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Posted: **Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:05 pm**

Hi,

I'm currently planning to develop an application using OS... I would like to know if it is possible to get the associated user id from a user name...

example: my user name is dbaalborg, and my profile page is http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/profile/iduser-143124 ...
Is it possible to get "143124" from "dbaalborg"?

Thanks,
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dbaalborg

Posted: **Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:02 pm**

I can code that, url should looks like http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/profile ... -dbaalborg and it will redirect to http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/profile/iduser-143124

from that page you know everything you need (maybe:)

also use http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/profile ... 143124/xml for parsing in programs...

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:53 pm**

Oh yes, that would be so great... I know about this /xml, it's what's so interesting about OpenSubtitles to create a program... (I know about it, I created a program 3 years ago to parse the European Patent Office's website, it has really ugly HTML, and that was such a pain in the A**!)
Thx!

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dbaalborg

Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:51 pm**

Just a question, Have you implemented the "usernickname-" hack? Because when I try it, it always says "No such user"... So I don't know if it is not working, or if it is because it is not implemented yet...
I don't want to rush you, I still don't need it right now (I start slowly, lot of other things to do

), but just to tell you that it is not working, in case you have already done it...

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dbaalborg

Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:06 pm**

ok, it is now ready:
http://www.opensubtitles.org/sk/profile ... me-2ge/xml -> http://www.opensubtitles.org/sk/profile/userid-6/xml

should work ok

Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:00 pm**

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure if it really works... in the xml, there is written

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<profile>
<msg type="msg error">Užívateľ neznámy</msg>
</profile>

which translates in English to

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<profile>
<msg type="msg error">No such user</msg>
</profile>

if I'm right...

Are you sure it works?

Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:36 pm**

yes, it should, try now. I am sorry, I did not updated files on other webservers, so you had 1/3 chance it will work

))

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How to get the user id from the user name

How to get the user id from the user name