While WordPress is naturally great for all websites, many people use
\nother services. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Flickr, Foursquare… All
\nof these various services have something in common; they usually offer
\nAPIs of various sorts for connecting to them. You can use parts of the
\ncore WordPress code to make that sort of integration easier to do in
\nthemes and plugins, and to simplify much of your custom development.
\nLearn some tricks with making HTTP calls, OAuth and why it matters,
\nand how to connect to various parts of the WordPress core to do
\ninteresting things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While WordPress is naturally great for all websites, many people use other services. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Flickr, Foursquare… All of these various services have something in common; they usually offer APIs of various sorts for connecting to them. You can … Continue reading Fun with Integration: Using WordPress APIs to connect sites to everything else.<\/span>