With all the buzz about YQL’s new Insert/Update/Delete, a new feature JSONP-X was also released at the same time.
JSONP-X is essentially an escaped XML string as a JSON result wrapped in a javascript callback function. To access this functionality consider this example:
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=<my yql query>&format=xml&callback=mycallback
and a basic structure:
myJSCallbackFunction({
“query”: {yql meta data here},
[...]
Some links about YQL’s new execute feature:
http://developer.yahoo.net/blogs/theater/archives/2009/04/yql_execute_screencast.html
http://www.yqlblog.net/blog/2009/04/29/do-it-your-way-with-execute-and-open-data-tables/
http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/04/yql_execute.html
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/theres_a_great_amount_of.php
http://ajaxian.com/archives/yql-execute-now-allows-you-to-convert-scraped-data-with-server-side-javascript
http://simonwillison.net/2009/Apr/29/yql/
http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/04/30/yahoos-yql-makes-the-internet-your-database/
http://www.cio.com/article/491215/Yahoo_Extends_YQL_Web_Data_Query_Platform
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/04/four-short-links-30-apr-2009.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/164067/yahoo_extends_yql_web_data_query_platform.html
There has been some confusion around the net.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/09/yahoo-to-close-brickhouse-by-end-of-year/
http://twitter.com/ccarmichael/statuses/1049692691
http://twitter.com/armoredtech/status/1049651550
http://twitter.com/clintlalonde/statuses/1049663508
http://twitter.com/armoredtech/statuses/1049650384
Yahoo Pipes will not be effected by the closing of Brickhouse. Pipes is currently under the Yahoo Open Social group. So don’t worry, your Pipes will still be around.
Good luck to all the team members in Brickhouse and all of my Yahoo co-workers that got laid off today.