Interesting idea! I support this! :)
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  (Jul 24, 2014 03:43 PM)Nutar Wrote: Why is that. Creating services connected to HF would be amazing, and may grow the community even further with more developers willing to integrate HF to their applications someway. Opening up an API would create massive security problems. The time it would take to develop such a project so that it is secure and stable could be better used elsewhere. In other words, the time it would take to move databases around, create secure connections and ways of monitoring and implementing secure use of the API would not be worth it, when he could be working on things such as 2-factor auth and finishing ep1c for recent examples. Omniscient has denied application connecting many times before, just because you are re-labeling it an API suggestion does not make it any different. interested in interest (Jul 24, 2014 09:51 PM)Deutsche Bank Wrote: Opening up an API would create massive security problems. Not really. APIs are only a security issue if you implement them like a drunken monkey (many frameworks exist that would allow said inebriated ape to still create a decent API). This would likely result in a lower total bandwidth usage of the forum as people like me wouldn't need to refresh the "your posts" page and instead could parse a JSON output into a clear/concise list.
Jul 25, 2014 03:40 AM
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(Jul 24, 2014 11:11 PM)xadamxk Wrote: If there was an API to do some of this, I see it getting abused or causing issues with the site. As I mentioned before, he could give API Keys to certain members that he trust. Other than that, it's nice to see that a Mentor replied. ![[Image: HTOWMaq.gif]](https://i.imgur.com/HTOWMaq.gif) N U T A R
I would be VERY interested in seeing something like this implemented.
The risk factor is something I would think needs to be worked out for sure though. I can only imagine the amount of abuse you would see from something like this. If it had the ability to only be implemented by trusted members Ub3r+ then I could see it working a lot better. Not to mention I think it would be used by MANY people whom we see advertising their signature for sale. The biggest question I would have to ask is wondering if there would be a way to only have people that WANTED their sig used for adverts. Good suggestion OP, I would hope to see something like this used in the furture. 🤝 (Jul 25, 2014 03:44 AM)Deathmaul Wrote: I would be VERY interested in seeing something like this implemented. Regarding signatures, everything has been solved. But me and other members would like to see something like this implemented. N U T A R
(Jul 25, 2014 04:05 AM)'Snorlax Wrote: I am sure I have seen an API suggestion thread before. Nice! Wait, does that mean you can rent sigs automatically here on the HF? (Jul 25, 2014 03:46 AM)Nutar Wrote: Regarding signatures, everything has been solved. But me and other members would like to see something like this implemented. You need to rethink your life.... Haha That is a lot of awards! ![[Image: a9347b7b970a6694c394ee8b422387c8.png]](https://i.gyazo.com/a9347b7b970a6694c394ee8b422387c8.png)
Jul 25, 2014 05:14 AM
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(Jul 25, 2014 04:44 AM)Deathmaul Wrote: Nice! Wait, does that mean you can rent sigs automatically here on the HF? Yes, I'm already working on it. I hope I can release it soon. (Jul 25, 2014 04:44 AM)Vaxorr Wrote: As a member said above, Omni won't risk playing with the DB of the forums it can be used wrongly + there is more important things to focus on before making the API. He wont be playing with it. He's just going to request data from the DB which MyBB usually does. N U T A R
(Jul 25, 2014 07:37 AM)Private Network Wrote: This is a great idea! I hope this gets implemented! Thank you for your kind support bro! N U T A R
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