Re: [Gretl-devel] New function for retrieving data from BLS

Alan, OK. so readfile was easy. I think I missed a trick there. Anyway… The big difference between Yahoo and the BLS is that the BLS returns a JSON format. Any suggestions on parsing a JSON result string? Will join do that? Logan *From:* gretl-devel-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [mailto: gretl-devel-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Logan Kelly *Sent:* Monday, April 21, 2014 4:41 PM *To:* Gretl development *Subject:* Re: [Gretl-devel] New function for retrieving data from BLS Alan, I see your point about including comand line programs. I will have a look at the Yahoo package. Logan Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Allin Cottrell Date:04/21/2014 4:24 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Gretl development Subject: Re: [Gretl-devel] New function for retrieving data from BLS On Mon, 21 Apr 2014, Logan Kelly wrote: > I have written a function in C# that retrieves data from the BLS API. I > can integrate this into gretl using a call to a shell command, i.e. > $(...). But I would like to develop, and make available to the gretl > community, a getBLS function. Could someone give me some pointers for a > better integration of the API call and the gretl script? Or can a > command line program be include in a function package? Also, is this a > function anyone would use? If so, I might also think about a getFRED > function too? Jack Lucchetti's "yahoo_get" function package (or the server) would be a good place to look first for an example of accessing a website and downloading data via hansl. Off the bat, I don't think it would work to include a command line program in a function package. For one thing, how would it be included in an XML file? For another, function packages are intended to be cross-platform and only dependent on gretl itself (though I guess we could make an exception for a dependency on third party programs that are themselves available in gretl-friendly forms for all platforms, such as X13as.) Allin _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel _______________________________________________ Gretl-devel mailing list Gretl-devel(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-devel