Re: HTTPAPI's EXAMPLExx members

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

   A project I'm going to have some months down the road is this:  Find a
   web service that, when provided with a street address, will return
   latitude and longitude.  I haven't even investigated if there's one
   available, but I would imagine there is.

   On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Scott Klement
   <[1]sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

     Hi folks,
     I could really use some input on what to provide for examples in
     HTTPAPI.  A lot of the current example members are outdated and no
     longer work.  Furthermore, many of them illustrate a technique
     that's
     rarely used.
     I would like to improve them.  Here are my thoughts:
     a) EXAMPLE1 should be the simplest possible example.
     b) Going from 1-23, they should gradually build in complexity and
     the
     number of features used.
     c) Examples should stick to the mainstream features, rather than
     explain
     obscure things.
     d) Examples should work out-of-the-box, possibly with small
     modifications (such as EXAMPLE2 requiring you to input your e-mail
     address) but should not require the user to find an appropriate
     server
     to test with.
     I think the existing EXAMPLE1 & EXAMPLE2 are okay.  And there are
     certain other EXAMPLEs that I've thought of that I know I'd like to
     provide (not necessarily in this order):
     1) EXAMPLE1 & EXAMPLE2, as-is.
     2) An example that explains how to use SSL.
     3) An example that explains how to provide user/password
     4) Example of submitting a URL-encoded form
     5) Example of submitting a multipart/form-data form
     6) Example of using XPROC to show download progress
     7) An example (current EXAMPLE15) demonstrating RSS
     8) An example of calling a RESTful web service (or two?)
     9) (currently EXAMPLE18) demonstrate SOAP (or two?)
     10) Example of using XPROC for longer soapaction
     11) An example (EXAMPLE16?) demonstrating UPS tracking
     12) Example of using strict SSL validation (current EXAMPLE22,23)
     I would appreciate some input on this stuff.  Does this make sense?
     What order should it be in?
     Specific ideas for examples would be useful, too.  Particular web
     services to call?
     Thanks in advance...
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