API help

[dominatrix1]

I am trying to use a "Gigatools" API to help fill my rails project with data. However the documentation is pretty mch non existant.

They have given me an API key and a API call - I have no idea how to use these though.

Any help would be appreciated .

http://api.gigatools.com/#api_6

 

[dk345]

It appears to be an HTTP (probably RESTful) service.

Looking at the link you've provided, they all seem to be GET requests. Each endpoint you call (search.json, city.json, etc.) will return a JSON object that contains any results that match your query.

I'm not familiar with rails, but you need some way of creating and sending a GET request to their API. In PHP you could use cURL, but I'm not sure what the alternative is for rails.

In fact, open up a new tab in your browser and go to http://api.gigatools.com/city.json?cities[]=London&api_key=<YOUR API KEY> and you should get a JSON response.