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I would disagree that real APIs have a lot of benefits over HTML, like, a good API has documentation and wouldn't introduce random, breaking changes. APIs usual
by btctrading 9y ago
I would disagree that real APIs have a lot of benefits over HTML, like, a good API has documentation and wouldn't introduce random, breaking changes. APIs usually have similar structure and they have less overhead than HTML. Well established methods for authorization that is easy to use from code/cli and so on.
- icebraining 9y agoa good API has documentation and wouldn't introduce random, breaking changes The changes don't have to be breaking, if the HTML is well designed. Adding or removing an intermediate tag is OK as long as the data tags have identifiers to avoid having to write complex, fragile XPath queries. Well established methods for authorization that is easy to use from code/cli and so on. Basic Auth is very established and easy to use.