Hi there, I'm trying to automate the process of downloading dats for my no-intro sets. Basically I'm trying to setup a clrmamepro www-profiler xml for my own personal use, but WITH dat downloads. I have a script that runs once a week that automatically downloads the latest dat for each set from the datomatic and creates a www-profiler xml file. This way I can do all my normal clrmamepro audits without having to click and download each dat manually from the datomatic.

The script I wrote to do this was working perfectly until recently (last few of months I think). I'm using curl to send an http POST command to download each dat. Unfortunately, this isn't working correctly anymore. I now have a problem where I can't select the right datset anymore. I can change options submitted to the datomatic fine (including bios, xxxx ROMs, etc.) but I can't select the set through a POST command. It appears that the datset it somehow determined out by what the dropdown window is set to while browsing, but I can't see how this interacts with the action to download a dat. How can I set the datset through a POST command? Is it possible to do what I'm trying to do anymore? If it's not possible would you consider adding functionality to the datomatic?

Thanks for any help.

Not sure if this will work since I don't have access to the source, but you can try adding the key "sel_s" with a value of eg. "Nintendo - Nintendo DS".

I'm currently talking with one of the guys running the site to include dat downloading again.