Klaas Cuvelier

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I share stuff: code, links, knowledge and files …
Below you can see some “articles” I wrote, don’t hesitate to comment!

Updates Like-buttons and static header

// juni 8th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Cuvedev, Facebook, Greasemonkey, Netlog, Userscript

Since Netlog version 6 is live on most languages, it was time to update my userscripts for Netlog.
So here are the updated versions for the Facebook Like-buttons and the static header.

Facebook Like-buttons:
The buttons now appear under the user skinbar on all profile pages (blogs, photos, sets, …) from users, groups and brands.
There still is an issue with ajax browsing, but I’ll try to fix that as soon as possible.
Download

Static header:
No remarks here, just download and enjoy!
Download

Downloads:
Like Buttons (netlog6_like_0.2.user.js)
Static Header (netlog6_topbar_0.1.user.js)

Facebook Like-button on Netlog

// mei 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Cuvedev, Development, Facebook, Greasemonkey, Netlog, script, Userscript

I just finished another userscript/greasemonkey script for Netlog.
Since Facebook made their ‘like’ button public, I thought it would be a nice idea, to share your favorite photos, links, videos and blogs from Netlog, on facebook.
This might direct more visitors to Netlog, and some may even be convinced to register.

Download below. Watch out, it’s still in beta.
One known bug is that the script doesn’t really work together with the ajax photo browsing.

Note, make sure your Netlog profile and the item you’re liking is accessible when not logged-in (otherwise Facebook can’t handle it)

Screenshots:

Tested on Firefox 3.6.3 and Chrome 5.0.375.28 dev
Note: Firefox users need the Greasemonkey plugin!

Enjoy!

Download:
netlog_like.user.js (0.4, beta)

UPDATE:
Newer version available

Thx to Jochen Delabie and Oemebamo for the remarks

Gowalla API Class (php)

// april 14th, 2010 // 18 Comments » // api, Cuvedev, Development, gowalla, php

I just quickly made a class for accessing the Gowalla API because I needed it myself. I looked for an existing class on the internet but could only find some crappy stuff on Google Code.
So I decided to make one myself.

The use of the class is fairly simple. Include the class file (don’t forget to add you API-key), make an instance and do your calls.
The class internally uses CURL to do the requests to the server and returns the data as an associative array.
I tried to document the methods enough so it’s easy to use them.

Example:

<!--?php
include('./class.gowalla.php');
$gowalla = new GowallaAPI();
$events	 = $gowalla--->getSpotEvents(846403);
foreach ($events['activity'] as $event)
{ // do stuff }
?&gt;

Feel free to download and comment.

Vrt Internetradio Boxee plugin

// april 12th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Boxee, Development, klara, mnm, Python, radio 1, radio 2, radio vlaanderen, stubru, vrt

So, I finally finished my second Boxee plugin. This time I can call it a real plugin, there are options, lists and dialogs. Hooray!

The plugin is called “Vrt Internetradio”, and it basicly plays internet streams from the VRT (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie).
The VRT  owns several radio stations and they provide streams to listen to them via the internet. I took the opportunity to use those to make a Boxee plugin so we all can play them with our beloved Boxee.

There’s not that much functionality, but I tried to keep the layout simple and tried to give a good user experience (up/down buttons to right controls and such).

Screenshots (click for larger picture) and download link are below , don’t hesitate to comment ¬†and help me improve the plugin.

The main screen:

Info about a particular station and substations to play:

Starting a radiostation:

The options dialog:

The about dialog:

Download here

Boxee python dev

// april 10th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Boxee, Cuvedev, Python

Boxee may be “the best way to enjoy entertainment from the Internet and computer on your TV” (according tor their website), the developers documentation isn’t all that great. Not everything is well-documented and the (python) API doesn’t always do what’s expected, which makes developing own plugins not that easy.
It isn’t also always possible to find the right solution with Google. Maybe because not all that much people are developing plugins for Boxee (or the don’t care to share) or because Google doesn’t index it well.

So I decided to share the things I found. Let’s hope google indexes them well and I’m able to help some fellow developers.

Textbox + SetLabel:
If you have a textbox, it is not possible to change the label via python in an easy way.

mc.GetActiveWindow().GetLabel([id]).SetLabel('text')

and

mc.GetActiveWindow().GetControl([id]).SetLabel('text')

don’t work on a Textbox, and

GetTextbox([id])

doesn’t exist.
Setting the label can be done this way:

xbmc.executebuiltin('Control.SetLabel([id],[text])')

and you’ll have to replace every comma (,) with $COMMA

Onload-tag with a dialog
I’ve experienced some troubles with the onload-tag in windows with type=”dialog”. If you have a normal window, and load a dialog-window in a onclick method with this code, the onload of the dialog won’t work until you close the dialog:

 
<![CDATA[ mc.ActivateWindow(14001) ]]>

The way to solve this is to dump the python code to load the dialog and just do this:

	ActivateWindow(14001)

Python import gives errors:

It took me a while to figure out, but this error:

18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680  NOTICE: Traceback (most recent call last):
18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680  NOTICE:   File "", line 2, in ?
18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680  NOTICE: ImportError
18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680  NOTICE: :
18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680  NOTICE: No module named xxxxxxx
18:54:51 T:2963869696 M:410439680   ERROR: Scriptresult: Error

Was caused by a bad window-id. Boxee window-id’s should be between 14000 and 14099

Close a window with type=”dialog”:
If you have opened a window with type=”dialog”, it isn’t possible to close the window with this code:

CloseWindow(14001)

Instead you have to do this:

Dialog.Close(14001)

You can also add the “force” option (True/False), adding this option will skip all animations.