freeswitch/libs/xmlrpc-c/examples/cpp/meerkat-app-list.cpp

// List recently-released Linux applications. (Written in C++.)
// For more details about O'Reilly's excellent Meerkat news service, see:
// http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/rss/2000/11/14/meerkat_xmlrpc.html */

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

#include <xmlrpc-c/oldcppwrapper.hpp>

#define NAME           "XML-RPC C++ Meerkat Query Demo"
#define VERSION        "0.1"
#define MEERKAT_URL    "http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/xml-rpc/server.php"
#define SOFTWARE_LINUX (6)

static void list_apps (int hours) {

    // Build our time_period parameter.
    ostringstream time_period_stream;
    time_period_stream << hours << "HOUR";
    string time_period = time_period_stream.str();

    // Assemble our meerkat query recipe.
    XmlRpcValue recipe = XmlRpcValue::makeStruct();
    recipe.structSetValue("category", XmlRpcValue::makeInt(SOFTWARE_LINUX));
    recipe.structSetValue("time_period", XmlRpcValue::makeString(time_period));
    recipe.structSetValue("descriptions", XmlRpcValue::makeInt(76));

    // Build our parameter array.
    XmlRpcValue param_array = XmlRpcValue::makeArray();
    param_array.arrayAppendItem(recipe);

    // Create a client pointing to Meerkat.
    XmlRpcClient meerkat (MEERKAT_URL);

    // Perform the query.
    XmlRpcValue apps = meerkat.call("meerkat.getItems", param_array);

    // Print our results.
    int first = 1;
    size_t app_count = apps.arraySize();
    for (size_t i = 0; i < app_count; i++) {
	XmlRpcValue app = apps.arrayGetItem(i);

	// Get some information about our application.
	string title       = app.structGetValue("title").getString();
	string link        = app.structGetValue("link").getString();
	string description = app.structGetValue("description").getString();
	
	// Print a separator line if necessary.
	if (first)
	    first = 0;
	else
	    cout << endl;

	// Print this application entry.
	if (description.size() > 0) {
	    cout << title << endl << description << endl << link << endl;
	} else {
	    cout << title << endl << description << endl << link << endl;
	}
    }
}

// Print out a usage message.
static void usage (void)
{
    cerr << "Usage: meekat-app-list [hours]" << endl;
    cerr << "Data from <http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/>." << endl;
    exit(1);
}

int main (int argc, char **argv) {
    int status = 0;
    int hours = 25;

    // Parse our command-line arguments.
    if (argc == 1) {
	// Use default value for hours.
    } else if (argc == 2) {
	hours = atoi(argv[1]);
    }
    if (hours == 0)
	usage();
    if (hours > 49) {
        cerr << "It's not nice to ask for > 49 hours at once." << endl;
        exit(1);	
    }

    // Start up our client library.
    XmlRpcClient::Initialize(NAME, VERSION);

    // Call our implementation, and watch out for faults.
    try {
	list_apps(hours);
    } catch (XmlRpcFault& fault) {
	cerr << argv[0] << ": XML-RPC fault #" << fault.getFaultCode()
	     << ": " << fault.getFaultString() << endl;
	status = 1;
    }

    // Shut down our client library.
    XmlRpcClient::Terminate();

    return status;
}