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using XML directly from the web rather than a file?
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using XML directly from the web rather than a file?


  • Subject: using XML directly from the web rather than a file?
  • From: "David A. Cox" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:05:17 -0800

I am looking to parse and use data stored in XML available from a web source. I can deal with the data if I first write the data to a local xml document, and then read it in using the System Events xml support. But dealing with all that disk IO for a quick lookup of data seems like not the best answer. I would rather be able to download and use the data directly inside the script, but it seems to treat the xml data as a string rather than an xml object, and I using things like the "as xml data" do not seem to work. If I am missing something simple here, I would love a pointer in the right direction. I think I have run myself in about as many circles as I can on web searches :).

A sample of what I am doing at this point is:


--clear out the file try do shell script "rm /tmp/galacticaText" end try

--fill the file with xml data
do shell script "curl 'http://galacticaa.net/widget/feed.php? ts=1171327909000&v=2.1' > /tmp/galacticaText"


--read in the data, and break it out into variables we can use later in the script
tell application "System Events"
set GalacticaXML to XML file "/tmp/galacticaText"
set {EpNum, EpName, EpType, EpIm, EpM, EpD, EpY, EpFul, EpSum, NewVer, UpgradeMessage} to value of XML elements of XML element "galacticaa" of GalacticaXML
end tell
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