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In this lab you will pull in some weather data from http://openweathermap.org/API. | In this lab you will pull in some weather data from http://openweathermap.org/API. | ||
== Student Outline == | |||
# Open LabWeather.nsx. | |||
# Add a click event to ''btnLoad'' on ''frmMain'' | |||
# Have the click event use the value from ''txtCity'' to query OpenWeatherMap's API: http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Riyadh,sa (keep in mind that you should URL encode any user entered parameters, like city, using [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent encodeURIComponent]) | |||
# Upon receiving the response, you should parse the response into the various Value labels on frmMain. The format of the response is described here: http://bugs.openweathermap.org/projects/api/wiki/Weather_Data | |||
== Files == | |||
* [[File:LabWeather.nsx]] | |||
* [[File:LabWeatherSolution.nsx]] | |||
Revision as of 21:08, 12 December 2013
In this lab you will pull in some weather data from http://openweathermap.org/API.
Student Outline
- Open LabWeather.nsx.
- Add a click event to btnLoad on frmMain
- Have the click event use the value from txtCity to query OpenWeatherMap's API: http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Riyadh,sa (keep in mind that you should URL encode any user entered parameters, like city, using encodeURIComponent)
- Upon receiving the response, you should parse the response into the various Value labels on frmMain. The format of the response is described here: http://bugs.openweathermap.org/projects/api/wiki/Weather_Data