04-04-2012, 01:49 PM
RSBScript
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Introduction
1.1. About RSSBus
RSSBus is a suite of information access products that provide ready-to-use connectors to dozens of Internet and enterprise information sources while hiding differences of data organization and access protocol. The connectors are used to build Simple Services that return data as "items", which are extensible lists of name-value pairs. Items in a Simple Service act as tables that are easy to filter or combine in any way that your consumers might require. RSSBus Server can deliver items as RSS 2.0, ATOM, JSON, HTML, CSV, and several other formats directly useable by spreadsheets, browsers, applications, RSS readers and portals.
Purpose of this Guide and Intended Audience
This guide is for RSSBus Administrators creating new services. It will
Introduce the RSSBus concepts and components, including RSBScript,
Demonstrate how to create RSSBus Simple Services
Serve as an introduction to the RSBScript User Guide.
The guide uses a directory listing example to demonstrate service development, including
Simple Services – taking action in response to URL commands,
Prerequisites
This guide is written as a hands-on tutorial, so you should have access to a running copy of RSSBus. You can download a trial copy of RSSBus Desktop from www.rssbus.com, or you can use RSSBus Server. You will be testing services using the Service Browser. Please see the RSSBus Simple Service Calling Guide. You will need Administrator access to your RSSBus installation in order to create new services. You automatically have Administrator rights if you are running RSSBus Desktop. Please see the RSSBus Server User Guide if you are running RSSBus Server.
Introducing the Folder Notification Example
Our sample application will allow you to monitor the contents of a file folder. We will develop this capability in stages as follows:
Learn about the file folder connector using the admin console
Create a Simple Service that lists folder contents
Modify the service to list files matching an input pattern
Explore additional data delivery formats, including Excel and HTML
Create an information flow to forward the file listing via email
Along the way we will introduce some additional RSSBus capabilities.
Using the Google SMTP email Server
You will need access to an SMTP email server to build the email example. If you have access to an SMTP server within your business and know someone who can provide the access information, contact them. You will need to know:
SMTP server hostname or IP address
SMTP port number
SSL mode: (explicit, implicit or none)
An account (username and password) that can send mail
If you do not have access to an SMTP server and you are not behind a firewall, the simplest option is to use Google’s SMTP server. To do this you will need a Google Gmail account. Go to google.com and click Sign In. Create a new Gmail account if you do not have one.
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Introduction
1.1. About RSSBus
RSSBus is a suite of information access products that provide ready-to-use connectors to dozens of Internet and enterprise information sources while hiding differences of data organization and access protocol. The connectors are used to build Simple Services that return data as "items", which are extensible lists of name-value pairs. Items in a Simple Service act as tables that are easy to filter or combine in any way that your consumers might require. RSSBus Server can deliver items as RSS 2.0, ATOM, JSON, HTML, CSV, and several other formats directly useable by spreadsheets, browsers, applications, RSS readers and portals.
Purpose of this Guide and Intended Audience
This guide is for RSSBus Administrators creating new services. It will
Introduce the RSSBus concepts and components, including RSBScript,
Demonstrate how to create RSSBus Simple Services
Serve as an introduction to the RSBScript User Guide.
The guide uses a directory listing example to demonstrate service development, including
Simple Services – taking action in response to URL commands,
Prerequisites
This guide is written as a hands-on tutorial, so you should have access to a running copy of RSSBus. You can download a trial copy of RSSBus Desktop from www.rssbus.com, or you can use RSSBus Server. You will be testing services using the Service Browser. Please see the RSSBus Simple Service Calling Guide. You will need Administrator access to your RSSBus installation in order to create new services. You automatically have Administrator rights if you are running RSSBus Desktop. Please see the RSSBus Server User Guide if you are running RSSBus Server.
Introducing the Folder Notification Example
Our sample application will allow you to monitor the contents of a file folder. We will develop this capability in stages as follows:
Learn about the file folder connector using the admin console
Create a Simple Service that lists folder contents
Modify the service to list files matching an input pattern
Explore additional data delivery formats, including Excel and HTML
Create an information flow to forward the file listing via email
Along the way we will introduce some additional RSSBus capabilities.
Using the Google SMTP email Server
You will need access to an SMTP email server to build the email example. If you have access to an SMTP server within your business and know someone who can provide the access information, contact them. You will need to know:
SMTP server hostname or IP address
SMTP port number
SSL mode: (explicit, implicit or none)
An account (username and password) that can send mail
If you do not have access to an SMTP server and you are not behind a firewall, the simplest option is to use Google’s SMTP server. To do this you will need a Google Gmail account. Go to google.com and click Sign In. Create a new Gmail account if you do not have one.