Need to capture data returned to another Website

[dboyerco]

I'm working with a company that is tracking my vihicle and they have an API that will allow me to log into their database and retrieve the location of my vihicle, which is returned to their website as an XML response.

My question is: Is there way to get the data that is returned in the response so I can use that data on my website. I tried talking to them but they don't have any tech people there. Plus I would rather the response didn't show up on their website.

Here is the code that they have on their website as an example:
[HTML]<form method='post'
action='https://www.sysdevx.com/api/GetAllVehicles. php'>
<input type='text' name='login' value='your_log in' />
<input type='text' name='password' value='your_pas sword' />
<input type='submit'>
</form>[/HTML]

And the response is:

[CODE=xml]<response>
<status code="100" msg="Success"/>
<vehicle serial="2002348 " date="117081392 4" lat="49.2520500 "
lng="-123.1108800" type="18" address="271 W 21st Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Y"
speed="0" heading="0"/>
<vehicle serial="2001452 " date="115765498 3" lat="49.2521320 "
lng="-123.1111760" type="17" address="" speed="0" heading="0"/>
<vehicle serial="2001450 " date="116889089 2" lat="32.7947333 "
lng="-117.1367500" type="0" address="8999 Gowdy Ave, San Diego, CA, 92123"
speed="0" heading="-1"/>
</response>[/CODE]

[drhowarddrfine]

Yes, but you would need javascript to do that.

[dboyerco]

Since you didn't post how to do it with JavaScipt I take it I need to move this question to that forum?

[dboyerco]

Need to capture data returned to another Website

I'm working with a company that is tracking my vihicle and they have an API that will allow me to log into their database and retrieve the location of my vihicle, which is returned to their website as an XML response.

My question is: Is there way to get the data that is returned in the response so I can use that data on my website. I tried talking to them but they don't have any tech people there. Plus I would rather the response didn't show up on their website.

Here is the code that they have on their website as an example:[code=html]
<form method='post'
action='https://www.sysdevx.com/api/GetAllVehicles. php'>
<input type='text' name='login' value='your_log in' />
<input type='text' name='password' value='your_pas sword' />
<input type='submit'>
</form>

And the response is:
<response>
<status code="100" msg="Success"/>
<vehicle serial="2002348 " date="117081392 4" lat="49.2520500 "
lng="-123.1108800" type="18" address="271 W 21st Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Y"
speed="0" heading="0"/>
<vehicle serial="2001452 " date="115765498 3" lat="49.2521320 "
lng="-123.1111760" type="17" address="" speed="0" heading="0"/>
<vehicle serial="2001450 " date="116889089 2" lat="32.7947333 "
lng="-117.1367500" type="0" address="8999 Gowdy Ave, San Diego, CA, 92123"
speed="0" heading="-1"/>
</response>[/code]

[drhowarddrfine]

This is the html/css forum so, yes, I'll move it.

[pbmods]

Merged duplicate threads.

[gits]

...
And the response is:

[CODE=xml]<response>
<status code="100" msg="Success"/>
<vehicle serial="2002348 " date="117081392 4" lat="49.2520500 "
lng="-123.1108800" type="18" address="271 W 21st Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5Y"
speed="0" heading="0"/>
<vehicle serial="2001452 " date="115765498 3" lat="49.2521320 "
lng="-123.1111760" type="17" address="" speed="0" heading="0"/>
<vehicle serial="2001450 " date="116889089 2" lat="32.7947333 "
lng="-117.1367500" type="0" address="8999 Gowdy Ave, San Diego, CA, 92123"
speed="0" heading="-1"/>
</response>[/CODE]

hi ...

you may parse through the response with javascript's dom-methods, for example:

[CODE=javascript]// get a reference to the response-node
var response = document.getEle mentsByTagName( 'response')[0];

// get the values you want from the first child-node
var vehicle1_serial = response.childN odes[0].getAttribute(' serial');[/CODE]

so you see that you may loop through the childNodes-list and get the interesting things out of the nodes with getAttribute ;)

kind regards