[weatherbug_getLocation]
| Link | weatherbug_getLocation |
| Author | Shelane French |
| Category | Utility |
| Version | 8.x |
| License | Public Domain |
| Posted | 01 Apr 2007 |
| Updated | 01 Apr 2007 |
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Description
Returns location information (city, state, country) via the WeatherBug API.
Requires a valid WeatherBug API key. This tag also requires the [xml_tree]
type.
Sample Usage
var: 'wbLocale' = weatherbug_getLocation(-key=$key, -zip=$zip);
var: 'wbCurrentCity' = $wbLocale->find('location')->find('cityname');
var: 'wbCurrentState' = $wbLocale->find('location')->find('statename');
$wbCurrentCity ', ' $wbCurrentState;
Source Code
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define_tag(
'getLocation',
-namespace='weatherbug_',
-required='key',
-required='zip',
-priority='replace',
-description='Returns location information for the given zip code.'
);
local('url' = 'http://' + #key + '.api.wxbug.net/getLocationsXML.aspx');
local('getparams') = array(
'ACode' = #key,
'SearchString' = #zip
);
local('response') = include_url(
#url,
-getparams=#getparams
);
local('xmldata') = xml_tree(#response);
local('out' = map);
iterate(#xmldata->locations->children, local('i'));
if(#i->name && #i->name != 'text');
local('map' = map);
#map->insert('value' = #i->contents);
if: #i->attributes;
iterate: #i->attributes, (local: 'attribute');
#map->insert(#attribute->first = decode_xml(#attribute->second));
/iterate;
/if;
#out->insert(#i->name = #map);
/if;
/iterate;
return(@#out);
/define_tag;
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