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Do you know anything about how BackerKit works? It seems like it's API connected but I'm positive there's no public Kickstarter API.
by tehwebguy 13y ago
Do you know anything about how BackerKit works? It seems like it's API connected but I'm positive there's no public Kickstarter API.
- rl3 13y agoAs I understand it: Project creators log in to Kickstarter and utilize a Chrome bookmarklet provided by BackerKit, which then reads/scrapes the backer infomation from Kickstarter and sends it to BackerKit.[1] It's kind of messy, but frankly ingenious considering there's no alternatives. One of BackerKit's founders is/was involved with Diaspora, which was a Kickstarter project. Having the Kickstarter project admin interface (with actual backers) handy to develop and test the bookmarklet against was probably quite a boon. I could be wrong, though. tl;dr Kickstarter really needs an API. [1] https://www.backerkit.com/faq https://www.backerkit.com/faq
- mbs348 13y agomax from BackerKit here, thanks for the link. guilty as charged. messy but works!