| Well, I know XML is useful and what not, but excel have a hard time importing my list every time, this XML is a definitive no-no for it... To quote myself from a recent post: lavratti said: Yeah, i know its possible, excel does import the XML too, it's just that its a mess to re-arrange stuff that could be given ready for us. The issue I want solved is not how to make some software open the XML or how to convert it to something more useful, but why not make things a little easier on non power-users or someone that just whats to save the file somewhere on their desktop and double click on it to open their anime/manga list. But, that's why we have CSV, comma separated values, very, very useful... I think you should make that an option in exporting, it's much better than tinkering with a XML file. Btw, if you guys can program in python, I made a some basic code that converts the XML into an CVS I can program in PHP, Js if needed so... If I can help in anything, call me, I'm on vacation for some time and would love to do something Edit: Now the script has a GUI The code is here https://github.com/lavratti/MAL_to_csv/blob/master/import_gui.py |
lavrattiDec 7, 2016 12:57 PM
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| great suggestion you have my full support on this one since the main benefit of CSV is its simplicity and easily can be imported on a lot of other softwares i hope MAL developers will do this |
| Wow... I don't know about this shit, but that dem look tasty... Why didn't you create a poll or a quick survey dude? lavratti said: yeah, and its a very easy thing to do, if you want i can show you how to What other stuff can it do other than importing stuff? |
| as of now, only read a xml and output a csv, but i'm working on in (actually, right now) |
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_Ako_ said: lavratti said: yeah, and its a very easy thing to do, if you want i can show you how to What other stuff can it do other than importing stuff? another benefit is that you can edit a CSV file on a plain text editor like notepad, because all data are just separated by commas here are an example content of a CSV file Title, Episodes, Score Naruto, 100, 8 Bleach, 200, 6 Clannad, 25, 9 |
j0x said: another benefit is that you can edit a CSV file on a plain text editor like notepad, because all data are just separated by commas here are an example content of a CSV file Title, Episodes, Score Naruto, 100, 8 Bleach, 200, 6 Clannad, 25, 9 here's some real data from my list 31646 ,3-gatsu no Lion ,TV ,23 ,0 ,0 ,0000-00-00 ,0000-00-00 ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,Watching ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,0 ,0 ,0 , 32998 ,91 Days ,TV ,12 ,0 ,12 ,0000-00-00 ,0000-00-00 ,None ,9 ,None ,Hard Drive ,Completed ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,0 ,0 ,0 , 12291 ,Acchi Kocchi (TV) ,TV ,12 ,0 ,12 ,0000-00-00 ,0000-00-00 ,None ,8 ,None ,Hard Drive ,Completed ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,0 ,0 ,0 , |
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j0x said: another benefit is that you can edit a CSV file on a plain text editor like notepad, because all data are just separated by commas here are an example content of a CSV file Title, Episodes, Score Naruto, 100, 8 Bleach, 200, 6 Clannad, 25, 9 I still don't get it but okay... Looks much easier to understand, than just a bunch of nonsensical, mathematical symbols and stuff unrelated to English... xD lavratti said: j0x said: another benefit is that you can edit a CSV file on a plain text editor like notepad, because all data are just separated by commas here are an example content of a CSV file Title, Episodes, Score Naruto, 100, 8 Bleach, 200, 6 Clannad, 25, 9 here's some real data from my list 31646 ,3-gatsu no Lion ,TV ,23 ,0 ,0 ,0000-00-00 ,0000-00-00 ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,Watching ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,0 ,0 ,0 , 32998 ,91 Days ,TV ,12 ,0 ,12 ,0000-00-00 ,0000-00-00 ,None ,9 ,None ,Hard Drive ,Completed ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,0 ,0 ,0 , 12291 ,Acchi Kocchi (TV) ,TV ,12 ,0 ,12 ,0000-00-00 ,0000-00-00 ,None ,8 ,None ,Hard Drive ,Completed ,None ,0 ,None ,None ,0 ,0 ,0 , What's with the 0000000000 Does that do something very delicious? |
_Ako_ said: What's with the 0000000000 Does that do something very delicious? It's the fields: my_times_watched, my_rewatching, dates, etc... I'll be adding headers to the csv ASAP |
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lavratti said: _Ako_ said: What's with the Does that do something very delicious? It's the fields: my_times_watched,my_rewatching,etc I'll be adding headers to the csv ASAP This is interesting... Mhhh... I'm not so quite familiar with this, but you can ask some random Forum Mod/Mod/Admin/Someone who knows this shit/Someone who knows MAL and just ask their opinion about this. That's what I'll do. Will this be hard to do for the whole server, will this affect something? What will this affect other than "efficiency"? |
_Ako_ said: Will this be hard to do for the whole server, will this affect something? What will this affect other than "efficiency"? in terms of computing resources, CSV are much cheaper to compute than XML, even with human eyes alone you can see how easily you can read the CSV files the only reason XML is preferred is when the data table is more complex since CSV is just for simple data tables |
j0x said: _Ako_ said: Will this be hard to do for the whole server, will this affect something? What will this affect other than "efficiency"? in terms of computing resources, CSV are much cheaper to compute than XML, even with human eyes alone you can see how easily you can read the CSV files the only reason XML is preferred is when the data table is more complex since CSV is just for simple data tables Well, it seems that MAL is pretty much "complicated" enough to use XML, instead of CSV, but I'm sure you can use both right senpai? Mhhh... So, let's just assume that this has been implemented, will the server be shut-down for some maintenance or some sort? |
_Ako_ said: j0x said: in terms of computing resources, CSV are much cheaper to compute than XML, even with human eyes alone you can see how easily you can read the CSV files the only reason XML is preferred is when the data table is more complex since CSV is just for simple data tables Well, it seems that MAL is pretty much "complicated" enough to use XML, instead of CSV, but I'm sure you can use both right senpai? Mhhh... So, let's just assume that this has been implemented, will the server be shut-down for some maintenance or some sort? nah at the moment MAL tables of our anime and manga list are totally compatible with CSV, unless MAL developers will add more table features making it a complex table so if that happens then XML is still preferred and no, CSV will not stress the servers more, in fact it will speed up things more or less |
j0x said: _Ako_ said: Well, it seems that MAL is pretty much "complicated" enough to use XML, instead of CSV, but I'm sure you can use both right senpai? Mhhh... So, let's just assume that this has been implemented, will the server be shut-down for some maintenance or some sort? nah at the moment MAL tables of our anime and manga list are totally compatible with CSV, unless MAL developers will add more table features making it a complex table so if that happens then XML is still preferred and no, CSV will not stress the servers more, in fact it will speed up things more or less In short, nothing will happen, but will benefit something... Interesting... Probably... xD |
| well, for a read-only access to your list, a csv is enough 99.99% of times, u just wont be able to follow links or re-import with ease.... here's an example of data that i outputted and saved into a csv file |
lavrattiDec 5, 2016 8:13 PM
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lavratti said: well, for a read-only access to your list, a csv is enough 99.99% of times, u just wont be able to follow links or re-import with ease.... here's an example of code that i out putted and saved into a csv file it will be better if there are column headers on that though |
| About the headers... just did them The circled cells are my own list's fault sry for not completing it so well :P ... Steis;gate is giving me some trouble Done! ...... and some other fields Done! |
lavrattiDec 5, 2016 3:10 PM
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| xsl, http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xsl_intro.asp In Open Office you can use xslt filter to import xml to it's spreadsheet. Need some time to learn though. Actually libreOffice has got an xml importer https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10534 |
bottleDec 7, 2016 12:37 PM
| Yeah, i know its possible, excel does import the XML too, it's just that its a mess to re-arrange stuff that could be given ready for us. The issue I want solved is not how to make some software open the XML or how to convert it to something more useful, but why not make things a little easier on non power-users or someone that just whats to save the file somewhere on their desktop and double click on it to open their anime/manga list. |
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| bumps |
| I have a MAL API that gets userlists in JSON format, not hard to make a php page convert that into CSV https://shaggyze.website/userlist/ |
   My Userscripts - Themes - Userstyles - Extensions (Chrome/Firefox) [API CSS] MAL-Scraper-API Cover/CSS Generator |
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I have a MAL API that gets userlists in JSON format, not hard to make a php page convert that into CSV
https://shaggyze.website/userlist/
https://shaggyze.website/userlist/
| @ShaggyZE this is cool i hope mal devs take notes of this and implement it already on the official site |
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@ShaggyZE this is cool i hope mal devs take notes of this and implement it already on the official site
| @deg I may improve it in next week or two to export xml, dark mode, and have genre/status support for custom/minimal lists, and some outputs need formatted better, but I just threw it together real quick with AI, MAL will probably never add it as it won't make them any money. |
| My Userscripts - Themes - Userstyles - Extensions (Chrome/Firefox) [API CSS] MAL-Scraper-API Cover/CSS Generator |
Reply to ShaggyZE
@deg I may improve it in next week or two to export xml, dark mode, and have genre/status support for custom/minimal lists, and some outputs need formatted better, but I just threw it together real quick with AI, MAL will probably never add it as it won't make them any money.
| @ShaggyZE i see i might use it sometime |
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