How to get the jw-scripts to work on Windows 10

[pattikay]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing this scripts. I would like to share how you can get them to work on a windows machine. I tried on Windows 10 but I am sure this can be adapted for other versions of windows.

Briefly- without many details, these are the steps, I am sure there could be better ways - but this is what worked for me.

1. Create a folder in C drive e.g. C:\JWBroadcast\
2. Install git ( optionally you can install inside the folder in 1. above posh-git )
3. Install python for windows - make sure to add environment variable to python path.
4. Install simplejson inside the folder in 1. above
5. Install jw-scripts inside the folder in 1. above
   • You will need to set the Execution policy to allow scripts to be run by admin account
   • git clone https://github.com/allejok96/jw-scripts.git
   • cd jw-scripts
   • run from command prompt / powershell python setup.py install you can change the working directory in jwb-index "c:\\JWBroadcast\\"
     Addition: use two back slashes
6. Install curl - download curl and copy and unzip the 7/zip file to the folder in 1. above. Rename it to curl Addition: install urllib3
7. Add environment variable path to curl\bin folder in 6 above.
8. open Windows PowerShell or command prompt with admin account (not sure why it didn't work with normal account)
9. run: jwb-index --download --category VODChildren
10. run jwb-index --mode html --download --category VODChildren

I may have missed some steps (especially during the installation process - however these are the general steps I took) I hope this helps someone out there! Thank you allejok96 for these scripts! 🥇 👍

[allejok96]

Thanks! As I just wiped my Windows 10 dual-boot :smile: I've added the instructions to the wiki page, and a link in the README.