search

ezl / hnofficehours

HN Office Hours
http://hnofficehours.com
MIT License
30 stars 5 forks source link

API #10

Open dlo opened 14 years ago

dlo commented 14 years ago

Since we're all hackers here, I think it would make sense for there to be an API available with the first iteration of the site. The only feature I can envision right now is the ability to indicate availability. List some other things you'd like to see added!

bitemyapp commented 14 years ago

Love it. I'm thinking curl http for flipping a boolean + maybe some meta data for status.

ccg commented 14 years ago

Should we use django-piston for the API implementation?

bitemyapp commented 14 years ago

Not a bad idea at all, might want to figure out a serialization format that'll allow easy one-liners though. People will be using the api to flip stuff on and off, and not forcing them to write scripts to be practical would be nice if possible.

placer14 commented 14 years ago

Would anyone be interested in an XMPP interface for this API? This would essentially mean using Google Chat to send commands to the service to manipulate their availability, hours, etc. (Could even be used for direct connection with people who want to chat.)

This depends on how flexible we can be with the server-side tech.