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Javascript is indeed an option, I suggest using JQuery to call that API and put the contents in a suitable element (a DIV perhaps).
I think you could even include that XML section into your page verbatim, provided that you supply style information for the tags used in it. For that approach it is a bit unfortunate that all values are put into attributes instead of between tags though, that makes it difficult to style meaningfully.
Another option is to use an XSLT template to convert the XML into HTML.
I wonder though: if they provide an API, doesn't that include functions (Javascript) to transform that XML data into a HTML fragment that you could embed in your page?
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I was playing around with calling the Weather Channel web widget a while back.
Here is an example running against one of the IB sample files:
-*
-* Create Emergency Contact Report.
-*
DEFINE FILE PERSINFO
WEATHER/A1024 =
'<script type="text/javascript" src="'
| 'http://voap.weather.com/weather/oap/'
| POSTALCODE
| '?template=GENXH'
| '&' | 'par=3000000007'
| '&' | 'unit=0'
| '&' | 'key=twciweatherwidget'
| '"> </script>';
END
-*
TABLE FILE PERSINFO
"Emergency Contact Listing"
PRINT EMERGCONTACT AS 'Emergency Contact'
CITY AS 'City'
STATE AS 'State'
POSTALCODE AS 'Zip Code'
WEATHER AS 'Current Weather'
BY EMERGCONTACT NOPRINT
IF COUNTRY EQ USA
IF RECORDLIMIT EQ 10
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT HTML
ON TABLE SET PAGE OFF
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
INCLUDE = ENInformationBuilders_Light1, $
TYPE=HEADING,COLOR='WHITE',BACKCOLOR=RGB(#4F81BD),$
TYPE=TITLE, JUSTIFY=CENTER,$
ENDSTYLE
ON TABLE SUBFOOT
"Fex: &FOCFEXNAME"
END
-RUN
One extra DEFINE to get news. Granted - this one isn't based on Zipcode like David's weather. I couldn't find a newsfeed based on zip - but I'd think something like that us be out there.
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