Closed lidavidm closed 8 years ago
lidavidm
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9 years ago Upon further investigation, the dx= parameter doesn't do anything (maybe it's the session). s= controls the store. https://cornell.webfood.com/xmlstart.dca?mr=506101224 has data listing all the store IDs. Using this, I got to the menu for Nastie's (https://cornell.webfood.com/xmlstoremenu.dca?s=1&op=0) even though the flash plugin won't let you choose that cafe.
lidavidm
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9 years ago Man, I thought this would be harder :/
ghost
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9 years ago Haha that's awesome. So I wonder if we can find the requests to order so we can put it natively in the app? I would check but too uninspired to create the Frequent Diner account atm ^_^ Also previously for general information / descriptions of the menus (though not the full menus themselves), I had used this link: http://living.sas.cornell.edu/dine/wheretoeat/ (e.g click on Nasties, scroll past calendar). It also has GPS coordinates (which would be nice for map / location stuff) and some other random details.
lidavidm
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9 years ago Huh...so that links to https://netnutrition.cbord.com/nn-prod/cornell, which gives nutrition info for menu items. We could scrape that as well.
ghost
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9 years ago Oh yeah that is awesome. Wish they would do for more of them too.. Also, I found that this is where Kevin's API is getting the menus (see source). This is interesting because when Big Red App was first made that menu link didn't exist, so I used this one, which is still running. Checking the network requests, I just see the menu_start.jspx return, which returns all the data at once, and then client side just uses javascript to get the different ones, as opposed to the first link, which has a post method (see menus.cfm in the requests). The only nice thing about the one I used to use is that it has brunches too, ha.
lidavidm
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9 years ago The one Kevin uses also has brunch, but doesn't always display the option.
ghost
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9 years ago I see.. I could have found that out in multiple places (the API, the source, the website) but somehow all 3 slipped by me, I think I got blinded by when I originally made the list of meals within the app..
mrkev
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9 years ago o: This looks sweet David! If I find some more free time I could try to scrape some of this.
ghost
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9 years ago (Just pitching in) that would be sweet ^_^
TrevorEdwards
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8 years ago
View the source of this URL: https://cornell.webfood.com/xmlstoremenu.dca?dx=165547880&s=21&op=0
It's the menu for Goldie's.
You can find menus yourself by visiting https://cornell.webfood.com/, then choosing "Frequently Asked Questions", "Browse a Menu", and going from there. While you're doing this open the dev tools and watch the network requests - look for any request to an
xmlstoremenu.dca. (I used Chrome, I'm not sure if Firefox shows requests that a Flash plugin makes)