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[META] Megathread for API questions? (self.lemmydev)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Cr4yfish to c/[email protected]
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Since the docs are horrible I think making a megathread here with Q&As and best practices for endpoints would be nice. Would've certainly helped me when I started out.

What do you guys think?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

i'm building a client, happy to help if i can, also to receive help! main issues i have had so far is how to actually use a number of the methods' parameters, like limit (whats the max value?), page (how does pagination actually work?), etc. so far i have been storing any useful info about the API (like the valid values for a given type) in my own lists then querying them in my code.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

but i figure the whole community is already about best practices the API / endpoints

[–] Cr4yfish 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah but I think having a central post to aggregate common questions would be a benefit to everyone, especially new devs.

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