Using the RR Web Service

Stupidfatkid · #1 (**permalink**) 03-12-2007, 08:59 PM

I'm trying to write a simple app in Visual Basic Express that accesses the RR web service. The problem is when I try to connect to the RR web service I get the following error.

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The document at the url http://www.radioreference.com/apps/xml1.1/?sid=366 was not recognized as a known document type.
The error message from each known type may help you fix the problem:
- Report from 'DISCO Document' is 'Discovery document at the URL http://www.radioreference.com/apps/xml1.1/?sid=366 could not be found.'.
- The document format is not recognized.
- Report from 'WSDL Document' is 'There is an error in XML document (18, 2).'.
- <trs xmlns=''> was not expected.
- Report from 'XML Schema' is 'The root element of a W3C XML Schema should be <schema> and its namespace should be 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'.'.
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Any idea of what I might be missing? I'm new to XML, but shouldn't the XML data be enclosed between the tags and not inside the tag? Here is a screen shot of where I'm getting the error in VB.NET express.

Stupidfaktid

loumaag · #2 (**permalink**) 03-13-2007, 10:45 AM

I am not sure where the problem lies, but the xml output from the web service is correct. Just click the link you supplied (in your web browser) supply your userid/password and you will see that your web browser reads it fine.

In addition your line "- <trs xmlns=''> was not expected." seem to indicate that the statement appears in the XML output, this is not the case.

tommy1855 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-28-2007, 05:43 PM

If I'm a premium subscriber, can I use the xml feed into WIN97 software for my PRO 97 and it would save me from inputing all the frequencies?

loumaag · #4 (**permalink**) 03-28-2007, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tommy1855

If I'm a premium subscriber, can I use the xml feed into WIN97 software for my PRO 97 and it would save me from inputing all the frequencies?

Win97 already has that functionality, see your help files.

eorange · #5 (**permalink**) 03-29-2007, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Stupidfatkid

I'm trying to write a simple app in Visual Basic Express that accesses the RR web service. The problem is when I try to connect to the RR web service I get the following error

The Visual Studio web service wizard requires that web services support WSDL. Unfortunately, the RR.com web service doesn't support WSDL, so it cannot describe itself to the VS wizard.

Stupidfatkid · #6 (**permalink**) 03-31-2007, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by eorange

The Visual Studio web service wizard requires that web services support WSDL. Unfortunately, the RR.com web service doesn't support WSDL, so it cannot describe itself to the VS wizard.

You're exactly right. After doing some research on it I discovered the same thing.