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iOS

Posted by Hamza Ansari
Hamza Ansari
1,014 Points

How to create an API for an iOS poll?

I'm working on an app for iOS that involves users taking polls, but how do I create an API on a server that would receive poll responses for each choice and can display the results back to the app? I've been able to create my PHP poll but I have no idea on how to create an API for it. Where do I start?

1 Answer

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Hamza,

You may want to consider looking at Parse.com. This can serve as your backend and mobile app API.

I hope this helps.

Hamza Ansari
Hamza Ansari
1,014 Points

I'm really having trouble using it; on Parse where do I find the servers where I write the API for receiving data (i.e. responses) from the app and sending data (i.e. results) back to the app? It seems like a very convenient service but I'm still pretty lost as to where these things go, embarrassingly enough. Do I just do everything on XCode? I signed up with Parse but really don't know where to start.