read XML from Website

criss87

Dear all!

I need to read an XML file from a website, Someone know how to read the file thru code ?

http://www.meteowebcam.it/rss/Monfalcone.xml

Once I will have the file in the string event, I will parse the file myself.

Many thanks for the help,

Cris

vining

All you can do is download it and parse it manually through code that you write. You can't use he VAR_TO_XML or XML_TO_VAR functions since they only work on a specific format created by the functions to work with structures.

DHawthorne

There is a whole thread addressing how to get the content in your string event: http://www.amxforums.com/showthread.php?t=4406

criss87

Solved !

Work as a charm!
Now I just need to parse all the incoming data....

Many thanks,

Cristiano



button_event[tp,1]
{
push:
{
ip_client_open (dvHTML.Port,'www.meteowebcam.it',80,IP_TCP)
}
}

data_event [dvHTML]
{

online:
{
clear_buffer cWeatherBuf

send_string dvHTML,"'GET /rss/Monfalcone.xml HTTP/1.0',13,10"
send_string dvHTML,"'Host: www.meteowebcam.it',13,10"
send_string dvHTML,",13,10"
}
string:
{
// parsing data here soon.....
}
}

DHawthorne

What I have done is iterate through the buffer by breaking out chunks with the > character. If the source is reasonably consistent, you can then test for a tag by looking for what follows the < in that chunk, and detecting a closing tag by looking for a / . Data itself would have no < in front of it.