API stands for Application Programming Interface. A program's API defines the proper way for a developer to request services from that program.
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Parse query filter expression from request URL [on hold]
I am building a backend APi for which I need to extract query filters from request URL of following pattern:
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Perl nagios plugin to query an api, obtain date from json, and determine if the date is within thresholds
This is an update of Using an API to obtain JSON data and get the date string and determine if data is stale
This is a nagios check that will use an API URL, get JSON data, flatten the data into a ...
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Using an API to obtain JSON data and get the date string and determine if data is stale
This is a nagios check that will use an API URL, get JSON data, flatten the data into a usable perl hash, and ultimately obtain a date string. Once the date is obtained, it should recognize the ...
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Requesting information about people from a web API
I'm requesting from a web API information about 20,000 people that I need to update continuously at lightning speed (the web server doesn't throttle the number of requests). I can request an update on ...
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Library to be used against a specific REST web service
I have been trying to generate a basic library that I can use at work, to call different REST calls towards a software vendor that we are using.
I would love someone's opinion on it, and what I could ...
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Select comparison function for sorting based on type information
So I'm working on a patch for the python interpreter where you go through the list and look at the types of the elements and try to use optimized special-case comparison functions that are much ...
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Logging all API call traffic in Java servlets
We have a few servlets like the one below, taking JSON request and produce JSON response. And the requirement is to log all API call traffic.
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PHP secure server2server communication
I read a lot about security mechanisms used in different APIs. But I'm still wondering if my own implementation is secure or not since it seems that there will ever be a risk of something you forgot .....
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nodejs/express get data from external API
In my app.js
var employees = require('../models/employees');
employees.read(req.params.id, function(body) {
console.log(body.firstName);
});
in my models/...
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The Telegram bot for book information
Telegram Bot that retrieves book information from GoodReads
I've created a Telegram bot that implements the inline/offline modes to get the brief info about a book, searched by title(inline mode) or ...
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Uploading series of large files to API via Node
I wrote a node script to traverse a folder of hour-long mp3s and upload them to Mixcloud via their API. It works, but I suspect it's fairly inefficient - the computer it's going to run on at our radio ...
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Telegram Bot that retrieves book information from GoodReads
The project below is about a Telegram bot that implements both inline and offline modes. The idea is to get a brief info about a book, searched by title(it's author, rating, short description). I ...
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GET event handler
I'm working on my first NodeJS / Express application with the async module. It's been an uphill battle for me learning node (and even JavaScript) as I go along so I'm sure there's a lot of room for ...
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Node.js API Server for querying a Neo4j database
I've written a server in Node.js that listens to http requests via Express.js and forwards requests to a Neo4j server. It's my first time working with Neo4j and Express.js. The code runs as intended ...
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Parsing and saving JSON result from GoEuro API
I am new to python so I decided to write a script that parses a json array and writes data in a file.
I wrote the code that does that but I think it can be done way better, So I was hoping to get ...
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~600k external API requests for uploading part numbers to an inventory
I have a CSV containing ~600k part numbers to be uploaded to my website's inventory. However, this CSV only contains limited information. We're missing pricing and other related information. To get ...
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Validating attributes of a page in Adobe Experience Manager
I am reviewing the following code written by a fellow developer. I am not an java expert but IMHO i did not feel this is efficient use of exceptions — the reason I feel so is:
The below code throwing ...
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JavaScript Weather App using 3 APIs
This is one of my first programs working with APIs and I was hoping to get some input in the form of suggestions, recommendations or corrections. The goal is to register the user location by IP, ...
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Combining json responses of recursive web service calls with PHP and curl
I'm implementing the Hotel Price List API from Skyscanner. This requires a first call to the service to implement a session followed by 1 or more calls to the service to get the actual results. I've ...
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Script to send push notifications using email, Pushbullet, or Pushover
I have built a tiny script to send out push notifications. I would be glad to receive general suggestions / feedback.
My main problem is that the only security offered is coming from the OS ...
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RESTful backend API for user account
I have made a RESTful API built with Node.js, Express, Basic-auth and Mongoose. it will respond JSON.
This is the folder structure:
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Java interface to C library - Refactoring to singleton usage
I am currently writing a Java interface to a C library. It mostly just delegates calls and adds a object oriented layer on top of it to make integration into a regular Java program more natural.
The ...
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Basic API wrapper around a Restful service - follow-up
This is a follow up from my previous post: Basic API wrapper around a Restful service
I'm writing a basic wrapper around a restful service that returns a list of Stores. Naturally, I want to make it ...
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JSON REST client proxy generator
Trying to create something really lightweight. Sources are on GitHub.
To create a proxy we need to define an interface first, e.g.:
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Basic API wrapper around a Restful service
I'm writing a basic wrapper around a restful service that returns a list of Stores. I'm using RestSharp which I'm injecting into the class.
Naturally, I want to make it completely testable (that's a ...
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C# Async Oauth API Wrapper Class
Two quick notes: I'm targeting 4.5, and the server already has newtownsoft's json library. I'd prefer not installing anything additional on the server.
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Rest API with Node/Express/Mongoose/Passport from job interview
Introduction
I've got this mail for an assignment for a job position.
It's not relevant for this job anymore. But I like to use this opportunity to improve myself in coding and would like to know ...
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Weather API implementation
This class uses the openweathermap API to receive information about the current weather and forecasts. I am looking for any type of advice, but primary for structure and style improvement suggestions:
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Powershell cmdlet authenticating to Aerohive API
After dipping my toes in PowerShell for over a year i think it is time for creating a real cmdlet. My first mission was creating a regular PS script to take in a .csv and create a wifi account using ...
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Django class based view URL API
I kind of started making an API for my site in a Django class based view because it seemed logical and now it has gotten quite large and unruly and I am starting to wonder if I am doing this correctly....
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Python Politico API attempt
I love politics, and I love programming, so I figured why not try and combine the two for something to do? I'm making a work-in-progress (but runnable at this stage) Politico api that I call "...
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Calling Web API from MVC generic way of approach
Our Project architecture is AngularJS + MVC + WebAPI. Angular JS would call MVC action and MVC action further calls API methods. Below are some of the action methods we used for calling api methods.
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Adding or editing a child
I have a class which will add or edit a child. So whenever I click on "save," I need to check the child image. If it's an image, then I need to upload to the image server. Once that's done only, I ...
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List and post tasks with jQuery
I've written the code below to display a list of tasks from a Flask API. The form and associated .ajax method post to the API, immediately appending the data to the list of tasks. The code is working, ...
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Random quote generator from API
I have built a random machine generator website. It fetches the quotes from forismatic and has a button to get a new quote. When it gets a new quote, the website color changes. It also features a ...
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Responding to API requests with much complexity
So having used the SE API multiple times, I like how all responses are in a Wrapper object, and for my own API design I figured it was a good method to follow.
Of ...
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Using the BBC iPlayer API for managing TV programs
I have been learning Ruby by reading books and tutorials, and practising some problems on Codewars to level-up my new skills, when I had an idea for a little Ruby code project. It will store ...
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Telegram Rest API client design
I'm working on a "framework" for Telegram bots and right now everything "just works". I'm now in the process of rethinking about what I wrote and one of the things I dislike a lot is how I implemented ...
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Managing a programmatically accessible stack trace
VBA has a call stack... but there's no programmatic way to tap into it, which means in order to get a stack trace for a runtime error, one has to manage it manually.
Here's some example code that ...
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Wrapper for a vendor API that lacks common interfaces
I know basic Java, but I struggle sometimes with object orientation design.
There is a vendor api I use, and I wanted to wrap it to be reusable as a lib in other projects.
All the services from the ...
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Calling TWITCH API and displaying online/offline users of a channel
I've got this working almost to where I want it. The part I can't get right may be due to the programming so I'd like to get a review.
I'm making JSON calls to ...
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Simple Calculator RESTfull API on Java
I have written a small calculator REST API and I need someone to look the structure and design of what I did. I want to know how I can make it better. Here is an example with multiplication. Other ...
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Run a potentially long running application from within a Python webserver and return different results depending on whether the application finishes
I want an API on a Flask/Gunicorn webserver to make a call to a separate, potentially long-running java application. If the java application finishes before the Gunicorn timeout, Flask should return ...
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Active Directory Searcher class/API
This is intended to be a model for an application that queries an Active Directory. It can return IEnumerables of the following:
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API design for loading OpenGL textures asynchronously
What do you think about this API for loading OpenGL textures asynchronously?
My main concern is that the loader class executes code on the client io_service. This takes away some control from the ...
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Interface to the Force.com REST API
I'm implementing an interface to the Force.com REST API, with very specific ideas about which parts of the API I need. My problem is with testability of consumers of this API abstraction.
The first ...
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Pointers for C++/CLI library header formatting, layout and design
I have designed a C++/CLI wrapper library that allows C++ applications on windows, and other platforms that can load C dlls (e.g. Java via JNA or Python) to make calls to my .Net library.
I was ...
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Home Test Exercise - Create a Java Service capable of posting GitHub events to Slack
I was asked to provide a codebase for the following exercise. I have provided the requirement of the problem and also putting down the code of two main classes. Can you please review and provide your ...
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Google Maps geocoding lookup function
In an effort to keep all of the Google Maps Javascript API in it's own little world, I have created a googleMaps object that will contain all of the functions that directly make google maps webservice ...
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Acquiring all products with a particular license ID
I am working on refactoring this method on the API. It's very slow, and can take the browser 12+ seconds to receive the result from the API. Can someone give me something to get me started or point ...
