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Very cool -- I'd just be worried about the companies switching APIs on you. If you're prepared for that then more power to you. Or maybe you're just scraping th
by Locke1689 17y ago
Very cool -- I'd just be worried about the companies switching APIs on you. If you're prepared for that then more power to you. Or maybe you're just scraping the sites themselves and blobbing them over to the side? I guess my technical understanding of how it works is a little fuzzy.
- nathanmarz 17y agoThey're using Rapleaf's API for the data.
- abossy 17y agoPart of making an API publicly consumable is an informal commitment to maintain it. Most major API changes are announced far in advance, and legacy versions are maintained to give developers the chance to switch. A company whose core value depends on consuming that API will likely be informed about future changes; I'd think it's the least of their worries.