[wp-hackers] JSON API 1.0 release

Mike Schinkel mikeschinkel at newclarity.net
Tue Jun 29 19:45:15 UTC 2010


On Jun 29, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Otto wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Mike Schinkel
> <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> wrote:
>> I'd far prefer to access JSON via REST than XML via RPC; REST and JSON just make things so much easier, at least for me. I also know lots of local programmers here in Atlanta and when discussed most of them agree so I'm not alone.  More importantly, if an API is easier to use it improves adoption for those who are publishing their APIs.  JMTCW
> 
> Oh no, not saying it's not easier or better, just that I tend to
> prefer existing interfaces rather than rolling my own, probably
> incompatible, way of doing things.

No debate there, at all.

On Jun 29, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Otto wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> BTW, it wouldn't be difficult at all to implement a JSON system using
>> the built in feeds mechanism. The add_feed function is pretty darned
>> powerful when you get right down to it.
> 
> Here's a quick and dirty example:
>  ....

Looks like a good candidate for a post on your blog...

-Mike



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