Re: API Help / Component / Vendor / Plugin?

Just think, how many ways are there to cook steak?

Broil, Fry, Smoke, BBQ etc. and they all taste equally as good.

For example, I have the Facebook Graph API packaged as a vendor file, and the actual interaction with the object is handled as a Singleton. ( Tight Deadline on that )

Another example, is I have our credit card gateways wrapped in our own API using a facade pattern to abstract the functionality that we needed, and so we would be able to switch out our gateways ( or load balance ) without affecting the functional code that is using the card charging system ( I had more time to do this )

I would take a step back on integrating the API as a component, due to the fact that you are locking yourself into interacting with the API on the controller level.

If might be a better idea, to package the API as a vendor, and integrate its functionality in your MODEL layer, so you can leverage the API in more layers of your application.

I could be wrong, but that's just my opinion at first glance.

On Jan 14, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Advantage+ <movepixels@gmail.com> wrote:

I need to integrate a FitBit API class into Cake and I have never done this before so just looking for some tips to point me in the right direction.

 

The class can be seen here https://github.com/heyitspavel/fitbitphp/blob/master/fitbitphp.php

 

Modify the file name to Fitbit.php place in Controllers / Components and :

class FitbitComponent extends Component {

……

}

 

Reference it in the needed controller:

public $components = array('Fitbit');

 

and call its methods as normal?

 

$profile = $this->Fitbit-> getProfile();

Do what ever……..

Any insight to get me going would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

 

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