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Brad Griffin
7,003 PointsI'm looking for a class. And I'm not sure where to look...
...and I'm also wondering whom I should tag in the post Zac Gordon (since it's a WordPress site) or perhaps Hampton Paulk since I'm thinking it'll be written in PHP...? eh...anyhow...
I'm rolling out the wife's site, & in Big Texas style, the first thing I want is a TON of content.... recipes to be exact. So I roll out the Google Machine and find these: http://api.bigoven.com/documentation http://developer.pearson.com/apis/pearson-kitchen-manager/ http://food2fork.com/about/api Essentially, I could populate her site with a bazillion recipes but only IF I knew how this whole API stuff was handled.
So I know I can read all about this CRUD-stuff, but here's what I'm looking to learn: First, the process of writing the API. Then, I apparently need to save all these variables: $title, $ingredients, $instructions, $grocery_list, into "something". Once I find a recipe plugin that will do everything she's wanting, then I can import all the recipes into the database, and BOOM. A site with 50 gazillion pages!!! ....or something like that.
Anyhow, the point being I'm not seeing where the class is that'll tell 'ya how to look at an API, be able to discern what needs to be done, then do it.
Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks! -Brad
3 Answers
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 PointsIf you can't find a class at treehouse, I would suggest you look here. a great resource:
hopefully you can find what you're looking for there.
Brad Griffin
7,003 PointsJacob, love the response, but that's like tellin' someone who needs help with the WooCommerce API to ask their question to Google. Stackoverflow is great for getting a specific answer to a specific question, and it's not exactly the ideal spot for an open ended question that would invoke a discussion.
To clarify a bit more: I'm looking for a class on Tree House that will show me how to look at an API, and then know how to manipulate the data into what I'm needing. While I understand that the manipulating-it-to-what-I need portion might involve several strings of classes, the main focus remains Where's a class that will go over an API, show me how to understand what I'm looking at, and know how to write a url that will return the values that I'm looking for? So.... I guess I could paraphrase that a bit more by saying, "I'm not looking for a place that sells fish. I'm looking for a teacher that knows how to teach someone else to fish."
....or understand APIs.
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Pointsbummer stackoverflow didn't help. Good luck on your search.