JSON feed of president's daily (public) schedule

potus-tracker.php

<?php
include '../wp-load.php';

$url = 'http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule/president/feed';
$terms_blacklist = array( 
	'president',
	'vice president',
	'first lady',
);

$feed = fetch_feed( $url );

if ( is_wp_error( $feed ) )
	die( 'err' );
	
$events = array();
	
foreach ( $feed->get_items() as $item ) {
	
	$html = $item->get_description();
	$title = $item->get_title();
	preg_match( '#Date:&nbsp;</div>\s*\<span>(.*)?</span>#is', $item->get_description(), $matches );
	
	//sorry about this, needs to be redone...
	$matches = $matches[1];
	$date_array = explode( ', ', $matches ); 
	$date_shard = explode( ' - ', $date_array[2] );
	unset( $date_array[2] );
	$date_array = array_merge( $date_array, $date_shard );
	
	$datetime = $date_array[1] . ' ' . $date_array[2] . ' ' . $date_array[3];
	$date = strtotime( $datetime );
	
	$categories = array();
	foreach ( $item->get_categories() as $category ) {
		
		if ( in_array( strtolower( $category->term ), $terms_blacklist ) )
			continue;
			
		$categories[] = $category->term ;
	}
	
	$location = implode( ' ', $categories );
	
	if ( $location == '' )
		continue;
	
	$event = array(
		'title' => $title,
		'date' => $date,
		'location' => $location,
	);
	
	$events[] = (object) $event;
	
}

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode( $events );