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user-inactivated · 3460 days ago · link · · parent · post: If I wanted to make an app for Hubski and I knew nothing about programming where would I start?

first you should learn what an api is.

then learn that hubski has no api.

understand this means anything you write will break probably as soon as the site changes in any way, which it does constantly.

give up and pick another project.

learning java for android apps and how to interface with web APIs is still a good idea though, you just shouldn't try to write anything based on hubski because it's like building on a sand dune

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user-inactivated · 3460 days ago · link ·

from what I understand api is like a cookbook that has the basic functionality of the site. then I would add stuff to it to make the app. Is that correct?

is there an eta on the api?

+discuss+discuss

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thenewgreen · 3460 days ago · link ·

Our API is a few months out. forwardslash is our lead programmer and he is working on it now.

Thanks for the thought and welcome to Hubski!

+discuss+discuss

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user-inactivated · 3460 days ago · link ·

cool. cool cool cool.

+discuss+discuss

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psudo · 3460 days ago · link ·

An api isn't so much a cookbook, but like a menu at a salad bar. It tells you everything that they have available, but it's up to you to figure out how you're going to put it all together to make a delicious meal.