Alright I added an addendum to my previous post. 

http://othesamhill.blogspot.com/2009/06/dynamic-data-in-exhibit-views-with.html

On Sunday, December 1, 2013 12:14:31 PM UTC-5, mdjones71 wrote:
>
> I had to change my reset function, before I add in new data to the 
> following. 
>
> //Code adapted from 
> //
> https://github.com/simile-widgets/exhibit/blob/master/scripted/src/scripts/ui/widgets/collection-summary-widget.js
> function clearDataBaseAndFilters(){
>     window.database.removeAllStatements(); // clear the whole database
>
>     var state, collection;
>     collection = window.exhibit.getUIContext().getCollection();
>
>     
> Exhibit.jQuery(collection.getElement()).trigger("onResetAllFilters.exhibit");
>     state = collection.clearAllRestrictions();
>
>     Exhibit.History.pushState(
>         state.data,
>         Exhibit._("%widget.collectionSummary.resetActionTitle")
>     );
> }
>
> On Saturday, November 30, 2013 3:08:25 PM UTC-5, mdjones71 wrote:
>>
>> Ok. I am making progress. After a good nights sleep I had the brilliant 
>> idea of looking at the API docs. I didn't realize 
>> that Exhibit.Importer.getImporter was a static method. So now I have an 
>> importer and I can load the database. 
>>
>> var importer = Exhibit.Importer.getImporter( "application/json");
>> importer.load(url, window.database);
>>
>>
>> On Friday, November 29, 2013 5:09:54 PM UTC-5, mdjones71 wrote:
>>>
>>> O and I think for east I would rather use Exhibit Scripted. 
>>>
>>> On Friday, November 29, 2013 5:08:39 PM UTC-5, mdjones71 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Could someone please tell me how to import JSON from a REST service 
>>>> into Exhibit. I use to know how to do it in Exhibit 2 (
>>>> http://othesamhill.blogspot.com/2009/06/dynamic-data-in-exhibit-views-with.html)
>>>>  but 
>>>> I think the interface has gotten a lot more efficient than the hack I 
>>>> was using. 
>>>>
>>>> Basically I think I need to use the class below, but I'm not sure how 
>>>> to instantiate it with a reference to the JSON parser and then call 
>>>> it. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/zepheira/exhibit3/blob/master/scripted/src/scripts/data/exporter.js
>>>> . 
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry if this has been asked before. I searched for a long time 
>>>> but could not find it. 
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

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