance.net/tbatv/pictures/2008/ which is a page linking to all of the 2008 team photos.
Just use down them all to grab every single picture in one go
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For this year's photo, just substitute 2009 for 2008. This way they can all be in the same folder as the Scouting spreadsheet. "Down Them All" is quite powerful. It will probably give you options not to download a file if it already exists in your folder. Downloading all the pictures every time takes quite a bit of time and is not practical.
Ed Law