def getCategories(self):
#
# Get XML...
#
httpCommunicator = HTTPCommunicator()
url = "http://videoak.microsoftpdc.com/pdc_schedule/Schedule.xml"
xmlData = httpCommunicator.get(url)
#
# Parse response...
#
rootElement = ElementTree.fromstring(xmlData, ElementTree.XMLParser(encoding="utf-8"))
trackElements = rootElement.findall("Tracks/Track")
categories = []
categories.append({"Name": "All sessions", "Id": ""})
for trackElement in trackElements:
categoryName = trackElement.get("Name")
categories.append({"Name": categoryName, "Id": categoryName})
# Add entries...
for category in categories:
listitem = xbmcgui.ListItem(category["Name"])
url = "%s?action=sessions&category=%s" % (sys.argv[0], urllib.quote_plus(category["Id"]))
xbmcplugin.addDirectoryItem(handle=int(sys.argv[1]), url=url, listitem=listitem, isFolder=True)
# Disable sorting...
xbmcplugin.addSortMethod(handle=int(sys.argv[1]), sortMethod=xbmcplugin.SORT_METHOD_NONE)
# End of directory...
xbmcplugin.endOfDirectory(handle=int(sys.argv[1]), succeeded=True)
