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Google’s APIs are all kind of challenging to ramp up on. I’m not sure if it’s the API itself or the docs just feeling really fragmented. It’s hard to find what
by SmellTheGlove 1y ago
Google’s APIs are all kind of challenging to ramp up on. I’m not sure if it’s the API itself or the docs just feeling really fragmented. It’s hard to find what you’re looking for even if you use their own search engine.
- candiddevmike 1y agoThe Google Cloud API library is meant to be pretty dead simple. While there are bugs, there's a good chance if something's not working it's because of overthinking or providing too many args. Alternatively, doing more advanced stuff and straying from the happy path may lead to dragons.
- PantaloonFlames 1y agoThe problem I've had is not that the APIs are complicated but that there are so darn many of them. I agree the API docs are not high on the usability scale. No examples, just reference information with pointers to types, which embed other types, which use abstract descriptions. Figuring out what sort of json payload you need to send, can take...a bunch of effort.
- arccy 1y agothey're usually pretty well structured and actually follow design principles like https://cloud.google.com/apis/design https://cloud.google.com/apis/design and https://google.aip.dev/1 https://google.aip.dev/1 once it clicks, it's infinitely better than the AWS style GetAnythingGoes apis....