Can I use API to populate my site.

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Hi I am building an event site and was told that I could perhaps use API to populate it.
Do I need to pay for access on the sites that I am using the data from or how does that work?

Do any of you guys know how this is done ? Please share your knowledge on the the process and do's and dont's in doing this.

Also I am looking for a programmer to help me with this if anyone is interested as a partner.
I am not sure if it is ok to post this here so I apoligize in advance if it is not ok. :-)
#programming #api #event site #populate #populate a site with api #programmer needed #site
  • You would need someone who is experienced with coding API's in PHP (Assuming your website will be in PHP)..There are event/concert API's out there, such as api.eventful.com, but it's up to those places if they want to charge you for API access or not.

    For the one above you would just have your programmer request an API key, read the documentation, and then develop your code around the API call's needed to get the event information and display it on your website. It doesn't look like they charge for API access, but your website would be coded specifically around calls made to that API.
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    • An API can be something as simple as a link that shows json formatted information from a database (using get requests). Its not exactly rocket science, but usually you would need to interpret the information into another form and that does take technical programming skill.
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  • you can extract event details from the facebook graph api

    https://developers.facebook.com/docs...eference/event
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