Quoting GSyren:

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It seems that goodguy left and withdrew his programs because he got pissed that Invelos did nothing to stop the Forum wars. Now that the main "warlord" has long since retired, maybe someone could entice goodguy to come back and update CLT Plus? Probably wishful thinking.

I tried to contact the e-mail adress he listed with his programs [email protected] a while ago. The mail did not bounce, but he did not answer neither.

Anybody around here, who has better information about how to contact goodguy?

Testing so far indicates that a plugin is going to be way too slow. But, just to finish my testing, could somebody provide me with a couple of profiles where episode and group information appear in the profile?

What is "function" in DVD Profiler XML terminology?

It could possibly work if there were a quick way to get a collection of all the movie titles for the prepared name. Is there a database, or a web search that returns a list on one page that could be easily scraped?

Found one: https://film.list.co.uk

Very sracpalitious, but how complete is it?

Quoting mediadogg:

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Testing so far indicates that a plugin is going to be way too slow. But, just to finish my testing, could somebody provide me with a couple of profiles where episode and group information appear in the profile?

Will Wallace would be a better example. Lasts a little bit longer than a minute and has many special case included:
- Episodes
- Groups
- Dual credit cast&crew
- BY

Here a small 7Z File including the exported XML file and some small screenshots to identify examples...

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What is "function" in DVD Profiler XML terminology?

I don't know exactly... Are there Roles in the crew section? But baybe the XML example sheds some light on this issue...

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It could possibly work if there were a quick way to get a collection of all the movie titles for the prepared name. Is there a database, or a web search that returns a list on one page that could be easily scraped?

Found one: https://film.list.co.uk

Very sracpalitious, but how complete is it?

Don't think, that this would be sufficient. The base for common names - and these are the final goal - is the Invelos CLT. With all its flaws and mistakes:
- malformed and misspelled titles
- collections in title fields
- seasons in title fields
- ...
I can't think of any external database which would supply a base for the CLT search...

OK, I stopped the test. Over 2 hours, and I was only half-way through titles starting with "a", while looping letter by letter on this:  "\"_ ()[]{}.*&$@!0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".

Tme to start thinking outside the box and it occurred to me that I had not looked at the CLT itself, and examine the page source.

Well friends, the native CLT output is dead simple for scraping at the cursory level - just gathering the profile IDs would be a snap. I have code inside both LoadDVD and BulkEdit  (ScrapeGoat) that almost does this already. Once I have the list of profile IDs, then I could efficiently blast over the API to grab the profile data, and return anything you want - up to and including the entire XML.

Party time! 

By the way, my first task is to make a small modification to my test code, so that rather than discovering the profiles to use, it accepts a list. Once that works, I will move on to adapting my existing scraping code. This will give a few hours in case Gunnar or anybody else who wants to have some fun with the scraping part in a standalone program. Then I will cobble up a way to act as a server for a request that sends me a list of profile IDs, and you get back some XML. If no takers within a few hours, I will attempt to put it all inside BulkEdit. ("All" meaning collecting the raw data. There is still the minor detail of extensively reformatting it to provide the value of Goodguy's CLT PLus)

Another BTW: If you haven't seen Scrapegoat, it is put on the Tools menu by BulkEdit. You get a panel that allows you enter the Invelos user handle, and it instantly scrapes that user's online collection into a list for you to view and / or add to your own collection.

Test Results - Clint Eastwood for { "5051895164136.11", "097368878020" }

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>
<!-- Credit Information Export (c) 2019 mediadogg Software -->
<CLTInfo>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode></Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>5051895164136.11</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>5051895164136</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>11</Locality>

    <Localitystring>sweden</Localitystring>

    <Title>J. Edgar</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>2011</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Director</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode></Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>5051895164136.11</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>5051895164136</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>11</Locality>

    <Localitystring>sweden</Localitystring>

    <Title>J. Edgar</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>2011</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Producer</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode></Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>5051895164136.11</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>5051895164136</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>11</Locality>

    <Localitystring>sweden</Localitystring>

    <Title>J. Edgar</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>2011</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Composer</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>1. Incident of the Tumbleweed</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I2E2761C1C83E4E2E</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i2e2761c1c83e4e2e</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 1</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>2. Incident at Alabaster Plain</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I2E2761C1C83E4E2E</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i2e2761c1c83e4e2e</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 1</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>3. Incident with an Executioner</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I2E2761C1C83E4E2E</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i2e2761c1c83e4e2e</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 1</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>14. Inicident of the Dog Days</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I852EA1C70E0E07A0</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i852ea1c70e0e07a0</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 5</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>15. Incident of the Calico Gun</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I852EA1C70E0E07A0</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i852ea1c70e0e07a0</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 5</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>16. Inicident of the Misplaced Indians</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I852EA1C70E0E07A0</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i852ea1c70e0e07a0</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 5</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>7. Incident at Barker Springs</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I975D52EB2C7CF53C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i975d52eb2c7cf53c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 3</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>8. Incident West of Lano</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I975D52EB2C7CF53C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i975d52eb2c7cf53c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 3</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>9. Incident of the Town in Terror</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I975D52EB2C7CF53C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i975d52eb2c7cf53c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 3</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>10. Incident of the Golden Calf</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I975D52EB2C7CF53C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i975d52eb2c7cf53c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 3</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>17. Inicident of Fear in the Streets</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9760CA14F1C3044B</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9760ca14f1c3044b</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 6</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>18. Inicident Below the Brazos</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9760CA14F1C3044B</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9760ca14f1c3044b</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 6</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>19. Inicident of the Dry Drive</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9760CA14F1C3044B</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9760ca14f1c3044b</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 6</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>20. Incident of the Judas Trap</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9E6AC77512BD11A7</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9e6ac77512bd11a7</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 7</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>21. Incident in No Man's Land</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9E6AC77512BD11A7</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9e6ac77512bd11a7</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 7</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>22. Incident of the Burst of Evil</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9E6AC77512BD11A7</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9e6ac77512bd11a7</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 7</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>2. Incident of the Roman Candles</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>I9E6AC77512BD11A7</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>i9e6ac77512bd11a7</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 7</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>4. Incident of the Widowed Dove</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>ICF0B1A2F716FA8CA</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>icf0b1a2f716fa8ca</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 2</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>5. Incident on the Edge of Madness</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>ICF0B1A2F716FA8CA</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>icf0b1a2f716fa8ca</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 2</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>6. Incident of the Power and the Plow</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>ICF0B1A2F716FA8CA</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>icf0b1a2f716fa8ca</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 2</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>11. Incident of the Coyote Weed</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>ID7E33F9F792BF66C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>id7e33f9f792bf66c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 4</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>12. Incident of the Chubasco</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>ID7E33F9F792BF66C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>id7e33f9f792bf66c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 4</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

  <Credit>

    <Firstname>Clint</Firstname>

    <Middlename></Middlename>

    <Lastname>Eastwood</Lastname>

    <Creditas></Creditas>

    <Episode>13. Incident of the Curious Street</Episode>

    <Groupname></Groupname>

    <ProfileID>ID7E33F9F792BF66C</ProfileID>

    <ProfileIDBase>id7e33f9f792bf66c</ProfileIDBase>

    <Locality>0</Locality>

    <Localitystring>united states</Localitystring>

    <Title>Rawhide: The First Season: Disc 4</Title>

    <Originaltitle></Originaltitle>

    <Productionyear>1959</Productionyear>

    <Rolename>Rowdy Yates</Rolename

    <Puppeteer>False</Puppeteer>

    <Uncredited>False</Uncredited>

    <Voice>False</Voice>

  </Credit>

</CLTInfo>

The two test results I just posted should reveal any glaring errors or omissions. The results were obtained by querying the online directly, using only the profile ID. The data was then collected from the XML. Of course it would be possible to return the entire xml, but that seems wasteful, given that some actors will have thousands of credits across the online. Whoever takes on the task of making a beautiful companion to CLTPlus will have enough work to do without wading through all the unneeded XML entries.

Now I will see if my assertion that scraping the list of profile IDs from the CLT search is a easy as I thought it would be.

Ah, thanks. I didn't understand how to use the END divider.

I will check about the case of locality. I believe I'm grabbing it as supplied, but I will double check. This info is coming down directly from the Online, so it might well be formatted differently from the PC program. When I get time, I might do a comparison.

Good point about Cast vs. Crew. would you prefer an attribute, or grouping?