test.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<table xmlns="http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/schema/table.xsd">
    <meta>
        <author>
            Ryan Hoium
        </author>
        <description>
            Yahoo Finance - Balance Sheet v0.1
        </description>
        <sampleQuery>
            SELECT * FROM {table} WHERE symbol='T'
        </sampleQuery>
    </meta>
    <bindings>
        <select itemPath="" produces="XML">
            <urls>
                <url>
                </url>
            </urls>
            <inputs>
            	<key id="symbol" type="xs:string" paramType="variable" required="true" />
            	<key id="reporttype" type="xs:string" paramType="variable" default="balancesheet" required="false" />
            	<key id="timeframe" type="xs:string" paramType="variable" default="quarterly" required="false" />
            </inputs>
            <execute>
            <![CDATA[
		    //UTILITY: pad string with leading char		
			String.prototype.pad = function ( padchar, padlen )
			{
				s = this
				
				while (s.length < padlen)
				{
					s = padchar + s;
				}
						
				return s;
			}
			
            //UTILITY: convert string to INTEGER		 
			String.prototype.toInt = function ()
			{
				// remove leading 0's because otherwise 
				// str can be interpreted as Octal
				var str = this.replace( /^0+/, '' );

				// also the thousands comma was cousing trouble
				str = str.trim()
                str = str.replace( /\,/g, '' );

                // replace M with 6 ZEROs, B with 9 ZEROs (UPDATE THIS - ACCOUNT FOR DECIMAL!!
                //str = str.replace(/M/g,'000000');
                //str = str.replace(/B/g,'000000000');

				return parseInt( str );
			}	
		    //UTILITY: trim whitespace		 
			String.prototype.trim = function ()
			{
				var str = this.replace( /^\s\s*/, "" ),
				ws = /\s/,
				i = str.length;
				while ( ws.test( str.charAt( --i ) ) );
				return str.slice( 0, i + 1 );
			}
            
            // Setup Query from finance.yahoo.com
            var reporttype_code = "";
            //reporttype = y.context.table;
            if(reporttype == "incomestatement"){reporttype_code = "is";}
            else if(reporttype == "balancesheet"){reporttype_code = "bs";}
            else if(reporttype == "cashflow"){reporttype_code = "cf";}
            var url="http://finance.yahoo.com/q/"+ reporttype_code + "?s=" + symbol + "&" + timeframe;
			var restquery = y.rest( url );	
			var rawresult = restquery.accept( "text/html" ).get().response;
			var query = y.xpath( rawresult, "//table[@class='Lh(1.7) W(100%) M(0)']/tbody/tr");	

            // Process Results
            var outputdata = <{reporttype} symbol={symbol} timeframe={timeframe}></{reporttype}>;
			if ( query.*.length() !== 0 )
			{
                var y = 0; var x = 0;
                var numcolumns = 0;
                var data_array = new Array();
            
                // Read Column Headings
                data_array[0] = new Array()
                data_array[0][0] = "Headings"
                for each ( var th in query[0].td)
                {
                    data_array[x] = new Array();
                    data_array[x][y] = th.*.text().toString();
                    //outputdata.appendChild(<column x={x} y={y}>{data_array[x][y]}</column>);
                    x++;
                }
                numcolumns = x;

                // Read Rows
                y = 1;            
                var i = 1;
                while ( i < query.length()) 
			    {
                    var row = query[i];
                    if(row.td.length() >= numcolumns){
                        x = 0;
                        // read each column in row
                        for each (var column in row.td){
                            if("spacer" in column)
                            {}
                            else{
                                var dataitem = column.*.text().toString();
                                dataitem = String(dataitem.replace(/\s+/g,""));
                                dataitem = String(dataitem.replace(/,/g,""));
                                dataitem = String(dataitem.replace(/\//g,"_"));
                                if(dataitem.match(/^[\(\)]/)){
                                    dataitem =  Number(dataitem.replace(/[\(\)]/g,"")) * -1000;
                                } else if(dataitem.match(/^[0-9]{1,}$/)){
                                    dataitem = Number(dataitem) * 1000;
                                }
                                data_array[x][y] = dataitem;
                                //outputdata.appendChild(<row x={x} y={y}>{dataitem}</row>); 
                                x++;
                            }
                        }
                        y++;
                    }
                    i++;
                }
                var numrows = y;
                x = 0; y = 0;
                for(x = 1; x < numcolumns; x++){
                    var period = data_array[x][0];
                    var financial_period = <statement period={period}></statement>;
                    for(y = 1; y < numrows; y++){
                        row_name = data_array[0][y];
                        data = data_array[x][y];
                        financial_period.appendChild(<{row_name} report_row={y}>{data}</{row_name}>);
                    }
                    outputdata.appendChild(financial_period);
                }
            }
            // Return statsdata strucuture
            response.object = outputdata;
		]]>
            </execute>
        </select>
    </bindings>
</table>