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<title>Example: DataSource.IO</title>
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<h1>Example: DataSource.IO</h1>
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<div class="content"><div class="intro">
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<p>Accessing data from a server is easy with DataSource.IO, which uses the IO Utility to retrieve data over HTTP. A <a href="../dataschema/">DataSchema</a> plugin is used to normalize incoming data into a known format for consistency of usage by other components.</p>
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/* custom styles for this example */
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#demo .output {margin-bottom:1em; padding:10px; border:1px solid #D9D9D9;}
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"totalResultsAvailable":391000000,
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"totalResultsReturned":10,
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"firstResultPosition":1,
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{"Title":"Madonna","Summary":"Official site of pop diva
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Madonna, with news, music, media, and fan club.",
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"Url":"http:\/\/www.madonna.com\/", ...,
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{"Title":"Madonna - MySpace","Summary":"Madonna MySpace
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page features news, blog, music downloads, desktops,
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wallpapers, and more.",
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"Url":"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/madonna",
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..., "Size":"110365"}},
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{"Title":"YouTube - madonna's Channel",
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"Summary":"The Official Madonna YouTube Channel.
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Want to Subscribe? ... http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/Madonna.
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Sharing Options There are 3 ways to share this channel.",
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"Url":"http:\/\/youtube.com\/madonna", ...,
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resultListLocator: "ResultSet.Result",
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resultFields: ["Title"]
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<h6>Normalized data</h6>
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<input type="button" id="demo_json" value="Retrieve data">
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<div id="demo_output_json" class="output"></div>
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<query xmlns:yahoo="http://www.yahooapis.com/v1/base.rng"
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yahoo:count="10" ...>
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<result xmlns="http://www.inktomi.com/">
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<![CDATA[www.<b>madonna.com</b>]]>
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<size>144947</size>
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<![CDATA[<b>madonna</b>.com home]]>
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<url>http://www.madonna.com/</url>
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<result xmlns="http://www.inktomi.com/">
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<![CDATA[<b>en.wikipedia.org</b>/wiki/<wbr>
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<b>Madonna</b>_(entertainer)]]>
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<size>450316</size>
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<![CDATA[<b>Madonna</b> (Entertainer) - Wikipedia]]>
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<url>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer)</url>
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<result xmlns="http://www.inktomi.com/">
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<![CDATA[www.<b>myspace.com</b>/<b>madonna</b>]]>
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<size>110851</size>
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<![CDATA[<b>Madonna</b> - MySpace]]>
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<url>http://www.myspace.com/madonna</url>
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resultListLocator: "result",
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resultFields: [{key:"title", locator:"*[local-name() ='title']"}]
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<h6>Normalized data</h6>
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<input type="button" id="demo_xml" value="Retrieve data">
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<div id="demo_output_xml" class="output"></div>
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<script type="text/javascript">
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YUI().use("dump", "node", "datasource-io", "datasource-jsonschema", "datasource-xmlschema", function (Y) {
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var myDataSourceJSON = new Y.DataSource.IO({source:"../assets/datasource/ysearch.json"}),
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success: function(e){
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Y.one("#demo_output_json").setContent(Y.dump(e.response));
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failure: function(e){
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Y.one("#demo_output_json").setContent("Could not retrieve data: " + e.error.message);
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myDataSourceJSON.plug(Y.Plugin.DataSourceJSONSchema, {
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resultListLocator: "ResultSet.Result",
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resultFields: ["Title"]
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Y.on("click", function(e){
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myDataSourceJSON.sendRequest({
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request:"?output=json",
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callback:myCallbackJSON
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var myDataSourceXML = new Y.DataSource.IO({source:"../assets/datasource/ysearch.xml"}),
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success: function(e){
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Y.one("#demo_output_xml").setContent(Y.dump(e.response).replace(/&/g,"&").replace(/</g,"<").replace(/>/g,">"));
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failure: function(e){
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Y.one("#demo_output_xml").setContent("Could not retrieve data: " + e.error.message);
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myDataSourceXML.plug(Y.Plugin.DataSourceXMLSchema, {
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resultListLocator: "result",
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resultFields: [{key:"title", locator:"*[local-name() ='title']"}]
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Y.on("click", function(e){
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myDataSourceXML.sendRequest({
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request:"?output=xml",
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callback:myCallbackXML
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<p>If your server returns JSON data, use a DataSourceJSONSchema plugin to parse the data against a schema that you provide:</p>
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<pre class="code prettyprint">YUI().use("datasource-io", "datasource-jsonschema", function(Y) {
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var myDataSource = new Y.DataSource.IO({source:"ysearch_json_madonna.php"}),
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success: function(e){
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failure: function(e){
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alert("Could not retrieve data: " + e.error.message);
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myDataSource.plug(Y.Plugin.DataSourceJSONSchema, {
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resultListLocator: "ResultSet.Result",
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resultFields: ["Title"]
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// This request string will get appended to the URI
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myDataSource.sendRequest({
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request:"?output=json",
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<p>On the other hand, a DataSourceXMLSchema plugin can be used to parse XML data coming from your server:</p>
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<pre class="code prettyprint">YUI().use("datasource-io", "datasource-xmlschema", function(Y) {
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var myDataSource = new Y.DataSource.IO({source:"ysearch_xml_madonna.php"}),
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success: function(e){
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failure: function(e){
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alert("Could not retrieve data: " + e.error.message);
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myDataSource.plug(Y.Plugin.DataSourceXMLSchema, {
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resultListLocator: "result",
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resultFields: [{key:"title", locator:"*[local-name() ='title']"}]
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myDataSource.sendRequest({
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request:"?output=xml",
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<div id="sidebar" class="yui3-u">
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<div class="sidebox">
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<h2 class="no-toc">Examples</h2>
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<ul class="examples">
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<li data-description="The Local DataSource manages retrieval of in-page data, from JavaScript arrays and objects to DOM elements.">
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<a href="datasource-local.html">DataSource.Local</a>
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<li data-description="The Get DataSource, which manages retrieval of data from remote sources via the Get Utility, can be useful for accessing data from cross-domain servers without the need for a proxy.">
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<a href="datasource-get.html">DataSource.Get</a>
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<li data-description="The IO DataSource manages retrieval of data from remote sources, via the IO Utility.">
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<a href="datasource-io.html">DataSource.IO</a>
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<li data-description="The Function DataSource, which manages retrieval of data from a JavaScript function, provides a highly customizeable mechanism for implementer-defined data retrieval algorithms">
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<a href="datasource-function.html">DataSource.Function</a>
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<li data-description="Use the DataSourceCache plugin to enable caching and reduce server calls to remote sources.">
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<a href="datasource-caching.html">DataSource with Caching</a>
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<li data-description="The DataSourceCache plugin supports offline caching so that cached data persists across browser sessions.">
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<a href="datasource-offlinecache.html">DataSource with Offline Cache</a>
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<li data-description="Use the Pollable extension to enable polling in your DataSource.">
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<a href="datasource-polling.html">DataSource with Polling</a>
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<div class="sidebox">
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<h2 class="no-toc">Examples That Use This Component</h2>
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<ul class="examples">
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<li data-description="How to provide autocomplete suggestions using a DataSource instance.">
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<a href="../autocomplete/ac-datasource.html">Remote Data via DataSource</a>
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