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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Getting Data from the Web Getting JSON Data from an HTTP Request

Tareq Alothman
Tareq Alothman
17,921 Points
Posted by Tareq Alothman
Tareq Alothman
17,921 Points

Am trying to redo the blog reader app by using my own server, my problem is how to create the api that feeds the JSON?

how do i setup the api that will generate the JSON data to the app, i need to know how does the teamtreehouse blog url converts into JSON?

"http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count=" + NUMBER_OF_POSTS

I already created a php file on my server that grabs the data from mysql. However, the project does not work with php! i guess that i have to convert it or create an api :(

could there be any future workshops on how to do this?

Your help is greatly appreciated it!

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