Hack your finances with Buxfer's API

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=128975

by ashu • 18 years ago

18 5 18 years ago

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We have created a special account (apidemo:apidemo) so you can play around with the API. For example, just try:

https://apidemo:apidemo@www.buxfer.com/api/analysis.html?month=feb08

Let us know what you think!

bjclark• 18 years ago

As Paris would say, HOT.

Kudos for the real REST api, not a "REST Like" bullshit api. :)

Xichekolas2• 18 years ago

Amen on the REST api...

Just wondering if it will throw back http response codes like 403 for forbidden and such or if it will always give 200 and then the error in the xml/json itself?

Also, are you planning on opening up POST/PUT verbs on things like Groups/Contacts so I can add those through the API as well? From what I can gather you can only list them currently.

ashu2• 18 years ago

Hm. good point about the HTTP response codes vs. error within xml/json. Currently, it does not produce 403 codes, and provides all error indications only in the XML/JSON data returned. In my view, it makes stuff more uniform to handle and easier to program. (For example, instead of checking for both the HTTP codes _and_ the content, i can just parse the JSON directly, and check response.status... ) Is there something I am missing? I would love to stand corrected.

Regarding groups/contacts, we can consider adding POST/PUT verbs on them; sure, but I am wondering about the utility. It seems to me that the adding contacts or groups would be a very rare (sort of 1-time) activity, unless you are planning to build a completely new skin for Buxfer :) Thoughts?

Hack your finances with Buxfer's API

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