uziq's PageScraper 3.02

TPG Usage Monitor v1.5
by twig*

Used for Australian TPG Internet Service Provider, mainly ADSL accounts which are not under the unlimited plans.

After waiting a long time for someone to make this, I got fed up with using my Firefox "NetUsage" extension and made this. The base code to retrieve data from the webpage was copied from the OptusNet Usage Monitor script.

For further information, refer to the readme file.


Additional thanks
- Michael Marx (contacting me about the off peak usage - 06/01/2010)


Version History
v1.5 (2009/08/23)
- Thanks to Gibbo for letting me know the retrieval script was broken.
- Fixed reading of variables for download charges, peak downloads and off-peak downloads.
- Changed contact details.

v1.4 (2008/11/09)
- Thanks to Malcom Chalmers for providing an update to read off-peak usage.
- Added 2 new options to the configuration, 'quota_peak' and 'quota_offpeak'.
- Added new functions to retrieve off-peak details.
* GetOffPeakUsage()
* GetMegabytesPerDayRemainingOffPeak()
- For the cache readings, changed 'used' to 'used_peak' and added 'used_offpeak'.
- Added an additional comment to GetBillingPeriodDaysRemaining().
- Changed GetMegabytesPerDayRemaining() to calculate the value using the user defined quota, rather than a hardcoded 18gb.
- Fixed RetrieveDataFromServer() so it uses '&' to append text rather than '+'.
- Changed Private_FindCacheValue() so it includes the '=' into the search string.
- Updated README step (g) in the readme as it was vague. (Thanks Malcom)
- Updated README step (d) to be more precise.
- Updated README to remind users that 1gb = 1000mb, not 1024mb.
- Updated README credits section.
- Updated README version history to include dates.
- Removed version history from script file as it is already in the README.
- Updated README blurb for 'Function Usage'.

v1.3 (2005/08/08)
- TPG changed their page slightly from "Ends :" to "Expiry Date:" for billing period ending. Edited RetrieveDataFromServer() to retrieve "billPeriodEnd" from the correct location.

v1.2
- Thanks to forums for doing something I couldn't be bothered doing
- Added GetBillingPeriodDaysRemaining(), which returns the numbers of days left before TPG takes money from you again.
- Added GetMegabytesPerDayRemaining(), which returns an approximate indication of how much quota you should use in a day before your usage is resetted without getting capped.
- General code cleanup

v1.1
- Fixed a bug that causes script to read from Internet Explorer cache, rather than refreshing it.
- Added an extra step to the install notes on how to set "Max Value" display value for configs.

v1.0
- Initial release.

It's been a while since I wrote it but I think that as well as installing ActivePerl you will have to install the Date::Simple perl module. Use the Perl Package Manager in ActivePerl's Start Menu folder to install any modules you are missing.

Once you've added the script as a meter you need to add your calendars to the parameter list. For each calendar there are two parameters: the first is a name for the calendar (e.g. Personal, Work, Holidays, etc.), and the second is the http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/.../basic url from the calendar's settings. Just leave any parameters that you don't want to use blank.

You will also want to set the Tab Size in the Display settings to something large. I use 110

Remove "reverse" near the end of the script if you want it sorted the other way.

20090/04/07 Added the above text as a readme.txt file in the zip

Description:
A simple script to render your unread GMail inbox items to the desktop.

- Uses the GMail Atom to download your unread items as XML
- Uses XSL to transform the XML to text

Extract both scripts in the zip to the Samurize scripts directory.
Create a new meter and select Active Script.
Set "gmail.vbs" as the source.
Set GetInfo as the function to call.
Provide your gmail user name and password and you are good to go.

Any feedback?
Is it working for everyone?
Anyone modified the scripts for something more interesting?
Got some screenshots of your config?

A simple script to render your twitter feed to the desktop.

- Uses the Twitter API to download your feed as XML
- Uses XSL to transform the XML to text

Extract both scripts in the zip to the Samurize scripts directory.
Create a new meter and select Active Script.
Set "twitter.vbs" as the source.
Set GetInfo as the function to call.
Provide your Twitter user name and password and you are good to go.

Any feedback?
Is it working for everyone?
Anyone modified the scripts for something more interesting?
Got some screenshots of your config?

A script and config to display usage info from Exetel (ISP) in Australia.
enter login and plan info into exetel.vbs before use.

functions available to show: uploads, downloads, limits, and percent used for both on and off peak periods.

vbs based on optus usage monitor by dx!
config based on vista sidebar 4: drive info widget by halfwayglad/mciarlo

Display any stock that's covered by finance.yahoo.com. The script comes equipped with the AEX (dutch index), the Dow Jones and the Euro/Dollar-conversion rate, but stocks can be added/changed very simple.

Shows the "Current", "Next" and "Previous" song that plays on the station.
Using the PageScraper.dll


http://www.bandit1063.se/

Shows one of the dutch ANWB traffic info maps. You can cut out and only show the part you need with an extra (java) image handling library (still small, but source included). There is also a filter then hides the map if the amount of traffic is below a certain threshold.

Updated: V1.2.1 was needed to adapt (again) to changes on the ANWB site.

Updated: V1.2 was needed to adapt to changes on the ANWB site.

Updated: V1.1.1 needed to avoid that the vbs is recognized as a virus. :?

Updated: V1.1 needed to adapt to changes on ANWB site. Older version do not work anymore!

Hope it helps to avoid the traffic!

Shows the 5 newest subtitles from finnish subtitle site xvidsubs.com.

Updated:
v1.2: Small layout fix.