Difference between revisions of "Component: BBC News (Comms: IoT/Cloud)"

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==Detailed description==
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" | ItemNumber
 
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| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | LinkTo
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
 
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| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | News Feed
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Feed URL
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
 
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| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record Title
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
 
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| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record Description
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record URL
 
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| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" | ItemNumber
 
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| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | LinkTo
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
 
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| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | News Feed
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Feed URL
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
 
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| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record Title
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
 
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| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record Description
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record URL
 
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| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" | ItemNumber
 
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| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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==Property reference==
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | LinkTo
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
 
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| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | News Feed
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Feed URL
 
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| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record Title
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
 
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| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record Description
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
 
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| width="90%" | Record URL
 
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| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
 
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|}==Macro reference==
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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|}
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" | ItemNumber
 
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| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
 
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|-
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
 
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|-
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
 
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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|}
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
 
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|-
 
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
 
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| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" | News Feed
 
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Revision as of 16:46, 30 January 2023

Author MatrixTSL
Version 1.0
Category Comms: IoT/Cloud


BBC News component

Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed.

Component Source Code

Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx

Detailed description

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Examples

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Macro reference

Fc9-comp-macro.png GetURL
Get Selected News Item URL 
Fc9-string-icon.png - STRING Return


Fc9-comp-macro.png RequestData
Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros. 
Fc9-u16-icon.png - UINT ItemNumber
Headline Index To Read 
Fc9-u16-icon.png - UINT Return


Fc9-comp-macro.png GetTitle
Get Selected News Item Title 
Fc9-string-icon.png - STRING Return


Fc9-comp-macro.png GetDescription
Get Selected News Item Description 
Fc9-string-icon.png - STRING Return


Fc9-comp-macro.png Initialise
Sets up the component ready to collect news data. 
Fc9-void-icon.png - VOID Return



Property reference

Fc9-prop-icon.png Properties
Fc9-type-16-icon.png LinkTo
 
Fc9-type-10-icon.png BBC IP Address
IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk 
Fc9-type-16-icon.png News Feed
 
Fc9-type-10-icon.png Feed URL
 
Fc9-type-21-icon.png Receive Timeout
Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data. 
Fc9-conn-icon.png Data
Fc9-type-7-icon.png Record Title
Stores the news topic title into RAM. 
Fc9-type-21-icon.png Title Buffer Size
Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles. 
Fc9-type-7-icon.png Record Description
Stores the news topic description into RAM. 
Fc9-type-7-icon.png Record URL
Records the news topics full story URL into RAM 
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