Give me a direction: want to build API based mashup website

Discussion in 'PHP' started by zahmed80, Jan 9, 2013.

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    Hello,

    i am an intermediate level web developer with medium level knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, and Javascript.

    i want to develop for a client a hotel booking rate comparing website just like hotelscombined.com, it uses APIs from various booking websites like booking.com, agoda and hotels.com;

    where should i start ? what should i read to get the skill to do so. ? right now i am a bit clueless as to where to start from ?


    thanks in advance
     
    zahmed80, Jan 9, 2013 IP
  2. Rukbat

    Rukbat Well-Known Member

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    If you don't have the skills needed to create such a site, keep working in PHP until you've learned enough. Nothing specifically - just keep learning. There's no way to know now what skill you'll need in the future.

    Assuming that you do have the skills needed, develop a list of all the APIs (and how to use them) for all the sites you're going to use APIs from. That would be the first step in my opinion.
     
    Rukbat, Jan 9, 2013 IP
  3. krishmk

    krishmk Well-Known Member

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    If you have knowledge in XML-RPC and SOAP start reading the API docs provided from the respective API service provider.
    Create modules to grab the required data and then internally compare the data to have it displayed to your end users.
    However your first step must be to plan what you wanna do and how you wanna sort the results in your Site.
     
    krishmk, Jan 18, 2013 IP