timemapper: Unable to start a new spreadsheet

The URL always return 404 internally and shows That URL doesn't exist error message

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Using the URL https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1saz7b7WF97xb7EA9XS9ea-q-26owrRteAaNYNgz48Bc

The transformation at

var url = recline.Backend.GDocs.getGDocsApiUrls(e.target.value).spreadsheetAPI;

get the URL https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/worksheets/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1saz7b7WF97xb7EA9XS9ea-q-26owrRteAaNYNgz48Bc/public/basic?alt=json (check the two http parts, the URL is bad)

We are using a very old JS library to build those urls

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State: closed
Created 3 years ago
Comments: 23 (9 by maintainers)

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Here’s an update on the current situation:

After some heroic efforts @aivuk has been able to update the ancient Timemapper codebase to allow spreadsheets to be parsed again (with some caveats, see below)
Some existing timelines stored on users profiles are still not being loaded, @aivuk is on this and will hopefully get it fixed soon.
We don’t know if everything is working as before! Let us know if there is something off adding a comment to this issue
It’s pretty clear that the current code base is not fit for purpose. In the coming days we will post an implementation plan for a new Timemapper version. The goal is that all current timelines and URLs remain unaffected.

Thanks everyone for bearing with us

amercader on Oct 1, 2021

Hi @kcirsresearch! Timemapper is one of many old project that the OKF tech team is currently assessing the maintenance of. Can I ask you how often you use it?

Also, @rufuspollock do you have any interest/time to look into restoring functionality in the mean time?

Hi @lwinfree ! Thanks for your response!

I use it frequently - I’m part of a team developing educational resources for English and literature classes, and have been using TimeMapper over the past year with the hopes of having a resource that could continue to be available in the future for students, teachers, and other users! It’s also something I’ve recommended to others, and would be very happy to see maintained.

kcirsresearch on Sep 7, 2021

Am not sure whether there’s a need for a survey to assess the use of TimeMapper, but as am watching the conversation would share that as part of one of the historic datavis modules and workshops that I conduct, TimeMapper has been a favourite and has been used by 150-200 participants on a yearly basis as part of in-lecture hands-on directed instruction. Additionally would have a number of undergraduate and post graduate digital humanities students that would choose to employ TimeMapper as part of their capstore digital artefact. For what that is worth. Thanks @rufuspollock for devising it and making it available.

shawnday on Sep 7, 2021