MIke, File bugs against the docs and I will fix them, where appropriate. Thanks, Doug --
Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Mike Lewis <mikelikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just a side note, after thoroughly inspecting the API wiki, the docs > are very inconsistent from method to method. > > > On May 5, 1:41 pm, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I fully support this idea since, by definition, an API is a list or > > document of function prototypes (or signatures of what have you). > > Chad > > > > Sent from an airplane. Shh don't tell anyone. > > > > On May 5, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Mike Lewis <mikelikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Here's a few other examples to show that this isn't the first time > > > somebody thought this might be a nice method > > > > >http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/api/methods/rtm.reflection.ge. > .. > > > > >http://84.234.17.86:84/Tools/API/Method/?name=metaweather.reflection.. > .. > > > > >http://developer.etsy.com/docs#getmethodtable > > > > > On May 5, 1:46 am, Mike Lewis <mikelikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Sorry, don't know if the message I just sent got sent or discarded. > > > > >> In short: > > > > >>http://github.com/mikelikespie/TwitterLibGen/ > > > > >> data.py > > >> What I'd like the data to be something like. (first 3 at least) > > >> (the rest were scraped and probably are incorrect) > > > > >> tweetgen.py > > >> Self generating library that uses the data.py info when you > > >> import > > >> it > > >> (play around with it in interactive shell) > > > > >> test.py > > >> example that uses tweetgen. comment back in the one to see > > >> the auth working (there should be exceptions, it's part of the > > >> demo) > > > > >> the rest is just the scaper my colleague wrote > > > > >> On May 4, 1:21 pm, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > > > > >>> Mike, > > >>> That would be great. A good demo can go a long way. > > > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> Doug > > > > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> Doug Williams | Platform Support | Twitter, Inc. > > > > >>> 539 Bryant St. Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94107 > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > > >>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Mike Lewis > > >>> <mikelikes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >>>> Hi Doug, > > > > >>>> An example of what I'd be interested in is > > > > >>>>http://www.flickr.com/services/api/ > > >>>> flickr.reflection.getMethods.html > > > > >>>> and > > > > >>>> > http://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.reflection.getMethodInfo.html > > > > >>>> With something like that for the twitter API which shows the > > >>>> parameters, the request type, if authentication is required, etc. > > >>>> it > > >>>> would be very easy to write something that generates a library > > >>>> for the > > >>>> API. > > > > >>>> It would be able to be very robust because most of the parameter > > >>>> checking could be done client-side, which means less guessing and > > >>>> invalid requests to twitter. Also, when there's API changes, the > > >>>> library could be updated automatically. > > > > >>>> Maybe tonight or something, I'll take a couple twitter methods > > >>>> and put > > >>>> them in a format similar to what I'd expect, and make a little > > >>>> demo on > > >>>> how one could generate a library. > > > > >>>> Cheers, > > >>>> Mike > > > > >>>> On May 4, 10:56 am, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > > >>>>> What we have to offer is available at the wiki. If you have a > > >>>>> great idea > > >>>> for > > >>>>> something we should add, a working demonstration goes a long way > > >>>>> to > > >>>> helping > > >>>>> us prioritize. > > > > >>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>> Doug > > > > >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>>>> Doug Williams | Platform Support | Twitter, Inc. > > > > >>>>> 539 Bryant St. Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94107 > > >>>>http://twitter.com/dougw > > > > >>>>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Mike Lewis > > >>>>> <mikelikes...@gmail.com> > > >>>> wrote: > > > > >>>>>> I'm asking for the latter. I'm quite familiar with the apiwiki. > > > > >>>>>> On May 3, 11:19 pm, Paul Kinlan <paul.kin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>>>> If I am not mistaken, you can look here: > > >>>>>>http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Twitter-API-Documentation. That is > > >>>>>> unless > > >>>> you > > >>>>>>> are asking for programmatic access to an api list via an api? > > > > >>>>>>> 2009/5/4 Mike Lewis <mikelikes...@gmail.com> > > > > >>>>>>>> Is there a way to generate a list of API methods in JSON, or > > >>>>>>>> CSV > > >>>> with > > >>>>>>>> the parameters, or a place where one could download one. > > > > >>>>>>>> I'm interested in this for generating a library. > > > > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>>>>> Mike >
