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gouldtv
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15 years ago

Adding XML or JSON parsing to SimpleGrid.brs example

I'm trying to configure the SimpleGrid.brs sample and get it integrated with either XML or JSON feeds from my host. Can anyone share with me some sample code for pulling in either XML or JSON data tha...
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RokuChris
Roku Employee
15 years ago
Handling XML in BrightScript is much easier than JSON, but either is possible. Take a look at the documentation for roXMLElement. Some very simple XML parsing logic might look like this:

showList = []
xml = CreateObject("roXMLElement")
if xml.Parse(xmlString) ' where xmlString is a chunk of valid XML you've fetched from some cloud service
  for each item in xml.item
    showList.Push({
      title:        item.title.GetText()
      sdPosterURL:  item.image.GetText()
      hdPosterURL:  item.image.GetText()
      ' etc...
    })
  next
end if