Top "Api" questions

Structuring online documentation for a REST API

I'm building my first Rest API which serialize data to JSON and XML formats. I would like to provide an …

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WhatsApp API (java/python)

I am looking for WhatsApp API, preferably a Python or Java library. I've tried Yowsup, but could not get my …

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API vs. Webservice

What is the difference between a webservice and an API? Is the difference more than the protocol used to transfer …

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Allow Access-Control-Allow-Origin header using HTML5 fetch API

I am using HTML5 fetch API. var request = new Request('https://davidwalsh.name/demo/arsenal.json'); fetch(request).then(function(…

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How do I deal with certificates using cURL while trying to access an HTTPS url?

I am getting the following error using curl: curl: (77) error setting certificate verify locations: CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt …

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REST API Authentication

I'm building an application which will be hosted on a server. I want to build an API for the application …

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JWT (JSON Web Token) automatic prolongation of expiration

I would like to implement JWT-based authentication to our new REST API. But since the expiration is set in the …

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List of tables, db schema, dump etc using the Python sqlite3 API

For some reason I can't find a way to get the equivalents of sqlite's interactive shell commands: .tables .dump using …

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Has Facebook sharer.php changed to no longer accept detailed parameters?

We have been opening a sharing popup (via window.open) with the URL like https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.…

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What is an Endpoint?

I have been reading about OAuth and it keeps talking about endpoints. What is exactly an endpoint?

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