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Posted: 21 June 2013 08:12 AM

hi,

I am using rest to query a json file and it works great! so far…

there’s just one thing:

here’s the json file:

[{"timestamp":1371722400,"tide":[{"timestamp":1371694797,"shift":3,"state":"Marea Alta"},{"timestamp":1371716769,"shift":0.6,"state":"Marea Baja"},{"timestamp":1371739775,"shift":3,"state":"Marea Alta"},{"timestamp":1371761712,"shift":0.5,"state":"Marea Baja"}],"unit":"m","sunriseTwilight":1371707173,"sunrise":1371709345,"sunsetTwilight":1371767326,"sunset":1371765154,"images":{"full":"http:\/\/charts.metcentral.com\/tide\/9d87ea0c7e0de1ea702033acbe40403c.png"}}] 

there’s a nested timestamp field within tide, and a root timestamp.
here’s the ee template code I use:

{exp:rest url="http://magicseaweed.com/api/xxxxxxx/tide/?spot_id={segment_3}" offset="0" limit="1" record_type="m" verb="get" format="json" parse="inward"}
 <li>timestamp: {timestamp} {exp:nice_time date="{timestamp}" relative="no" format="%H:%i"}</li>
 <li>
 tide:
  <ul> 
  {tide}
   <li>timestamp: {timestamp}</li>
   <li>time: {exp:nice_time date="{timestamp}" relative="no" format="%H:%i"}</li>
   <li>shift: {shift}{unit}</li>
   <li>state: {state}</li>
   <li>---</li>
  {/tide}
  </ul>
 </li>
 <li>unit {unit}</li>
 <li>sunriseTwilight: {sunriseTwilight} {exp:nice_time date="{sunriseTwilight}" relative="no" format="%H:%i"}</li>
 <li>sunrise: {sunrise} {exp:nice_time date="{sunrise}" relative="no" format="%H:%i"}</li>
 <li>sunsetTwilight: {sunsetTwilight} {exp:nice_time date="{sunsetTwilight}" relative="no" format="%H:%i"}</li>
 <li>sunset: {sunset} {exp:nice_time date="{sunset}" relative="no" format="%H:%i"}</li>
 <li>
  images
  {images}
  <ul>
   <li><img src="{full}" /></li>
  </ul>
  {/images}
 </li>
{/exp:rest} 

the nested timestamp variable will always render as the root timestamp variable.
now it’s a bit hard to ask the guys to change the api to a better naming, so I kindly ask you on what to do so that it works?!

here’s the rendered template:
———————————————-
timestamp: 1371722400 12:00
tide:

timestamp: 1371722400
time: 12:00
shift: 3m
state: High
—-
timestamp: 1371722400
time: 12:00
shift: 0.6m
state: Low
—-
timestamp: 1371722400
time: 12:00
shift: 3m
state: High
—-
timestamp: 1371722400
time: 12:00
shift: 0.5m
state: Low
—-

unit m
sunriseTwilight: 1371707173 07:46
sunrise: 1371709345 08:22
sunsetTwilight: 1371767326 00:28
sunset: 1371765154 23:52
images ...
———————————————

the bold timestamp values should be all different, but they’re all the same as the root…

any help highly appreciated!!!
stefan

Posted: 22 June 2013 06:55 AM

# 1

since it’s rather urgent that the problem is solved, and I don’t want to change the add-on or use php, I offer 50$ for the fix!

please help!
stefan

Posted: 25 June 2013 06:19 AM

# 2

I had to find another solution.
really disappointed from the lack of support here.

Posted: 27 June 2014 11:59 AM

# 3

hi phil,

every now and then I try to use this add-on but it doesn’t work with nested loops.
this time I have the following situation:

{exp:rest url="http://de.pinterest.com/swatchwatches/swatch-prime-line.rss" base="item" debug="yes" format="xml"} {!-- debug="yes" --}
 <li>{title}</li>
 <li>{link}</li>
 <li>{description}</li>
 <ul>
  {item}
   <li>{title}</li>
   <li>{link}</li>
   <li>{guid}</li>
   <li>{description}</li>
  {/item}
 </ul>
{/exp:rest} 