Well im really impressed and I would like to say thank you. I will
test it out tonight, but it looks good.

Thanks a lot for your time and help!

On Feb 13, 4:46 pm, Scott Seely <[email protected]> wrote:
> The code above doesn't work because it has bugs-- there is nothing
> MySpace specific to the failure. That's OK. To me, that just means I
> don't need to file any bug reports against the container team:)
>
> So, what are the errors?
>
> First, the init() method should be added to the startup via
> gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler(fn). This makes sure that the
> function only gets called once all the OpenSocial infrastructure is
> loaded. Otherwise, your code will fall prey to some race conditions
> where other scripts aren't available due to slower loading browsers.
>
> Second, consider using gadgets.io.makeRequest instead of the MySpace
> specific opensocial.Container.get() pattern. This allows your code to
> be more portable to other containers with less work.
>
> Third, arguments[0] is undefined when the callback is executed. The
> alert never happens because MySpace disables alert. The value you want
> to use is arguments.data.
>
> Last, .nodeValue is null. I'm assuming you wanted to display "Vada
> Spa", which would happen via textContent in FF and text in IE. I've
> taken the liberty of updating your code and testing it on MySpace from
> both IE and FF.
>
> <div id='main'>
>   <div id='loading'><img src='http://www.viphaklay.com/jquery/
> spinner.gif'/></div>
> </div>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> function init() {
>   var params = {};
>   params[gadgets.io.RequestParameters.CONTENT_TYPE] =
> gadgets.io.ContentType.TEXT;
>
>   var url="http://www.lifebooker.com/search/results.xml?
> limit=1&direction=desc" +
> "&page=1&service_categories%5B%5D=8&inclusive_search=0&gender=3" +
> "&minimum_discount=0&maximum_discount=-1&zones%5B%5D=25&zones%5B
> %5D=26" +
> "&zones%5B%5D=29&zones%5B%5D=1&zones%5B%5D=2&zones%5B%5D=3&zones%5B
> %5D=4" +
> "&zones%5B%5D=5&zones%5B%5D=6&zones%5B%5D=7&zones%5B%5D=8&zones%5B
> %5D=9" +
> "&zones%5B%5D=30&zones%5B%5D=11&zones%5B%5D=13&zones%5B%5D=15&zones%5B
> %5D=17" +
> "&zones%5B%5D=31&zones%5B%5D=10&zones%5B%5D=12&zones%5B%5D=14&zones%5B
> %5D=16&" +
> "zones%5B%5D=18&zones%5B%5D=27&zones%5B%5D=19&zones%5B%5D=20&zones%5B
> %5D=21" +
> "&minimum_price=0&maximum_price=-1&minimum_time=600&maximum_time=2400&quantity=1";
>   gadgets.io.makeRequest(url,callback_fn,params);
>
> }
>
> function callback_fn(arguments){
>   var useStandard = true;
>   var main = document.getElementById("main");
>   if (window.ActiveXObject) { //Internet Explorer
>     xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
>     xmlDoc.async="false";
>     useStandard = false;
>     xmlDoc.loadXML(arguments.data);
>   } else {
>       parser=new DOMParser();
>       xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(arguments.data,"text/xml");
>   }
>   var node = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('name')[0];
>   if (useStandard){
>       main.innerHTML=node.textContent;
>   }
>   else {
>       main.innerHTML = node.text;
>   }
>
> }
>
> gadgets.util.registerOnLoadHandler(init);
> </script>
>
> On Feb 13, 12:24 pm, Anthony  Long <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > <div id='main'>
> >   <div id='loading'><img src='http://www.viphaklay.com/jquery/
> > spinner.gif'/></div>
> > </div>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > function init() {
> >   var params = {};
> >   params[gadgets.io.RequestParameters.CONTENT_TYPE] =
> > gadgets.io.ContentType.TEXT;
>
> >   var url="http://www.lifebooker.com/search/results.xml?
> > limit=1&direction=desc&page=1&service_categories%5B
> > %5D=8&inclusive_search=0&gender=3&minimum_discount=0&maximum_discount=-1&zones
> > %5B%5D=25&zones%5B%5D=26&zones%5B%5D=29&zones%5B%5D=1&zones%5B
> > %5D=2&zones%5B%5D=3&zones%5B%5D=4&zones%5B%5D=5&zones%5B%5D=6&zones%5B
> > %5D=7&zones%5B%5D=8&zones%5B%5D=9&zones%5B%5D=30&zones%5B%5D=11&zones
> > %5B%5D=13&zones%5B%5D=15&zones%5B%5D=17&zones%5B%5D=31&zones%5B
> > %5D=10&zones%5B%5D=12&zones%5B%5D=14&zones%5B%5D=16&zones%5B
> > %5D=18&zones%5B%5D=27&zones%5B%5D=19&zones%5B%5D=20&zones%5B
> > %5D=21&minimum_price=0&maximum_price=-1&minimum_time=600&maximum_time=2400&quantity=1";
> >   opensocial.Container.get().makeRequest(url,callback_fn,params);}
>
> > function callback_fn(arguments){
> >   var main = document.getElementById("main");
> >   try { //Internet Explorer
> >     xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
> >     xmlDoc.async="false";
> >     xmlDoc.loadXML(arguments[0]);
> >   } catch(e){
> >     try { //Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, etc.
> >       parser=new DOMParser();
> >       xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(arguments[0],"text/xml");
> >     } catch(e){
> >       alert(e.message);
> >       return;
> >     }
> >   }
> >   main.innerHTML=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('name')[0].nodeValue;}
>
> > init();
>
> > </script>
>
> > Not sure why this isnt parsing and displaying the string inside <name>
> > tag. Any help would be appreciated.
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