[IndiaJonathan]

Hi! I am needing to send a request, like
http://weather.yahoo...strss?w=2502265
to the yahoo weather api info here (http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/) and output something similar to the code below, what do I use to send the request?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:yweather="http://xml.weather.yahoo.com/ns/rss/1.0" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
<channel>
<title>Yahoo! Weather - Sunnyvale, CA</title>
<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Sunnyvale__CA/*http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA1116_f.html</link>
<description>Yahoo! Weather for Sunnyvale, CA</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 9:38 am PST</lastBuildDate>
<ttl>60</ttl>
<yweather:location city="Sunnyvale" region="CA" country="United States"/>
<yweather:units temperature="F" distance="mi" pressure="in" speed="mph"/>
<yweather:wind chill="50" direction="0" speed="0" />
<yweather:atmosphere humidity="94" visibility="3" pressure="30.27" rising="1" />
<yweather:astronomy sunrise="7:17 am" sunset="4:52 pm"/>
<image>
<title>Yahoo! Weather</title>
<width>142</width>
<height>18</height>
<link>http://weather.yahoo.com</link>
<url>http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif</url>
</image>
<item>
<title>Conditions for Sunnyvale, CA at 9:38 am PST</title>
<geo:lat>37.37</geo:lat>
<geo:long>-122.04</geo:long>
<link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Sunnyvale__CA/*http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA1116_f.html</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 9:38 am PST</pubDate>
<yweather:condition text="Mostly Cloudy" code="28" temp="50" date="Fri, 18 Dec 2009 9:38 am PST" />
<description><![CDATA[
<img src="http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/we/52/28.gif"/><br />
<b>Current Conditions:</b><br />
Mostly Cloudy, 50 F<BR />
<BR /><b>Forecast:</b><BR />
Fri - Partly Cloudy. High: 62 Low: 49<br />
Sat - Partly Cloudy. High: 65 Low: 49<br />
<br />
<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/weather/Sunnyvale__CA/*http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA1116_f.html">Full Forecast at Yahoo! Weather</a><BR/><BR/>
(provided by <a href="http://www.weather.com" >The Weather Channel</a>)<br/>
]]></description>
<yweather:forecast day="Fri" date="18 Dec 2009" low="49" high="62" text="Partly Cloudy" code="30" />
<yweather:forecast day="Sat" date="19 Dec 2009" low="49" high="65" text="Partly Cloudy" code="30" />
<guid isPermaLink="false">USCA1116_2009_12_18_9_38_PST</guid>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

and then I can take over the rest to output the data into variables and such, thanks

[JackOfAllTrades]

Maybe this might help.

[IndiaJonathan]

It does help, thank you, but there are no comments QQ did you use devc++? Or visual?

[JackOfAllTrades]

Neither; I used the command line in Mac OS X. If you're looking for a full tutorial, there isn't one.

The overall answer to your question is you can use an HTTP library like cURL to make the request.

[IndiaJonathan]

Thanks, but I do not use Mac OS X, got anything for powershell or cmd? I could make a batch file maybe.

[Skydiver]

You can download curl.exe and make a CMD script.

I'm not sure, but with PowerShell, I think you have access to the HttpWebRequest CLR class and send your request that way.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Yeah, if you don't have to use C++ for this, a higher-level language (like a scripting language) would be a better choice.

[IndiaJonathan]

Thank you! that has helped very much! One last question, if I use
curl http://google.com
to access the website, it outputs it to the cmd, any help with outputting the info to a text document? Just that part, nothing else.

[BetaWar]

You should be able to redirect the output:

curl http://google.com > google.html

Something like that should work.