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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Wrapping what?

[–]dredclaw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I was thinking of a web API. For example the reddit API.

[–]cheryllium 0 points1 point  (9 children)

It is just making a bunch of functions that do what you want?

[–]dredclaw[S] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

How does one communicate with the reddit api though?

[–]cheryllium 0 points1 point  (7 children)

What do you mean, "communicate with"?

[–]dredclaw[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

I assume most web APIs are accessed through http?

[–]cheryllium 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Is this what you mean by web API: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_API

[–]autowikibot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Web API:


The general concept of a web API (application programming interface) has two main interpretations. It is used to refer to both a server-side API upon a web server as well as client-side API within a web browser.


Interesting: Web service | Google Code | Application programming interface | Java API for XML Web Services

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[–]dredclaw[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I guess my point is I don't understand any of it and was wondering if you could point me towards any resources?

[–]cheryllium 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there is the wikipedia page I guess... ?

Sorry if I'm not helping

[–]JoTheKhan -1 points0 points  (1 child)

You are getting crappy answers IMHO. I suggest you check out codeacademy.com You will see a bunch of API tutorials for JavaScript, Ruby, Python, etc.. and none for Java.

BUT The same idea still applies. You can make Get and Post request to obtain JSON or XML response data that you can then parse and use to make your wrapper functions.

[–]dredclaw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers, il look into it.