Imagine if you could take an existing sql database and turn it into a RESTful JSON based web service, then access the data via the API from perhaps an android application or an other third party application. I wondered about this and then I stumbled upon PHP DATA SERVICES (PHPDS) built by Chatura Dilan
PHPDS makes it very easy for you to build a RESTful JSON service from your existing database, its easy to setup and config and Chatura Dilan has provided a 3 part tutorial and getting started with PHPDS. You can check out his tutorial on PHPDS and also download the application from github.
Facebook Authentication Fix :
I had to remove the following from line 18 in Hybrid/Providers/Facebook.php :
offline_access, publish_stream, read_friendlists, read_stream
and add publish_actions in order for the facebook app to login properly.
I found this to be a really interesting application and also a very good introduction tutorial for building such a service. Now I need to learn how to integrate it into an Android application 🙂
Happy coding 🙂
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