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I've never had a problem with them - granted I only tested with accounts I had access to through family/friends. That said, it is up to the bank to maintain th
by gabelerner 16y ago
I've never had a problem with them - granted I only tested with accounts I had access to through family/friends. That said, it is up to the bank to maintain their end of the API and make sure that their server has the uptime and correct code to parse the request and return the response, so when that doesn't happen, the only resort is to scrape. Do you have a link to the thread where the claim occurred?
- djb_hackernews 16y agoThat claim was probably made by me, and I still stand by it. Let me guess, you are using OFX? edit: here is my original comment -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1537982 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1537982
- DevX101 16y agoYup. You're the guy.
- gabelerner 16y agoI am not disagreeing with your claim and am using OFX, for now. My initial goal was to provide a simple and cheap API that one can get started with in minutes vs. having to gather a server list, maintain it, read through the OFX docs, etc. In my testing, I have never had a problem with stale data, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. Going forward, I am not opposed to scraping if there's a demand for it.