Talking Drupal #131 - Third Party APIs

In episode #131 we talk about interfacing your Drupal website with third party APIs. Listen or Watch Tips of the Week Nic - sign up for Talking Drupal’s new Newsletter to receive bonus material at www.talkingdrupal.com John - Consider upgrading your Mac before buying a new one.  A Memory upgrade and/or solid state drive can make an old machine new again. Stephen - Look for local meet ups. It’s a great place to learn and make new Drupal friends. 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