Talking Drupal #131 - Third Party APIs

In episode #131 we talk about interfacing your Drupal website
with third party APIs.


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Show Notes

What is an API?  A contract between two applications.

Client side vs server side access to third party APIs

Evaluating APIs

Is the API well documentation.

Use tools to test the API before you invest time in
writing code - (chrome extensions) Advances REST Client,
Postman 

Relationship with company providing the API. Do you have
access to technical support?



Authentication - authentication methods, depends of the API

Interested in an API - look for a Drupal modules first,
before coding one yourself

Module of the Week

CKEditor Anchor Link for Drupal 8


The Drupal 8 Core CKEditor is missing some very important
options.
Resources

Advanced REST Client

Postman



 
Hosts

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross


John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi


Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan