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Thank you @RJN!

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I think that using WP is massive overkill here (and it's based on SQL databases, not XML. For something as simple as APOD, XML makes a lot more sense and it's a lot more portable. I run a number of WP based sites, and I'll say that there's a fair bit of overhead involved with keeping them up-to-dat...

I think the clean solution is to provide a tool where you or Jerry simply fill in a bunch of fields (could be a standalone program or one that runs on a web server) If that's the case I would suggest using a proven Content Management System (CMS) such as WordPress . It has builtin features that cov...

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No worries. Glad we agree.

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Did you take a look at my previous post? it covers all the points regarding the use of semantic elements, ids, and classes where applicable. I also created a revised home page which you can see here https://gist.github.com/videotizer/0493 ... e257678724.

I suggest the following: add this CSS class ".center { margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; }" so that it can be used for any centering needed without needing to add it as inline style lower case for all elements' tag names and properties such as the "img" tag add "img { max-...

Hi @RJN! First, I notice that the closed captioned sentences are usually not followed by periods. Is there something that can be done about this, or is this totally a product of the closed captioning software invoked by YouTube? Love the fact that you noticed! I did remove them as this is the genera...

Awesome! Does it randomly play codes from a specific YouTube directory? Yes, it randomly selects a video ID form the set YouTube playlist. This is handled by onPlayerStateChange function . If so, which directory? Where in the HTML code is this directory mentioned? It plays the videos from the primar...

Great! Can this be page be automatically updated to include the latest APOD videotized on YouTube? Yes! It contains a script that updates the playlist videos IDs every time a video is played - it's the same function that's used to get a random video. Can this page be hosted on apod.com or apod.nasa....

Thanks for the details. Can you please test it with the webpage I created as Option 2? Here's the steps: Go to https://apod-playlist.netlify.com/?playlist=PLN7CbH97ZxIhKY1m5u6-sGoL5_xYcYZ7W - This will play the test playlist containing 4 videos only. For playing the main APOD playlist simply go to h...

Here's the details of a new test I just conducted: Environment and Settings: OS: Ubuntu 16.04 Browser: Firefox v70.0 (Private browsing mode) Playlist: APOD Test Loop Not signed in to YouTube account Loop: Enabled Shuffle: Enabled Autoplay: Enabled Actions performed and their outcome: Start playlist ...

Glad to know it helped!

I’ll try replicating your case by intentionally dropping my connection and see if there’s a way around it.

Still, if someone wants to take up this task, I would be happy to let them, and of course credit them where appropriate. I’ll be more than happy to contribute as needed. How is the code maintained? Any code repository? If not, I suggest to start by open sourcing the code and hosting on GitHub or Gi...

Thank you @PawelPleskaczynski for all the details you provided and for giving an example of where the copyright data is missing. Here's my take: Unify the API URL; having 2 is confusing and would cause many maintainability issues, which is probably why your fix was not reflected in the primary API U...

I created a new playlist to make testing easier. The playlist contains 4 videos only and can be played at the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8qxp2-61g8&list=PLN7CbH97ZxIhKY1m5u6-sGoL5_xYcYZ7W When I did the tests, everything seemed to work as expected; meaning, it shuffled and l...

After running some tests, @RJN reported that the playlist stops when it reaches the most recently uploaded video and doesn't continuously loop as expected. The tests were conducted as follows: URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJVBpFVovNE&list=PLN7CbH97ZxIjz3xhBHGzfGfbvWRSs8WQp Loop Enabled S...

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I'm truly humbled and grateful that you chose something I did to be used in the first APOD Station!

Thank you so much!

Hi @PawelPleskaczynski I know it's not a wrapper, and totally appreciate that you did your own implementation. All I'm suggesting is to focus our efforts into the official API so that it can serve the maximum number of API users, regardless of their language or environment. If we have a solid offici...

Hi @PawelPleskaczynski Thank you for your efforts on creating a Node.js version of APOD API. No one here judging any "elegance of code", all is needed is that it does the job. But I believe the best approach is to contribute to the official apod-api on GitHub, and then create a Node.js wra...

@Ivan I guess the info just isn't passed to the API, when there is more than one person mentioned in the 'copyright' section on the webpage, thus 'copyright' attribute doesn't exist for this date's entry. Can you be more specific and give an example such as a date where you had issues with. P.S. To ...

Hi @Ivan, Just to be clear, you mean 'copyright' attribute is missing form the README.md file, right? Because there is no issue with the actual returned JSON object; it does include the 'copyright' key provided it exists for the date. If that's what you meant, then, and as you mentioned, @LeMorrow h...