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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Designing function prototypes for a singly-linked list API in C
I am in the process of rewriting in C all the data structures that I learned about a few years ago to increase my understanding of data structures and the C language. The first one I'm doing is ...
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How is this for an API structure
I have just written an API framework which I am hoping to implement into one of my large sites very soon. However, before I do so, I want to be sure that the script is well written and there are no ...
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Refactor code for API wrapper
I am looking for ways to improve my API wrapper for Pocket. So far, my code is quite compact and nice (I think), but I feel like there must be a better way to do this.
This is the part where I think ...
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Designing a RESTful API for a 3D Printer
I'm implementing a REST API to manage a 3D printer, it will add a layer to the system so instead of sending GCode commands (the language the controller understands) directly to the controller (an ...
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Go: stream chaining
My goal is to have a reusable pattern for doing concurrent stream processing in Go.
The stream has to be closable from any node.
Errors should cleanly close the stream and forward the error to the ...
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REST-ish API Account Controller - how's it look?
I still have to implement api keys for client auth, but so far this is what I have for users. This was built using WebAPI and SimpleMembership with Forms Auth:
Is Authenticated:
public class ...
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General Code Review - Key Press Handler
I have made a class to import into my projects to more easily handle the state of the keyboard so I can use stuff like:
if(Keys.returnKey(37)){
As opposed to setting up key listeners.
Could you ...
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Is it ok to use PHP's strpos and substr altogether in one statement?
I am using PHP to build a REST API. I want to receive requests from the URL in the following format:
http://mydomain.com/api/format/method?app_id=value&call=encrypted_request
So, I have modified ...
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how can i make this small jQuery serializeobject util any better
I have this little utility/helper which serializes a form into a javaScript object
$.fn.serializeObject = function(fn) {
var o = {},
a = ...
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Doubts about the quality of an API designed for use with minimal effort
This is going to be long, and I do hope it is going to make some kind of sense; I apologize if it doesn't. I'll try to provide exactly the amount of context that is necessary to understand the ...
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jQuery plugin boilerplate jquib - critics please
Inspired by jqueryboilerplate.com I extended their boilerplate to fit my needs. Comming from the PHP development I wanted to have good starting point for writing jQuery plugins with a defined ...
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Backbone.js Dependency Injection API Design
I'm writing a dependency injection plugin for the Backbone javascript framework, and I'm not sure what the API for constructor argument injection should look like.
Just for reference, Backbone ...
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How can this code become cleaner and less error prone? Especially the binary search part
How could this code become cleaner?
I think that the way I handle the interfaces and binary search could be improved.
I am trying to understand how to structure such a code 9and usage of APIs) in a ...
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User management in Node.JS
I have moved all my webserver code dealing with user management into a single Node.JS module that I paste below. I have spent time polishing it, and churned it through JSHint. I am generally happy ...
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(revised) Python script to access genealogy api for list of users and attributes
The problem the code is solving
This is a script to access the stackexchange api
for the genealogy site
and create a list of user dictionaries.
Ie each user dictionary contains the info about that ...
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Accessing a REST API with PHP
I'm currently using a scientific information management system that employs a RESTful API. I've never used this API with PHP, and I had a hard time finding best practice examples online. After some ...
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Is there a better way to loop through records and call an api?
I have a CakePHP function here that gets info for a twitter screen_name from the twitter api and writes it to a mysql db. I'm just looking for feedback about other ways to accomplish this that might ...
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Creating JavaScript API for first time; request review
I am creating a commercial API for the first time for responsive webpages/web applications (mobile devices).
I am new and, sadly, working alone as well as new to Javascript (long complicated story).
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PHP api design - anything done badly?
I have created an api in php and I was hoping some clever individuals would mind reviewing it to see what I could do better. I have commented it heavily to explain my reasoning. please feel free to ...
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Javascript API - Library Loader
What my API does and Why - A Brief Explanation
I have written a Javascript API that loads and houses libraries of code to do all sorts of things on websites.
Effectively, this is (will be) the base ...
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MixpanelAPI - my first open source project
I would love to hear feedback on my first open source project (a very simple async API for Mixpanel)
It implements a REST client for this REST HTTP API
Review requested on the following aspects:
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ACM API based Java exercise
I came across an exercise (in the book "The Art and Science of Java" by Eric Roberts) that requires using only GArc and GLine classes to create a lettering library which draws your initials on the ...
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Loading Javascript Libraries with PHP API
First question on this site so please take it easy on me and let me know if I infringe the common etiquette :-)
I have written the following script which simply:
Loops through javascript files ...
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Review My Custom Streaming Application - AJAX / TwitchTV
So I created this custom application and ported it into a few websites. It uses the TwitchTV API and pulls in active streams and the viewer count. The problem I run into is when the list gets so big ...
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RSpec integration tests for a simple Rails API
The Model is simple. A Player class with three attributes: first_name, last_name, and team_id.
I'm just trying to get a handle on TDD for what will expand into a much more robust API. Below is my ...
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Feedback on my Perl wrapper library (written using Moose) for a REST API
I wrote a wrapper library for a REST API (https://semantics3.com) in perl using the Moose library. I would like to gather some feedback on it (mainly on the oop part since I am new to moose), before ...
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Protecting certain model attributes from being exposed in an API
There can be a business or security requirement that certain fields on a model should never be exposed in an API. One approach to this is to tell the developers not to ever put the field in the API ...
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How can I optimize this linspace method build in Python's C API?
Today I built a linspace function in Python's C API, here is its code:
static PyObject *
linspace(PyObject * self, PyObject * args)
{
int n, i;
double start, end;
if ...
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Unit Testing Code that Calls RESTful API
So I'm writing a library which calls a RESTful API and then performs some work on the data. I've architected my code like this:
I have a class, let's call it APIRequestor that initiates a call to the ...
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Using tumblr API via php [closed]
I want to work with the tumblr API, however it looks like I failed at it yet. Do you have any clues for me?
<?php
/**
* User: dmendek
* Date: 18.07.12
* Time: 16:09
*/
class tumblrClass {
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Help with Zend Framework getAction method
I am new to MVC and Zend, so I have little idea what I am doing at the moment, but here is my question.
The following code is my get method for an API I am attempting to build in order to learn both. ...
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Fail-safe remote API operations - best practices
I'm working with two remote APIs, one which manages customers, the other (a Paypal API interface) which manages billing. To delete an account, I must delete the records from both.
function ...
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Markov Encryption API in Python 2.5
The module in question provides classes used to execute Markov encryption and decryption on arrays of bytes. ME was inspired by a combination of Markov chains with the puzzle of Sudoku. This version ...
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XML to JavaScript library design
I created a small library to parse xml to javascript. Can anyone tell me if the design is correct for a library? or if there is a better technique.
I wrote a small Usecase example here.
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Two similar API calls PHP optimisation and structure
I have the following script that I'm part way through and I'm not happy with it at all, it feels messy:
<?php
class Process {
public $search = ...
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luaproxy, (semi) automatic exportation of C++ classes to Lua
I'm writing a library that would ease the exportation of C++ classes (that is the definition of their members) to Lua. It originated from the need of tidying up the code for a server mod of a open ...
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Ruby - class definition for connecting to external API
I've defined a Client class to connect to an external API. The Client class will return XML responses for various resources. Here's what it looks like now:
require 'nokogiri'
class Client
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Interface of a variant-like class
I have created an NBT format reader (NBT is a binary serialization format that Minecraft uses to store its data). I made a node-like class that can be a data entry or the root of a subtree (that's how ...
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Registering layers in a web mapping library. API design
I am working on a web mapping library, that makes it possible to create a map with SVG and JavaScript. As every map shall consist of SVG and Image elements, which can be grouped in layers, which in ...
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FileMaker PHP API Interface v1.6.3
I previously wrote the question about version 1 of my code, since then I have released a version 1.6.3. I would just like everyone's opinion on it. Here is the old question: FileMaker PHP API ...
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Java Slick 2D Collision Detection Methodology
I have a collision detection for terrain setup (non-terrain is handled with a quadtree I implemented apart from this) and I was wondering how others have done it compared to mine and what I could ...
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Java API code with Spring
Model:
public class UserBean {
@JsonProperty
private String userId;
@JsonProperty
private int limit;
@JsonProperty
private int page;
public String ...
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Refactoring Logger interface to open and close logs
I asked a question about an implementation of a logger using syslog and error_log as fallback that made me re-evaluate my Logger interface. Before it simply forced a log($timestamp, $message) to be ...
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Javascript api design
I'm working on a site that has a few site design specific widgets like tabs, alerts, messages, autocomplete etc. Unfortunately they're either global functions:
customAlert("message", "buttontext", ...
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Store all entries in a single array from Wufoo api
What I'm doing
Using the v3 of the Wufoo API to retrieve all entries and store in a single array ($all_results). This is necessary because of the limit 100 entries limit that Wufoo has when ...
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Javascript-generated Social Media Links - a more valid, improved way of writing this?
I'm still fairly new with Javascript, and wrote something to generate some social media links on my page. The idea was to have that script grab the necessary URL info and feed it to the social media ...
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What would be a clean interface for this?
I'd like some suggestions regarding how to implement the programmer/scripter interface for building entities in my game. I know what the interaction should be, and what the classes are going to be. I ...
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Gmail Contacts API Connection Review
I created this class that connects to gMail contacts, and enables you to add/edit/delete the contact.
Curious to see what others think of my code... if you see any areas for improvement, that would ...
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PHP Google Weather API wrapper
I'm an amateur programmer (self-taught). Anyway, this class provides a few methods to access Google's unofficial weather API. I'm having trouble on how to go about handling parsing errors in ...
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Task scheduler API
I'm spec'ing out a API for a task scheduler and I would be thankful for your thoughts. This is what I've got so far:
public void Configure(Context ctx) {
// Single tasks
ctx.Run(() => ...
