Re: Using Mathematica to Grab RSS Feeds
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- Subject: [mg116303] Re: Using Mathematica to Grab RSS Feeds
- From: "Hans Michel" <hmichel at cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:23:23 -0500 (EST)
Please note that if the rss feed is version 2.01 or earlier Mathematica version 7 has been supporting direct Import and conversion to NoteBook bject. The following will open a new Notebook with the ability to refresh Import["http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/europe/rss.xml";, {"RSS", "NotebookObject"}] The following will return a Notebook symbol with Cell data Import["http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/europe/rss.xml";, "RSS" ] At which point the pattern matching would not be based on "XML" but Mathematica Notebook structure. See more information on ref/format/RSS Hans -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Lypny [mailto:gregory.lypny at videotron.ca] Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:09 AM To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg116303] [mg116264] Re: Using Mathematica to Grab RSS Feeds Hi Sjoerd, Thank you for your tips! This is exactly the type of thing that I need to get me going. I figured Import was the thing to use, but I'm still a bit green on specifying patterns for Cases. Your example here will give me a good start. Thanks again, Gregory Lypny On Tue, Feb 8, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Sjoerd C. de Vries wrote: > Never done this, but Import may be your tool of choice: > > xmlIn = Import["http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/europe/rss.xml";, > "XML" ] > > get descriptions: > > Cases[xmlIn, > XMLElement["description", {}, {desc___}] -> desc, Infinity] > > get links: > > Cases[xmlIn, XMLElement["link", {}, {desc___}] -> desc, Infinity] > > etc. > > Cheers -- Sjoerd > > On Feb 8, 11:03 am, Gregory Lypny <gregory.ly... at videotron.ca> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> Wondering if anyone has used Mathematica to grab RSS feeds and curate them in some sort of a database for later analysis. Any tips on how this might be done? >> >> Regards, >> >> Gregory Lypny >