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Michael Zanfardino
2,416 PointsConverting Blog Post to JSON?
Was wondering how you convert your blog post in Wordpress to a JSON string. In the video "Build a Blog Reader iPhone App" badge 3 "Getting Data from the Web" author Amit Bijlani demos parsing the teamtreehouse blog API JSON string. My question is...how do I convert my blog post in Wordpress to a JSON string like the URL shared by Amit Bijlani in video 3 of this badge (URL below).
http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/api/get_recent_summary/
Thanks in advance!
mz
8 Answers
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest TeacherYou can install the JSON API plugin and then add this function to it: https://gist.github.com/abijlani/5072444
Ernest Grzybowski
Treehouse Project ReviewerHaven't tried, but something like this should work: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/json-api/
Michael Zanfardino
2,416 PointsThank you!!! I appreciate the quick response and help! Also, Amit, love the videos.
mz
Michael Zanfardino
2,416 PointsHow would this work with a networked wordpress setup. We have the admin user, but also multiple users. I installed the JSON plugin and updated the core.php with the additional function. When I go the URL http://blog.mywebsite.com/api/get_recent_summary/ it works and generates the JSON of my recent post. But, if I go to a users page like so...http://blog.mywebsite.com/user/api/get_recent_summary/. I get the "can't find what you are looking for" error message (404).
Thanks in advance! mz
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest TeacherYou would have to modify the core.php and create a new function to get blog post by user and pass it the user id. Check out the other functions in core.php as an example.
Fred Lawton
5,904 PointsAmit, I don't think I can install the JSON API plugin because I have a .com site rather than a .org site http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/.
What other options are there for extracting my blog data?
Eliezer Marte
4,728 PointsWhere exactly do you put the function with in the json-api/controllers/core.php Amit Bijlani?
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest TeacherAnywhere inside the core.php file should work.
Eliezer Marte
4,728 PointsAlso I'm having trouble making the app work in airplane mode. If it's not connected to wi-fi it'll crash upon opening. Seems like something is wrong with the NSDictionary