Thread: Wtf are APIs
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Old 08-18-2012, 01:51 AM  
edgeprod
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Originally Posted by VenusBlogger View Post
Thanks for the explanation.

Yes I have many WordPress BLOGS.. So I go to a sponsor, grab and API and then import?

Is it that simple?


And why people talk about DATING APIs all the time? I can understand importing galleries into a BLOG.. but DATING APIs?.. no galleries at all.. DATING is DATING, not galleries.. I dont get it, why people talk about forms and dating APIs all the time, like its something MAGIC and SECRET or kind of blackhat to make money.. any ideas?

Thanks.
I really can't distill it any further, but you need to NOT think about it as galleries. Think about it as little blocks of data that you can do whatever with.

Want to build a fake dating site? Dating API. Want to have a redheads pop up on your redheads category of your tube? Dating API. Want to just show online users when they're actually online? Dating API.

It's ... it's little pieces of data that you can put wherever you want for whatever purpose. It's up to you to figure out what to do with the data.

From reading your posts in other threads, I'd say that APIs are beyond the scope of your abilities .... but if there are enough people like you, I'll build some tools that bring the power of APIs into you reach.
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