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==BBC News component== | ==BBC News component== | ||
| − | Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed. | + | 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== | ||
| − | Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/ | + | 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/ | + | 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] |
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Latest revision as of 11:57, 3 November 2023
| Author | MatrixTSL |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Category | Comms: IoT/Cloud |
Contents
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
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GetDescription |
| Get Selected News Item Description | |
 - STRING
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Return |
GetTitle
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GetTitle |
| Get Selected News Item Title | |
| - STRING
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Return |
GetURL
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GetURL |
| Get Selected News Item URL | |
| - STRING
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Return |
Initialise
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Initialise |
| Sets up the component ready to collect news data. | |
 - VOID
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Return |
RequestData
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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
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ItemNumber |
| Headline Index To Read | |
| - UINT
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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LinkTo |
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BBC IP Address |
| IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk | |
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News Feed |
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Feed URL |
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Receive Timeout |
| Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data. | |
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Data |
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Record Title |
| Stores the news topic title into RAM. | |
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Title Buffer Size |
| Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles. | |
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Record Description |
| Stores the news topic description into RAM. | |
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Record URL |
| Records the news topics full story URL into RAM | |
