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

Revision as of 11:48, 3 February 2023

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

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

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	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.
- UINT	ItemNumber
Headline Index To Read
- UINT	Return

	GetDescription
Get Selected News Item Description
- STRING	Return

	Initialise
Sets up the component ready to collect news data.
- VOID	Return

	Properties
	LinkTo

	BBC IP Address
IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk
	News Feed

	Feed URL

	Receive Timeout
Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.
	Data
	Record Title
Stores the news topic title into RAM.
	Title Buffer Size
Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.
	Record Description
Stores the news topic description into RAM.
	Record URL
Records the news topics full story URL into RAM

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+===GetTitle===
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