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YahooJsonInfotron

Yahoo has a standard format on their json return data, a little bit like google data. This is a generic blueprint which generates a more manageable output array for html inclusion.

Demos that use it

  • map.html
  • yahoosearch.html
  • multi_map.html

Yahoo's JSON RSS format 


  {



ResultSet: {
  totalResultsAvailable:string,
  totalResultsReturned:string,
  firstResultPosition:string,
  Result:[
    {Title:string,
 Summary:string,
 Url:string,
 ClickUrl:string,
 RefererUrl:string,
 FileSize:string,
 FileFormat:string,
 Height:string,
 Width:string,
 Thumbnail:{
   Url:string,
   Height:string,
   Width:string
 }
}
  ]
}




  }



BLUEPRINT(
"~0108660CEBFAB14d9e8D69AB83384B9B0C",
[
 ["json_rss_in", "onJsonRss", 10]
],
[
 "textscrap_collection_out"
],
function (Class) 
{

    Class.prototype.onJsonRss = function(msg)
    {
    var coll = [];  
    var n, result, results;

    try {
      n = parseInt(msg.ResultSet.totalResultsReturned);
    } catch (ex) {
      this.error(ex, "malformed JSON RSS output");

      return;
      /*****************************************************************/
    }

    if (n == 1) {
      results = [msg.ResultSet.Result];
    } else {
      results = msg.ResultSet.Result;
    }

    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result = results[i];

        coll.push({name:result.Title,
               text_content:result.Summary,
               uri:result.Url,
              latitude: parseFloat(result.Latitude),
              longitude: parseFloat(result.Longitude),
              street: result.Address,
              locality: result.City,
              region: result.State,
              telephone_number:result.Phone})
    }

    this.postMessage("textscrap_collection_out", coll);
    };

}, "JSON RSS to Collection");
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