Hi Randy,

Good question. In this case, it does seem to be acceptable to use it in
such a public way. They do seem to be rolling out changes to authentication
for certain portions of their APIs. For instance, in LibGuides, if you want
to work with AZ resources (typically your database list) you need to use
oauth. "The LibApps v1.2 API uses oAuth 2.0 for authentication and supports
the Client Credentials grant type." It supports GET and POST. Their other
endpoints are all GET, and working with them in the above way is
acceptable. My guess is because they are all GET, but I don't know.

Have a good one!

Brad

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Stern, Randy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Brad,
>
> This looks like a useful resource. I do have a question. Not knowing much
> about Springshare APIs, I see that your example includes a line of code
>
> $.getJSON('https://lgapi-us.libapps.com/1.1/guides?site_
> id=foo1&key=foo2&status=1', function (result) {
>
> that seems to expose a key (foo2) to public viewing. Is that key supposed
> to be a secret key that is not made public? Or is it OK to have it publicly
> exposed?
>
> - Randy
>
>
>
> Date:    Thu, 14 Dec 2017 08:46:40 -0500
> From:    Brad Coffield <[log in to unmask]<mailto:
> [log in to unmask]>>
> Subject: Re: `APIs for Librarians` -- A thing I've been doing that I'd
> like to share with you all
>
> Happy to hear it! If I can help at all, feel free to email me directly.
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:03 AM, Patricia Farnan <
> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This looks like a great resource for someone like me who isn't a developer
> but wants to learn more about making use of APIs. Thanks for sharing!
>
> Patricia Farnan  | Application Administrator, Discovery Services
> University Library  | St Teresa’s Library
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Brad Coffield
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 December 2017 3:53 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [CODE4LIB] `APIs for Librarians` -- A thing I've been doing that
> I'd like to share with you all
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I want to help people easily use web APIs to enhance their library
> websites and/or research guides. So, I made a site that has copy/pasteable
> code along with instructions on how to implement it (like what exactly to
> change in the code to make it work with their libguides system, for
> example).
>
> It's a project in ongoing development and I wanted to share it with you all
> because:
>       * You're nifty
>       * Some (hopefully many!) of you might be interested in using some of
> my code
>       * Some of you might be interested in contributing new pieces to the
> site
>
> Currently I have implementations for various Springshare products,
> Quotes.net, and a variety of collections from the Internet Archive. I have
> plans on making things for the New York Times, Wordnik, OCLC, and
> Chronicling America (from LOC).
>
> Would love to hear comments. I hope you like it.
>
> https://www.bradcoffield.com/APIs-for-librarians/
>
>
> Brad
>
>
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