Hi jerome i found xml of random photos from feeds made by Dan ,but when i modified it to incorporate msn celebrity pictures feed,it is not working. can u help? code is hosted at http://cool.gagdets.googlepages.com/celebrity.xml
On 2/15/09, Jerome (Guru) <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Sam, > > I am not sure how your proceeded to search for a sample gadget, but I > went to the directory, search for "most users" with the keyword > "pictures", and the 2nd gadget on the list is something similar, which > fetches a list pictures (not in RSS format in this example though): > http://dailypuppy.com/gmod/thedailypuppy.xml > > Number 5 on the list is also a good example: > http://olivier.camard.free.fr/google/modules/nasapics.xml > but here the gadget fetches a webpage and extract the information > (scrapping). > > Number 6 on the list is very close to what you want, given this is > working with a feed as the remote content: > http://vurdlak.googlepages.com/mightygadget.xml > > This was just by looking at the top 6 gadgets based on the keyword > "pictures". You will fine 1000s more. > > You will want to check this specific section of the documentation to > understand better how working with remote content works: > http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/legacy/remote-content.html > > I hope this helps. > > Jerome > > On Feb 14, 4:56 am, sam mak <[email protected]> wrote: >> i did search for similar gadgets but could'nt find one can you give me >> a sample code for this?? >> thanks >> sam >> >> On 2/14/09, Jerome (Guru) <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi Sam, >> >> > Yes, this is absolutely something you can implement with the Google >> > Gadget API, using the remote content fetch capabilities to read the >> > feed. >> >> > A good way to get started is to see how other developers have done >> > something similar already. I would suggest you browser the iGoogle >> > gadget directory, find some gadgets which looks like what you want to >> > do, and then download and read the code in the xml spec. >> >> > Hope this helps. >> >> > Jerome >> >> > On Feb 12, 6:09 am, sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> hello, >> >> I'm new to this and would like some help... I want to create a gadget >> >> that >> >> randomly selects and displays one photo within the gadget by using >> >> feeds(rss) as source to images( for eg. feeds of msn movie >> >> photos..etc) >> >> >> Please let me know if it looks possible to do. >> >> >> Thanks > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
