My main use of get_iplayer is to download radio drama. I used to use the --category drama parameter to list the drama programs and then use the result to decide what to download. Now that the --category parameter is only available for podcasts, I am no longer able to do this. Is it possible to have it re-instated?

Please go and read the release notes in the Wiki as that will expalin why this is not possible.

https://squarepenguin.co.uk/wiki/release293/

Thanks for the quick response.

I guess I can use the categories on the actual iplayer site to make myself aware of the programs.

Although the programme schedule data get_iplayer uses no longer includes the category data, there are data feeds available for searching by category, e.g.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/ge...layer.json

I've put together some utilities in node.js for parsing those feeds at https://github.com/Mermade/bbcparse

E.g. for the above it outputs

b06qncpn episode radio Available  Neil Gaiman - The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
 75m S01E01/01 A dwarf seeks a guide to a Misty Isle cave. Read by Bill Paterson.
 vPID= b06qncns (Original version)
b007k4rp episode radio Available  Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses/Episode 2
 30m S01E02/02 After a major eye operation, shocked Marda West can see things that others can't.
 series= b007l4kr (Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses)
b007k4jq episode radio Available  Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses/Episode 1
 30m S01E01/02 After major eye surgery, a woman discovers that her vision has frighteningly new clarity.
 series= b007l4kr (Daphne du Maurier - The Blue Lenses)
b007jwq4 episode radio Available  Martin Kiszko - Scramble/Episode 3
 30m S01E03/03 Racing against time, Mel battles to use music to thwart a crucial government project.
 series= b0072txy (Martin Kiszko - Scramble)
b007jwp8 episode radio Available  Martin Kiszko - Scramble/Episode 2
 30m S01E02/03 Mel discovers some uncomfortable truths about herself and her past.
 series= b0072txy (Martin Kiszko - Scramble)

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The above utility now has a web-based cousin, at: http://mermade.github.io/bbc/category.html