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Abhinav Kanoria
7,730 PointsGetting treehouse API key
In the Teacher's Notes section of the video 'Wrapping Up' in the course 'Build a Weather App', there is a link to Treehouse Blog API. BUt how do I get the API key and URL so that I can use it in my app?? Because I'll be required to pass this URL in the Request.build.url() method while requesting Treehouse Blog data. Please help! Thanks.
2 Answers
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsI played around with the Treehouse Blog API the other day to answer someone's question here and as far as I know you don't need a key.
Abhinav Kanoria
7,730 PointsWhat is the count parameter for? The number of Treehouse Blog Posts that I wish to access I believe?
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsThat's correct. That is the number of results that the get_recent_summary method returns.
Abhinav Kanoria
7,730 PointsAbhinav Kanoria
7,730 PointsSo can you tell me how I can access the information on Treehouse Blog API? In the videos, Ben told us that we need to pass a URL. I guess the following line is the URL we need to access the Blog Post data: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/?count=20 Am I right?
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsKourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsYes, that is the URL and you can change the value of the
countparameter.