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DataTable Control: JSON Data Over XHR

This example populates a DataTable with data received via XHR from the Yahoo! Local webservice.

Phone
City
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Sample Code for this Example

Data:

1{"ResultSet":{ 
2    "totalResultsAvailable":665, 
3    "totalResultsReturned":10, 
4    "firstResultPosition":1, 
5    "ResultSetMapUrl":"http:\/\/local.yahoo.com\/mapview?stx=pizza&csz=Sunnyvale%2C+CA+94089&city=Sunnyvale&state=CA&radius=15&ed=9brhZa131DwigChqKlCo22kM1H_9WgoouCr87Ao-", 
6    "Result":[{ 
7        "Title":"Pizza Depot", 
8        "Address":"919 E Duane Ave", 
9        "City":"Sunnyvale", 
10        "State":"CA", 
11        "Phone":"(408) 245-7760", 
12        "Latitude":"37.388537", 
13        "Longitude":"-122.003972", 
14        "Rating":{ 
15            "AverageRating":"3.5", 
16            "TotalRatings":"5", 
17            "TotalReviews":"5", 
18            "LastReviewDate":"1161495667"}, 
19        "Distance":"0.93", 
20        "Url":"http:\/\/local.yahoo.com\/details?id=21332021&stx=pizza&csz=Sunnyvale+CA&ed=6tiAL6160Sx1XVIEu1zIWPu6fD8rJDV4.offJLNUTb1Ri2Q.R5oLTYvDCz8YmzivI7Bz0gfrpw--", 
21        "ClickUrl":"http:\/\/local.yahoo.com\/details?id=21332021&stx=pizza&csz=Sunnyvale+CA&ed=6tiAL6160Sx1XVIEu1zIWPu6fD8rJDV4.offJLNUTb1Ri2Q.R5oLTYvDCz8YmzivI7Bz0gfrpw--", 
22        "MapUrl":"http:\/\/maps.yahoo.com\/maps_result?name=Pizza+Depot&desc=4082457760&csz=Sunnyvale+CA&qty=9&cs=9&ed=6tiAL6160Sx1XVIEu1zIWPu6fD8rJDV4.offJLNUTb1Ri2Q.R5oLTYvDCz8YmzivI7Bz0gfrpw--&gid1=21332021", 
23        "BusinessUrl":"http:\/\/pizza-depot.com\/", 
24        "BusinessClickUrl":"http:\/\/pizza-depot.com\/"}, 
25 
26        ... 
27    ]} 
28
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CSS:

1/* No custom CSS. */ 
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Markup:

1<div id="json"></div> 
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JavaScript:

1YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load"function() { 
2    YAHOO.example.XHR_JSON = new function() { 
3        this.formatUrl = function(elCell, oRecord, oColumn, sData) { 
4            elCell.innerHTML = "<a href='" + oRecord.getData("ClickUrl") + "' target='_blank'>" + sData + "</a>"
5        }; 
6 
7        var myColumnDefs = [ 
8            {key:"Title", label:"Name", sortable:true, formatter:this.formatUrl}, 
9            {key:"Phone"}, 
10            {key:"City"}, 
11            {key:"Rating.AverageRating", label:"Rating", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatNumber, sortable:true
12        ]; 
13 
14        this.myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource("assets/php/ylocal_proxy.php?"); 
15        this.myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSON; 
16        this.myDataSource.connXhrMode = "queueRequests"
17        this.myDataSource.responseSchema = { 
18            resultsList: "ResultSet.Result"
19            fields: ["Title","Phone","City",{key:"Rating.AverageRating",parser:"number"},"ClickUrl"
20        }; 
21 
22        this.myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("json", myColumnDefs, 
23                this.myDataSource, {initialRequest:"query=pizza&zip=94089&results=10&output=json"}); 
24 
25        var myCallback = function() { 
26            this.set("sortedBy"null); 
27            this.onDataReturnAppendRows.apply(this,arguments); 
28        }; 
29        var callback1 = { 
30            success : myCallback, 
31            failure : myCallback, 
32            scope : this.myDataTable 
33        }; 
34        this.myDataSource.sendRequest("query=mexican&zip=94089&results=10&output=json"
35                callback1); 
36 
37        var callback2 = { 
38            success : myCallback, 
39            failure : myCallback, 
40            scope : this.myDataTable 
41        }; 
42        this.myDataSource.sendRequest("query=chinese&zip=94089&results=10&output=json"
43                callback2); 
44    }; 
45}); 
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Configuration for This Example

You can load the necessary JavaScript and CSS for this example from Yahoo's servers. Click here to load the YUI Dependency Configurator with all of this example's dependencies preconfigured.

YUI Logger Output:

Logger Console

INFO 2032ms (+0) 7:35:53 PM:

DataSource instance0

Making connection to live data for "query=chinese&zip=94089&results=10&output=json"

INFO 2032ms (+2) 7:35:53 PM:

DataSource instance0

Making connection to live data for "query=mexican&zip=94089&results=10&output=json"

INFO 2030ms (+1) 7:35:53 PM:

DataSource instance0

Making connection to live data for "query=pizza&zip=94089&results=10&output=json"

INFO 2029ms (+0) 7:35:53 PM:

DataTable instance yui-dt0

DataTable showing message: Loading...

WARN 2029ms (+0) 7:35:53 PM:

DataTable instance yui-dt0

Could not find DragDrop for resizeable Columns

INFO 2029ms (+2) 7:35:53 PM:

DataTable instance yui-dt0

TH cells for 4 keys created

INFO 2027ms (+0) 7:35:53 PM:

RecordSet instance yui-rs0

RecordSet initialized

INFO 2027ms (+1) 7:35:53 PM:

ColumnSet instance yui-cs0

ColumnSet initialized

INFO 2026ms (+174) 7:35:53 PM:

DataSource instance0

DataSource initialized

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LogReader instance0

LogReader initialized

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