http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select*from%20geo.places%20where%20text=%22New%20York%22&format=xml
We can use JavaScript to parse the xml to retrieve information; such as WOEID, placeTypeName, name and much more. The example display WOEID, placeTypeName, name of the first place in the returned list.
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Mobile-Web-App: XML Parse</title>
<script>
function loadwoeid()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{ // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
} else {
// code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp.open("GET","http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select*from%20geo.places%20where%20text=%22New%20York%22&format=xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
place=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("place");
firstplace = place[0];
woeid=(firstplace.getElementsByTagName("woeid")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
placetypename=(firstplace.getElementsByTagName("placeTypeName")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
name=(firstplace.getElementsByTagName("name")[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
txt = "<p>WOEID: " + woeid + "</p>"
+ "<p>placeTypeName: " + placetypename + "</p>"
+ "<p>name: "+ name +"</p>";
document.getElementById("woeidtable").innerHTML=txt;
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="loadwoeid()">
<h1>Mobile-Web-App: XML Parse</h1>
<div id='woeidtable'></div>
</body>
</html>
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