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what data do you need to scrape the correct comic book volume/series? #146

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Hi again,

I was trying to scrap one of the many comics I have and I encountered a bug:

I have two comic books from the same series (i.e. Captain America V2005 #606 & 
#607)

606 has been scraped from Comic Vine but 607 hasn't yet.

In Comic Rack:
Step 1) I copy and paste the Series Name & Volume from 606 to 607. 
Step 2) I run the scraper for 607

Expected:
When I run the scraper, I am expecting it to find all the important data it 
needs and NOT prompt me with which series it is from, because "Series Name & 
Volume" is the unique identifier data, no? 

Actual:
I get the same old prompt window to pick which series the comic book is from

Original issue reported on code.google.com by derekhak...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 12:19

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
No, the volume number is not used when scraping, because it almost always 
starts out as the wrong value in unscraped comic book files (many people who 
create comic book files don't even use ComicVine's "V1999"-style volume 
numbering).

The scraper's 'unique key' (for rescraping) is the "CVDBXXXX" tag that it adds 
to the "Tag" or "Notes" fields (if you have it set to do so in the Options 
dialog.)

As there are a number of volumes of "Captain America", all named the same way, 
you just have to know which volume you are scraping and choose the right one 
from the list.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 12:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2010 at 12:46