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What features should be in the API of a Q&A forum?

asked Apr 15 '10

Evgeny gravatar image Evgeny flag of Chile
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Hello, could you share some ideas - what are the most valuable features in that you'd like to see in the API for a Q&A forum?

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answered May 22 '10

jens gravatar image jens
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For a read only API the Yahoo! Answers API

probably is a good start:

  • questionSearch
  • getByCategory (getByTag in askbot)
  • getQuestion
  • getByUser

A read/write API could encourage a android or iPhone app developer to write a mobile client on top of that. Sth. like

  1. questionSearch (to check if it was already asked),
  2. authenticate,
  3. postQuestion,
  4. getQuestion (for the answers) and
  5. vote/rate/choose best answer
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Hey, thanks. This is a really good pointer. Evgeny (May 22 '10)

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