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I've been working with a lot of web based apis recently which involves a lot of repetitive coding to get the json elements out of their tree and into fields. The process is as usual very easy in LiveCode but involves a lot of repetition which I don't like, and I always try to eliminate repetition where possible. So I built this little plugin to make my live easier and thought others might find it of help too.


Download from
http://livecodeshare.runrev.com/stack/9 ... API-Helper

Explainer video here
https://youtu.be/pNQAf0zF-ko

Really nice work Andy

I can certainly use this because I also work with JSON data in my current application.
I will probably modify it a bit to also handle any Array and not only an array generated from a JSON file.

Thanks for sharing!

Paul

Hi Andy,

thanks for the stack. It can come in quite handy.

I noticed that using the business edition all https sites did not work.
I had to issue from the message box:
then it worked.
Somehow tsNetLibURL interferes with the "put url.." command when dealing with "https" in business edition. Community works fine. Did not text Indy.

Thanks again
Bernd

mrcoollion wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:11 am

Really nice work Andy

I can certainly use this because I also work with JSON data in my current application.
I will probably modify it a bit to also handle any Array and not only an array generated from a JSON file.

Thanks for sharing!

Paul

Thanks Paul, that's a good idea, I'll mod it so that pure arrays can also be selected.

bn wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:49 am

Hi Andy,

thanks for the stack. It can come in quite handy.

I noticed that using the business edition all https sites did not work.
I had to issue from the message box:

Code: Select all

dispatch "revunloadLibrary" to stack "tsNetLibURL"

then it worked.
Somehow tsNetLibURL interferes with the "put url.." command when dealing with "https" in business edition. Community works fine. Did not text Indy.

Thanks again
Bernd

Hi Bernd, interesting, I was using the Indy version which worked just fine.

Hi Andy, many thanks for sharing, this is very useful and time saving.

Regards.

AndyP wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:49 pm

Thanks Paul, that's a good idea, I'll mod it so that pure arrays can also be selected.

Well then I will wait for a little to see what you come up with

AndyP:
I like the way your video looks.

Explainer video

How did you create it? Software? Separate YouTube channel?
I haven't yet dabbled in video so I'm a beginner in that area. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bob

Hi Bob, I'm new to making videos too. So the opening and closing cards are made with Canva, I'm still using the free version. For the video editor, I'm using the paid version of Filmora from WonderShare which I find easy to use and intuitive, much like LiveCode

If you want a very easy to get started video editor, then I would suggest OpenShot. I started with this and then transitioned to Filmora after trying Davinci Resolve which has a full feature set but I found the learning curve was to high.. I like things simple.

Oh and I use OBS for capturing the desktop and overlaying the head and shoulders camera capture with a makeshift green screen made from some old curtain material.

thanks andy very helpful

AndyP:
Thanks for the recommendations. I have started looking at your three recommendations (Canva, OpenShot and OBS).
I have a lot to learn from my zero starting point!
Many thanks for your guidance,
Bob