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Desktop application that uses playlist.com to download mp3s from the web

$30-100 USD

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Posted almost 15 years ago

$30-100 USD

Paid on delivery
[login to view URL] is an mp3 search engine. I use it to find and download mp3s on the web. I want to automate this process. The application should use [login to view URL] to search on a user-provided string, bring back the results, and allow the user to start attempted downloads of each result. ## Deliverables Before bidding, please walk through the workflow I am trying to automate: 1) go to [login to view URL] 2) type "foo" in the search box, press search 3) on one of the results, click on "Visit site". 4) in the resulting web page, note the string "Located at: " in the top frame. that is the URL of the "real" search result. 5) copy that url and paste it into your browser window. navigate! 6) you'll either get a download started or a 404/bandwidth exceeded/other error message I've found that only about 15% of the search results result in successful downloads. The features of this program should include: * A search box that accepts input from the user. * A 'search' button that will begin a search and return the results in a listbox or similarly styled view. The first 'n' results should be retrieved, and there should but a button I can press to retrieve more results. I.e. your program should be able to follow their pagination. * The user can click a "download" link next to any search result and a download begins. The progress of that download is shown in the same row of the listbox / datagridview, assuming the download doesn't result in a 404 or other error. When the download is done there is a link to shellexecute the mp3, delete the file, or open the folder the file is contained in (similar to right-clicking on a firefox download and going to 'Open Containing Folder'). * There should be a checkbox/option for the program to start auto-downloading the first 'n' results as soon as a search returns. * Regular expressions or some similar mechanism should be used to parse/scrape the HTML returned from the web, so they are easy to update if the schema changes. * The target download folder should be user-configurable in an options panel. * All settings should be persisted in the registry. * Code should be clean and well commented. Please feel free to ask questions before bidding!
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