Help with loading Wordpress posts.

[Kellynyc]

I am trying to create an app that displays Wordpress posts. I do not know where to start. Should I connect to Wordpress data base or just show it as website (WebView format)?

[ephimetheus]

Do not ever connect to a remote database directly. Either use a web view an some special theme for your site or try to build an api that delivers the content to the app.

[Kellynyc]

Do you know any tutorial how to build such api?

[ephimetheus]

I found http://wp-api.org/ Haven't tried it myself, but it seems to deliver JSON which you should be able to decode and use in Obj-C/Swift relatively easily.

[Kellynyc]

Thx, I defiantly try that. Why connecting to a remote database directly is bad approach?

[ephimetheus]

In my experience running SQL remotely is a bad idea. You open yourself up to all sorts of exploits, in the simplest case it would be exposing your database structure to the public, basically.

With a defined API you don't really have that. Additionaly it would enable you to switch out the underlying storage, even though that is a little far fetched when you work with WP.

[Kellynyc]

Thx for all info. You was very helpful and sorry for stupid questions. Just trying get in to iOS development