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==BBC News component==
 
==BBC News component==
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Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed.
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Create an LED, gLCD or LCD news ticker in homes, business and outside for the public.  Automatally receive the latest news without your mobile or computer switched on.  Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed.  This component is used for data gathering from the internet.
  
 
==Component Source Code==
 
==Component Source Code==
  
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Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wikicopy/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx]
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Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx]
  
 
Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx]
 
Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx]
  
 
==Detailed description==
 
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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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| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
 
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
 
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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%" | BBC IP Address
 
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| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
 
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
 
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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="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
 
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===GetTitle===
 
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===GetURL===
 
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===Initialise===
 
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===RequestData===
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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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Latest revision as of 11:57, 3 November 2023

Author MatrixTSL
Version 1.0
Category Comms: IoT/Cloud


BBC News component

Create an LED, gLCD or LCD news ticker in homes, business and outside for the public. Automatally receive the latest news without your mobile or computer switched on. Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed. This component is used for data gathering from the internet.

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

No detailed description exists yet for this component

Examples

No additional examples








Macro reference

GetDescription

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


GetTitle

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


GetURL

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


Initialise

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


RequestData

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


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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