How to interface with third party API using URLs

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Sat Nov 7 13:09:04 EST 2015


A good example is the phx_dropboxLib that Gugliermo wrote that has been
updated and tweaked by the community

On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Thanks Devin, I need to remember to always check your site when I'm looking
> to get started with something!
>
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and
> SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html>
>
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:28 PM, Devin Asay <devin_asay at byu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Pete,
> >
> > See my notes at http://livecode.byu.edu/indexgeneric.php under Web
> > Services. Pretty basic, and I may be missing some important points, but
> it
> > might get you started.
> >
> > Devin
> >
> > > On Nov 6, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm working on a project that requires I learn about using URLs to
> > > interface to a third party API.  I have been given php code that does
> > what
> > > I need so I could just execute the php scrips from LC and grab the
> > output.
> > > But should I ever need to make changes to the php code, I wouldn't know
> > > where to start so would prefer to implement this with Livecode.
> > >
> > > I have all the necessary URLs and they return "a REST-compliant XML
> > feed" .
> > > Can someone point me to a lesson of some sort that would point me in
> the
> > > right direction?
> > >
> > > Pete
> > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
> > > Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and
> > > SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html>
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