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Web Service Operations GetStockHeadlines

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Symbols:
HeadlineCount:

Web Service Description

Get headlines for a list of U.S. Domestic equities.


Web Service Hits Calculation

Requests against this operation count as one hit per symbol or identifier.

Inputs and Outputs Parameters for GetStockHeadlines

Inputs

NameDescriptionRequiredExample
SymbolsOne or multiple symbols separated by commas.YesMSFT,ORCL
HeadlineCountThe number of headlines to return (20 maximum).Yes5

Outputs

NameDescriptionAlways Present
Array of StockNewsReturns an array of stock news instances. 
Instance of StockNewsEach instance represents a collection of Stock News for a symbol. 
 HeadlineThe headline of the stock news.Yes
 TickerThe ticker for the security in the stock news.Yes
 DateThe date of the stock news.Yes
 TimeThe time of the stock news.Yes
 SourceThe source for the news.Yes
 UrlThe url for the stock news.Yes

SOAP Request for GetStockHeadlines

Inputs

POST http://www.xignite.com/xnews.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: www.xignite.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://www.xignite.com/services/GetStockHeadlines"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Header> <Header xmlns="http://www.xignite.com/services/"> <Username>string</Username> <Password>string</Password> <Tracer>string</Tracer> </Header> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <GetStockHeadlines xmlns="http://www.xignite.com/services/"> <Symbols>string</Symbols> <HeadlineCount>int</HeadlineCount> </GetStockHeadlines> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>

Outputs

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <GetStockHeadlinesResponse xmlns="http://www.xignite.com/services/"> <GetStockHeadlinesResult> <StockNews> <Headline>string</Headline> <Ticker>string</Ticker> <Date>string</Date> <Time>string</Time> <Source>string</Source> <Url>string</Url> </StockNews> <StockNews> <Headline>string</Headline> <Ticker>string</Ticker> <Date>string</Date> <Time>string</Time> <Source>string</Source> <Url>string</Url> </StockNews> </GetStockHeadlinesResult> </GetStockHeadlinesResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>

HttpGet Request for GetStockHeadlines

Inputs

GET http://www.xignite.com/xnews.asmx/GetStockHeadlines?
Symbols=string&HeadlineCount=string HTTP/1.1 Host: www.xignite.com

Outputs

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfStockNews xmlns="http://www.xignite.com/services/">
  <StockNews>
    <Headline>string</Headline>
    <Ticker>string</Ticker>
    <Date>string</Date>
    <Time>string</Time>
    <Source>string</Source>
    <Url>string</Url>
  </StockNews>
  <StockNews>
    <Headline>string</Headline>
    <Ticker>string</Ticker>
    <Date>string</Date>
    <Time>string</Time>
    <Source>string</Source>
    <Url>string</Url>
  </StockNews>
</ArrayOfStockNews>

HttpPost Request for GetStockHeadlines

Inputs

POST http://www.xignite.com/xnews.asmx/GetStockHeadlines HTTP/1.1
Host: www.xignite.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

Symbols=string&HeadlineCount=string

Outputs

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfStockNews xmlns="http://www.xignite.com/services/">
  <StockNews>
    <Headline>string</Headline>
    <Ticker>string</Ticker>
    <Date>string</Date>
    <Time>string</Time>
    <Source>string</Source>
    <Url>string</Url>
  </StockNews>
  <StockNews>
    <Headline>string</Headline>
    <Ticker>string</Ticker>
    <Date>string</Date>
    <Time>string</Time>
    <Source>string</Source>
    <Url>string</Url>
  </StockNews>
</ArrayOfStockNews>

Sample Code for GetStockHeadlines

ASPX

<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net" %>
<!-- here, XigniteNews is the name of this assembly-->
<%@ Import Namespace="XigniteNews" %>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script language="vb" runat="server">
' declare the return object globally so that you can reuse it around the page
Dim objStockNews() As StockNews
' call the service inside the Page_Load routine
Sub Page_Load(obj as object, e as eventargs)
' create an instance of the web service
Dim objNewsService As New XigniteNews()
' call the operation and load the return object
objStockNews =
objNewsService.
GetStockHeadlines("MSFT,ORCL", 5)
If Not objStockNews Is Nothing Then
Select Case objStockNews(0).Outcome
Case OutcomeTypes.RegistrationError
' add processing for handling subscription problems, e.g.
Response.Write("Our subscription to this service has expired.")
Case OutcomeTypes.RequestError
' add processing for handling request problems, e.g.
' you could pass back the info message received from the service
Response.Write(objStockNews(0).Message)
Case OutcomeTypes.SystemError
' add processing for handling system problems, e.g.
Response.Write("Service is unavailable at this time.")
End Select
Else
' add error processing here
' this condition could be caused by an HTTP error (404,500...)
Response.Write("Service is unavailable at this time.")
End If
End Sub
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>
<!-- add processing for displaying the results, e.g. -->
<!-- since the return class contains an array-->
<!-- we just display its count-->
<!-- each instance and its values can be easily accessed-->
<%Response.Write(objStockNews.GetUpperBound(0)) %>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

C# (CSharp)

RemoteNews.XigniteNews objNewsService;
objNewsService = new RemoteNews.XigniteNews();
RemoteNews.StockNews[] objStockNews;
objStockNews =
objNewsService.
GetStockHeadlines("MSFT,ORCL", 5);
if (objStockNews == null)
{
/// add error processing here
/// this condition could be caused by an HTTP error (404,500...)
Console.Write("Service is unavailable at this time.");
}
else
{
switch(objStockNews[0].Outcome)
{
case RemoteNews.OutcomeTypes.Success:
/// add processing for displaying the results, e.g.
/// since the return class contains an array
/// we just display its count
/// each instance and its values can be easily accessed
Console.Write(objStockNews.Length);
break;
default:
/// add processing for handling request problems, e.g.
/// you could pass back the info message received from the service
Console.Write(objStockNews[0].Message);
break;
}
}

Classic ASP

This code requires the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 3.0 and MSXML 4.0. You can download these from the Microsoft site.

Dim objSOAPClient
Set objSOAPClient = Server.CreateObject("MSSOAP.SoapClient30")
' the node list is of type MSXML2.IXMLDOMNodeList
Dim objXMLNodeList
' the node is of type MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode
Dim objXMLNode

' initialize the soap engine
objSOAPClient.ClientProperty("ServerHTTPRequest") = True
objSOAPClient.MSSoapInit("http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx?WSDL")

' load the node list with the records received from the service
Set objXMLNodeList = objSOAPClient.GetStockHeadlines("MSFT,ORCL", 5)

' loop through the index records and load in the document
For Each objXMLNode In objXMLNodeList
' your can print out the content of each node
Response.Write objXMLNode.xml
Next

Java/Axis

This section assumes that you have Axis installed on your machine and that you are fairly familiar with it.

Because all our web services return complex types, the best way to use Axis is to first generate a proxy class using the 'WSDL2Java' tool'. By default, the tool will put all generated classes into the package "com.xignite.www.services".

You should then compile the classes:


C:\axis>java org.apache.axis.wsdl.WSDL2Java http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx?WSDL
C:\axis>javac com\xignite\*.java
C:\axis>

You can then create your source file.


// By default, all of the classes auto-generated by the Axis 
// "WSDL2Java" tool are placed into the package "com.xignite.www.services" 
// for our Xignite WSDL, so we need an import.
import com.xignite.www.services.*;
public class XigniteNewsDemo  {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     // Instantiate the XigniteNews proxy 
     // proxy object using the Helper class.
     // This class was autogenerated by the WSDL2Java tool
try { XigniteNews objNewsService = new XigniteNewsLocator(); XigniteNewsSoap objNewsPort = objNewsService.getXigniteNewsSoap();
// Instantiate the return class from the operation // This class was autogenerated by the WSDL2Java tool StockNews[] objStockNews = objNewsPort.getStockHeadlines("MSFT,ORCL", 5); // objStockNews is pointing to the result of the operation if (objStockNews[0].getOutcome() == OutcomeTypes.RegistrationError) { // code to handle registration errors System.out.println(OutcomeTypes.RegistrationError.toString() + ": " + objStockNews[0].getMessage()); } else if (objStockNews[0].getOutcome() == OutcomeTypes.RequestError) { // code to handle request errors System.out.println(OutcomeTypes.RequestError.toString() + ": " + objStockNews[0].getMessage()); } else if (objStockNews[0].getOutcome() == OutcomeTypes.SystemError) { // code to handle system errors System.out.println(OutcomeTypes.SystemError.toString() + ": " + objStockNews[0].getMessage()); } else // Success { for(int i = 0; i < objStockNews.length; i++) { System.out.println(objStockNews[i].getHeadline()); } } } catch (Exception ex) { // add exception handling code here
} } }

Apache Axis2 1.4+
C:\axis>wsdl2java.bat -ap -uri http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx?WSDL
C:\axis>javac com\xignite\*.java
C:\axis>

You can then create your source file.

// By default, all of the classes auto-generated by the Axis2 
// "WSDL2Java" tool are placed into the package "com.xignite.www.services" 
// for our Xignite WSDL, so we need an import.
import com.xignite.www.services.XigniteNewsXigniteNewsSoapStub;
import com.xignite.www.services.XigniteNewsXigniteNewsSoapStub.*;
public class XigniteNewsDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { // Instantiate the XigniteNews proxy // proxy object using the Helper class. // This class was autogenerated by the WSDL2Java tool
try { XigniteNewsXigniteNewsSoapStub stub = new XigniteNewsXigniteNewsSoapStub(); // Instantiate the return class from the operation // This class was autogenerated by the WSDL2Java tool GetStockHeadlines getStockHeadlinesArguments = new GetStockHeadlines(); getStockHeadlinesArguments.setSymbols("MSFT,ORCL"); getStockHeadlinesArguments.setHeadlineCount(5); GetStockHeadlinesResponse response = stub.GetStockHeadlines(getStockHeadlinesArguments, null); StockNews[] objStockNews = response.getGetStockHeadlinesResult().getStockNews(); // objStockNews is pointing to the result of the operation if (objStockNews[0].getOutcome() == OutcomeTypes.RegistrationError) { // code to handle registration errors System.out.println(OutcomeTypes.RegistrationError.toString() + ": " + objStockNews[0].getMessage()); } else if (objStockNews[0].getOutcome() == OutcomeTypes.RequestError) { // code to handle request errors System.out.println(OutcomeTypes.RequestError.toString() + ": " + objStockNews[0].getMessage()); } else if (objStockNews[0].getOutcome() == OutcomeTypes.SystemError) { // code to handle system errors System.out.println(OutcomeTypes.SystemError.toString() + ": " + objStockNews[0].getMessage()); } else // Success { for(int i = 0; i < objStockNews.length; i++) { System.out.println(objStockNews[i].getHeadline()); } } } catch (Exception ex) { // add exception handling code here
} } }

PHP/NuSoap

NuSoap is one of the three major SOAP implementations for PHP: PEAR::SOAP, NuSOAP, and PHP-SOAP.

If you use PHP, we recommend you use NuSoap to access our web services. NuSoap uses our web services for demonstration in their own documentation and it works well.

This section assumes that you have PHP installed on your machine and that you are fairly familiar with it. We have tested this implementation for PHP 4.2.1 on Windows 2000. It should also work with more recent versions on more recent platforms. Note that PHP 5.0 supports SOAP natively (without extension), please follow their documentation for upgrade or code changes required.

To install NuSoap, download the latest package from this location. You can unzip the package in your PHP application directory. The package includes libraries (/lib) and samples (/samples). The sample code below is based on the wsdlclient1.php sample.

If you use one of the older version or PHP (i.e. 4.2.1) , you will need to comment out one line in the /lib/nusoap.php file. That section is not supported in earlier version. The line to comment out is line 1877 as shown below.


1876 // set response timeout
1877 //socket_set_timeout( $this->fp, $response_timeout);

You can then create your source file.


<?php
// need to use the NuSoap extension require_once('../lib/nusoap.php');

// if you access the internet through a proxy server $proxyhost = isset($_POST['proxyhost']) ? $_POST['proxyhost'] : '';
$proxyport = isset($_POST['proxyport']) ? $_POST['proxyport'] : '';
$proxyusername = isset($_POST['proxyusername']) ? $_POST['proxyusername'] : '';
$proxypassword = isset($_POST['proxypassword']) ? $_POST['proxypassword'] : '';

// define the SOAP client using the url for the service $client = new soapclient('http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx?WSDL',
true, $proxyhost, $proxyport, $proxyusername, $proxypassword);

// assess the results $err = $client->getError();
if ($err) {
echo '<h2>Constructor error</h2><pre>' . $err . '</pre>';
}

// create an array of parameters $param = array(
'Symbols' => "MSFT,ORCL",
'HeadlineCount' => "5");


// call the service, passing the parameters and the name of the operation $result = $client->call('GetStockHeadlines', array('parameters' => $param), '', '', false, true);
// assess the results if ($client->fault) {
echo '<h2>Fault</h2><pre>';
print_r($result);
echo '</pre>';
} else {
$err = $client->getError();
if ($err) {
echo '<h2>Error</h2><pre>' . $err . '</pre>';
} else {
// display the results echo '<h2>Result</h2><pre>';
// this function exposes the complete structure of the return class print_r($result);
echo '</pre>';
}
}
// print the SOAP request echo '<h2>Request</h2><pre>' . htmlspecialchars($client->request, ENT_QUOTES) . '</pre>';
// print the SOAP response echo '<h2>Response</h2><pre>' . htmlspecialchars($client->response, ENT_QUOTES) . '</pre>';
// print the PHP debugging trace echo '<h2>Debug</h2><pre>' . htmlspecialchars($client->debug_str, ENT_QUOTES) . '</pre>';
?>

PHP5

PHP-SOAP is one of the three major SOAP implementations for PHP: PEAR::SOAP, NuSOAP, and PHP-SOAP.

This section assumes that you have PHP5.0 installed on your machine and that you are fairly familiar with it.

Note that PHP 5.0 supports SOAP, please follow their documentation for code changes required.

Here is a sample source for this operation.

<?php
// define the SOAP client using the url for the service
$client = new soapclient('http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx?WSDL', array('trace' => 1));
// create an array of parameters $param = array( 'Symbols' => "MSFT,ORCL",
'HeadlineCount' => "5");

// call the service, passing the parameters and the name of the operation $result = $client->GetStockHeadlines($param); // assess the results if (is_soap_fault($result)) { echo '<h2>Fault</h2><pre>'; print_r($result); echo '</pre>'; } else { echo '<h2>Result</h2><pre>'; print_r($result); echo '</pre>'; } // print the SOAP request echo '<h2>Request</h2><pre>' . htmlspecialchars($client->__getLastRequest(), ENT_QUOTES) . '</pre>'; // print the SOAP request Headers echo '<h2>Request Headers</h2><pre>' . htmlspecialchars($client->__getLastRequestHeaders(), ENT_QUOTES) . '</pre>'; // print the SOAP response echo '<h2>Response</h2><pre>' . htmlspecialchars($client->__getLastResponse(), ENT_QUOTES) . '</pre>'; ?>

Perl/SoapLite

This section assumes that you have SOAP::Lite for Perl installed on your machine and that you are fairly familiar with it. But just in case your are not:

You can then use a text editor to create the source code below. You can execute it by running:


C:\perl\perl demo.pl

Note that there are some unique steps to follow to use SOAP::Lite with .Net web Services. For detailed info, check this article on MSDN.

Here is a sample source for this operation.
# the maptype instruction is critical for compatibility 
use SOAP::Lite maptype => {};

# this is our namespace
my $namespace = 'http://www.xignite.com/services/';

# declare the service using the namespace, the SOAP action and the uri
my $service = SOAP::Lite
-> uri($namespace)
-> on_action( sub { join '/', 'http://www.xignite.com/services', $_[1] } )
-> proxy('http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx');

# .Net requires the method, header, and attributes to be fully qualified
my $method = SOAP::Data->name('GetStockHeadlines')
->attr({xmlns => $namespace});

# this section is required for authentication
# you can skip it if you use IP-based authentication
my $header = SOAP::Header->name(Header => {
Username => '<your username here>'})->uri($namespace)->prefix('');

# same here, you can omit $header if you use IP-based authentication

my @params = ( $header,
SOAP::Data->name(Symbols => 'MSFT,ORCL')->uri($namespace),
SOAP::Data->name(HeadlineCount => '5')->uri($namespace));

# you can now call the service
my $result = $service->call($method => @params);
if ($result->fault)
{
print $result->faultstring;
}
else
{
# here we parse the output using the main return class
# and one of its attributes
# check here for the output structure
# since the output is an array, we must loop through the returned instances
foreach my $instance ($result->valueof('//StockNews'))
{
print $instance->{'Headline'}, "\n";
}
}

VB.NET

' create an instance of the web service
Dim objNewsService As New RemoteNews.XigniteNews()
' create a SOAP header to use for authentication
' the next 3 code lines are not needed if you use IP-based authentication
Dim objHeader As New RemoteNews.Header()
' assign your username to the header and assign the header to the service proxy
objHeader.Username="me@myfirm.com"
objNews.HeaderValue = objHeader
' you can then call the operation
' exceptions could occur on this call if the network was down for instance
' we recommend you catch those exceptions and retry the call a few times
Dim objStockNews() As RemoteNews.StockNews _
= objNewsService.GetStockHeadlines("MSFT,ORCL", 5)
IF objStockNews(0).Outcome = News.OutcomeTypes.Success
' add processing for displaying the results, e.g.
' since the return class contains an array
' we just display its count
' each instance and its values can be easily accessed
Console.WriteLine(objStockNews.GetUpperBound(0).ToString)
Else ' display the error to facilitate diagnostics, e.g.
Console.WriteLine(objStockNews(0).Message)
End If

VB6

' this DOM object will contain the result of the call
Dim objResult As IXMLDOMSelection
' create an instance of the soap toolkit
Dim objService As New MSSOAPLib30.SoapClient30
' if your network uses a proxy server, add this line
objService.ConnectorProperty("ProxyServer") = "ip of your proxy server"
' SOAP headers are not supported in the toolkit, so we will fake it with this handler
Dim objHeader As ClientHeaderHandler
Set objHeader = New ClientHeaderHandler
' set the username and passwords to your values
objHeader.Username = "myusername"
objHeader.Password = "mypassword"
Set objService.HeaderHandler = objHeader

' point the the toolkit to the WSDL
objService.mssoapinit "http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx?WSDL"

' load the result into the DOM object
Set objResult = objService.GetStockHeadlines("MSFT,ORCL",
"5")


' you can access the properties this way:
' where objResult(5).nodeName is the name of the 5th field of the instance returned
' and objResult(5).Text is the value
MsgBox objResult(5).nodeName & " = " & objResult(5).Text


' you must also add this class to your code.
' it will create the SOAP header to pass with your request
Class Module "ClientHeaderHandler"
Option Explicit
Implements IHeaderHandler

Private m_uid As String
Private m_pwd As String
Private m_tracer As String

Property Let Username(ByVal value As String)
m_uid = value
End Property

Property Let Password(ByVal value As String)
m_pwd = value
End Property

Property Let Tracer(ByVal value As String)
m_tracer = value
End Property

Private Function iHeaderHandler_ReadHeader( _
ByVal par_reader As MSSOAPLib30.ISoapReader, _
ByVal par_HeaderNode As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode, _
ByVal par_object As Object) As Boolean
iHeaderHandler_ReadHeader = False
End Function

Private Function iHeaderhandler_willWriteHeaders() As Boolean
iHeaderhandler_willWriteHeaders = True
End Function

Private Sub iHeaderHandler_WriteHeaders( _
ByVal par_serializer As MSSOAPLib30.ISoapSerializer, _
ByVal par_object As Object)

Dim XigniteHeaderString As String

XigniteHeaderString = "<Header xmlns="http://www.xignite.com/services/"> " & _
"<Username>" & m_uid & "</Username>" & _
"<Password>" & m_pwd & "</Password>" & _
"<Tracer>" & m_tracer & "</Tracer>" & _
"</Header>"

par_serializer.WriteXml XigniteHeaderString
End Sub

XSLT

When working with XSL, you only need to worry about properly dealing with namespaces.

The general principle in working with XSL is to apply the stylesheet (the XSL document) to the output of the web service (XML document). The code required to accomplish this varies based on your envirobment. For instance, using VB.Net it would be:

Dim objSOAPClient
Dim objTemplate As New System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform()
objTemplate.Load(<url_of_XSL_template>)
objTemplate.Transform(<url_of_input_document>,<url_of_output_document>)

In the code above, you want to replace the <url_of_input_document> with the following URL.

http://www.xignite.com/xNews.asmx/GetStockHeadlines?Symbols=MSFT,ORCL&HeadlineCount=5


And this is how you could write the XSL stylesheet. Note that all node names are prefixed.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:xi="http://www.xignite.com/services/"
version="1.0" exclude-result-prefixes="xi">
<table>
<xsl:for-each select="xi:StockNews>
<tr>
<td>
<xsl:value-of select="xi:Headline/>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:stylesheet>

 
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