User:Alex skene/scratchpad/more external stuff
try 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}}}
}}