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

Latest revision as of 14:36, 13 July 2026

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

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Examples

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Macro reference

GetDescription

	GetDescription
Get Selected News Item Description
- STRING	Return

GetTitle

	GetTitle
Get Selected News Item Title
- STRING	Return

GetURL

	GetURL
Get Selected News Item URL
- STRING	Return

Initialise

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

RequestData

	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

Property reference

	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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