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Res facta quae tamen fingi potuit ([personal profile] pauamma) wrote in [site community profile] dw_dev2015-02-17 07:14 pm
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Question thread #28

It's time for another question thread!

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- You may ask any dev-related question you have in a comment. (It doesn't even need to be about Dreamwidth, although if it involves a language/library/framework/database Dreamwidth doesn't use, you will probably get answers pointing that out and suggesting a better place to ask.)
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[personal profile] andros_b 2015-02-24 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I am pondering making a mobile DW client. Is there a good reference for DW's public APIs? I haven't found much so far.

Thanks for your help!
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[staff profile] denise 2015-02-24 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a very complicated question. :)

The API we currently have available is the same as the old LiveJournal API (with a few functions removed because we split 'friends' into access/subscription). The docs are here -- out of date, but still accurate in the most part.

It's not great, in other words. We've had recurring discussion about a next-gen API (that was actually, you know, designed in the 21st century), which honestly I'd consider a prereq for a decent mobile client, but it's such a huge prospect that people sort of take one look at it and throw up their hands and back away slowly.