User:Alex skene/scratchpad/more external stuff

try xml

• http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/11/data.xml

{{#get_web_data: url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/11/data.xml |format=xml |use xpath |data=Text1=//*[local-name()='Text'] , text2=//*[local-name()='AffectingTitle'] |}}

{{#for_external_table:

• {{{Text2}}}

}}

• the legislation xml doesn't meet the SMW extension's format v well, so won't e able format properly

try xht format

• http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/11/data.xht
• doesn't work well - more classes than spans...

{{#get_external_data:http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/11/data.xht |xml |span=span |class=class |}}

{{#for_external_table:

• {{{span}}} / {{{class}}}

}}

try json format

1:

{{#get_web_data: url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/bnp_teachers_152.json |format=json |data=url_title=url_title,title=title,id=id }}

{{#for_external_table:

• {{{url_title}}} / {{{title}}} / {{{id}}}

}}

2:

{{#get_web_data: url=http://api.scraperwiki.com/api/1.0/datastore/sqlite?format=jsondict&name=ico_lines_to_take&query=select%20*%20from%20ltt_data |format=json |data=snippet=snippet }}

{{#for_external_table:

• {{{snippet}}}

}}

3:

{{#get_web_data: url=http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/feed/body/islington_borough_council.json |format=json |data=rcalculated_state=calculated_state,rinfo_request=info_request,rid=id,rtitle=title,rurl_title=url_title,rdisplay_status=display_status }}

{{#for_external_table:

• {{{rid}}} / {{{rcalculated_state}}} / {{{rinfo_request}}} / {{{rtitle}}} / {{{rurl_title}}} / {{{rdisplay_status}}}

}}