WildC.A.T.S Scraping

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DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM:
Cannot Scrape WildC.A.T.S comics even though data exists.

WHAT STEPS WILL REPRODUCE THIS PROBLEM? (Please include the exact name of
the eComic book that you were trying to scrape, if possible.)
1.Attempt to scrape any WildC.A.T.S (v/1992) issue including Annual (1998)
2.
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WHAT VERSION OF COMICVINESCRAPER ARE YOU USING?

Most Recent (Aug 4th)

PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MAY BE OF USE

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Christop...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2010 at 12:50

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Is it possible that you're just accidentally using a bad search term without 
realizing it?  I'm not sure which search the scraper is using in your case 
(Comic Vine Scraper generates the search term by looking at the name of the 
comic book file that you are scraping.)  But you can change the search term 
while you are scraping by using the 'Search Again' button. 

When I search with the terms 'wildcats', or 'wildc.a.t.s' or 'wildcats annual' 
or 'wildc.a.t.s. annual', it seems to work fine--it looks like the scraper is 
finding everything that's available on the comicvine website (including a 
series from 1992 and some annuals.)

If changing the search term doesn't work for you, can you tell me the exact 
filename of the file you are scraping (or even better, the search term that is 
being used by the scraper) plus the exact name of the ComicVine entry that you 
are expecting (i.e. that's on the ComicVine website, but not in the scraper?)

Let me know how it goes.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2010 at 4:11

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It shows the series, but it will not apply the data (says "This series cannot 
be displayed because it does not contain any issues in the Comic Vine 
database").  A quick check of ComicVine shows the series does exist in the 
database, it just isn't seeing it when you try to apply it.  This seems to 
happen with any series that has WildC.A.T.S in the name (just tested it with 
spawn/wildcats, same issue).  Perhaps the .'s are causing a problem?

Original comment by Christop...@gmail.com on 1 Sep 2010 at 12:47

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Wow yeah, there seems to be a bug on ComicVine's side.  They can handle all 
sorts of other queries involving periods and punctuation, no problem.  But 
something about "wildc.a.t.s" just doesn't work.

(I tried "g.i. joe", "r.i.p.", "s.t.r.i.p.e.", "p.h.d.", etc.  They all worked. 
 So I don't really know how to fix this problem in a general way--because I 
don't even really understand what's causing it!)

Ah well.   I've added a workaround in the code so at least "wildc.a.t.s" works 
properly now.  You'll be able to get this fix in version 1.0.28, which I hope 
to release this weekend.

Thanks for your help.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2010 at 12:43

• Changed state: Accepted

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No problem at all.  Thanks for creating and releasing such an amazing script.  
My collection is over 10,000 comics right now and I couldn't imagine trying to 
sort it all out without this awesome plugin.

Original comment by Christop...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2010 at 2:21

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Fixed for release 1.0.28.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 6 Sep 2010 at 1:45

• Changed state: Fixed