Re FC_Comp_Source_RedditNewsHeadlines.fcfx

[Amtor]

I happened to come across this source code on on the wiki page, but I can see it as a component anywhere.
Sorry if this has been asked about before, I did have a search but didn't find much.
Why is it not saved as a component I wonder.

Thanks

Mark

Second try, think I attached the wrong file last time

[chipfryer27]

Hi

Just guessing that it may have been deprecated, and was intended as an example to interact. I see though that in searching components there is no entry for Reddit News but there is for BBC News. Principle of operation most likely the same.

Regards

[Amtor]

Thanks for the reply
The BBC News component used to work really nicely, but it stopped one day and I could never make it work again. The BBC Weather component though works fine. I just thought I might try that one to see if it had any life in it. But I don’t think my latest license is valid to turn it into a component though.

Thanks

Mark

[medelec35]

Hello.
The component did not work correctly, so it was left.
Because there was a source file, it automatically was available via the Wikki.

[chipfryer27]

Hi

The problem with writing any component that interacts with 3rd-party servers, such as News / Weather etc is that you are at the mercy of the service provider. What works today may not work tomorow as they have changed something.

Personally, I found the examples to be helpful in learning how to use the components to interact. I think there is a "hello world" example somewhere that interacts with a server held by Matrix, so it works well (or used to). From that example it lead to me writing code to interact with all sorts of services.

Regards