nightdrops.com » mxml http://www.nightdrops.com like the color blue Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:19:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Requesting Webservices in Flex 3 http://www.nightdrops.com/2009/requesting-webservices-in-flex-3/ http://www.nightdrops.com/2009/requesting-webservices-in-flex-3/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:25:25 +0000 kajyr http://www.nightdrops.com/?p=77 Follows Webservices, simple introduction.

In Flex 3 requesting data is really simple, since you really have to load a well know url which prints out XML (or JSON or whatever).

I assume you have read the introduction, here we are with a url that prints out informations about Cher’s top fans:

http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.gettopfans&artist=cher&api_key=xxxxxxxxxxxx

What we have to do is load that url with a mx:HTTPService Object and parse the result as XML. Simple, it isn’t?

First: create the HTTPService object:


GeSHi Error: GeSHi could not find the language mxml (using path /nfs/c03/h01/mnt/85630/domains/nightdrops.com/html/wp-content/plugins/snipplr/geshi/geshi/) (code 2)

and the handlers


GeSHi Error: GeSHi could not find the language actionscript3 (using path /nfs/c03/h01/mnt/85630/domains/nightdrops.com/html/wp-content/plugins/snipplr/geshi/geshi/) (code 2)

GeSHi Error: GeSHi could not find the language actionscript3 (using path /nfs/c03/h01/mnt/85630/domains/nightdrops.com/html/wp-content/plugins/snipplr/geshi/geshi/) (code 2)

And oplà, in the data field you will have the returned xml, ready to be shown in your preferred component!