My First API
Posted by Tiggiler

I'm pretty proud of myself... I wrote my first API today. In addition to the tiggiler.com and nashuaphoto.com domains, I also own tigurl.com which is used for URL shortening just like Tinyurl or the like. At one point it was open to the public but it became too much of a burden for me to manage on my own so now it's by invitation only.

While it's just the bare bones necessity, I created an API on that domain and have successfully implemented it on this blog in order to more easily create the shortened URL that you see on some of my posts. Prior to that, I would have to manually log in, create the link and then spread it around my social networks. Now, with a click of a button, it's done (except for the sharing part of course)!

I know those of you neck deep in the software development world are like "yeah big deal, I write at least two APIs a day". Well, you know what I say to that? "Good for you!" My experience is on the front end and scripting and the fact that I've been able to do this by figuring out the logistics myself... I'm pretty damn proud!