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ColdFusion NPR API Pt. 2

I've dug a little deeper into the NPR API. I've added 3 new components. Feed.cfc represents the data returned from the api call. Story.cfc models the actual stories that make up the feed.

The 3rd object is a simple object that I extend to share some common methods to between my other components. I generally consider this bad practice and there are a lot of tools designed specifically to address this problem.

I did it for a couple of reasons. First, I wanted this to self-contained and stand alone. I wanted it to be as easy as possible to drop it into whatever project YOU have, with whatever tools YOU have set up and get it going. Second, I wanted to focus more on the real meat of the product without getting too hung up on the implementation details. Besides, I can always refactor!

Stay Tuned!

Example Usage:

<cfset your_key = "Go get one from http://www.npr.org/templates/reg/"/>
 
<cfset npr_interface = CreateObject("component","npr").init(
	key = your_key
)/>
 
<cfset feed = npr.GetFeed(
	id = "1059"
)/>
 
<cfset stories = feed.GetStories()/>
 
<cfloop array="#stories#" index="i">
	<cfdump var="#i.GetXMLData()#">
</cfloop>

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