nnweb+google

nnweb+google

[William Gardella]

Hi List, 

When I attempt to use a Google nnweb group, I get the following:

> gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group: Couldn't request group: No matching
> articles

Gmane searching works perfectly.  I just wanted to know if anyone else
is having this problem (Google captcha nastiness, perhaps?) before I
file a bug.

Cheers,
WGG

Re: nnweb+google

[Michael Heerdegen]

William Gardella <gardellawg-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
writes:

> Hi List, 
>
> When I attempt to use a Google nnweb group, I get the following:
>
> > gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group: Couldn't request group: No matching
> > articles
>
> Gmane searching works perfectly.  I just wanted to know if anyone else
> is having this problem (Google captcha nastiness, perhaps?) before I
> file a bug.

I'm seeing this too.  I think it's just broken.

There was a discussion about this in gmane.emacs.gnus.general in March,
but obviously nobody from the developers did fix it yet.  It seems to
be nontrivial to keep this feature working.


Regards,

Michael.

Re: nnweb+google

[William Gardella]

Hi Michael,

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I'm seeing this too.  I think it's just broken.
>
> There was a discussion about this in gmane.emacs.gnus.general in March,
> but obviously nobody from the developers did fix it yet.  It seems to
> be nontrivial to keep this feature working.

Perhaps it would be easier to point this at some more stable search
engine API, maybe DuckDuckGo or something.  I'll see if I can understand
nnweb well enough to send the developers a patch, otherwise I'll at least
submit a bug.

--
WGG

Re: nnweb+google

[Michael Heerdegen]

Hi William,

> > I'm seeing this too.  I think it's just broken.
> >
> > There was a discussion about this in gmane.emacs.gnus.general in March,
> > but obviously nobody from the developers did fix it yet.  It seems to
> > be nontrivial to keep this feature working.
>
> Perhaps it would be easier to point this at some more stable search
> engine API, maybe DuckDuckGo or something.  I'll see if I can understand
> nnweb well enough to send the developers a patch [...]

Sounds like a good idea.  I volunteer to test your code if you get
around to develop something.


Regards,

Michael.

Re: nnweb+google

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

William Gardella <gardellawg@gmail.com> writes:

> Perhaps it would be easier to point this at some more stable search
> engine API, maybe DuckDuckGo or something.

I don't think DuckDuckGo has a Usenet archive?

> I'll see if I can understand nnweb well enough to send the developers
> a patch, otherwise I'll at least submit a bug.

That would be appreciated.  It should be possible to get the Google
search working again, but nobody has stepped up to the plate yet...

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