Drop static db lookups for an API

[jbrooksuk]

It'd mean you'd have to be online, but at least we'd stay up to date.

[princemaple]

Would be good to keep the local version as a cache / backup. I'm in Australia, so if I have to hit an API endpoint in the U.S. it could potentially take 0.5 - 1s round trip, not to mention when the international cable is unstable.

[jbrooksuk]

If there was an API for language documentations then we'd cache it anyway, but there doesn't seem to be anything like it.

[princemaple]

Right.. Looks like another open source project opportunity. :smile:

[jbrooksuk]

There is DevDocs.io, but it doesn't have an API interface, which is why there is a script to update the database.

[princemaple]

Yup that's what I meant, either extend that project or build a wrapper project.. Just an idea.

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 1:23 AM, James Brooks [email protected] wrote:

There is DevDocs.io http://devdocs.io, but it doesn't have an API interface, which is why there is a script to update the database.

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Regards,

Po Chen