Hi, I'm not sure if this is the place to ask, as https://dev.lemmy.ml/ is just one instance of Lemmy, so I'm not sure if this should be a request for that or Lemmy as a whole, but I was wondering if there's documentation to an external API, as I was interested in creating an Android app for it.
If there isn't one, having support for that would be nice to have.
l1ving
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Thats cool! The API docs are here: https://dev.lemmy.ml/docs/contributing_websocket_http_api.html
However, it is unstable and probably far from ideal now, so I suggest you join our dev chat on Matrix.
Are you planning to write this from scratch, or fork an existing app?
Nutomic
on 22 Jun 2020
Was planning on making it from scratch. I use Joey for reddit heavily so I'd take UI inspiration from them, but that's closed source. I'll definitely get matrix :3
l1ving
on 22 Jun 2020
@dessalines suggests using Slide, but personally I use RedReader. Anyway I think you would save a ton of work by forking an existing app and rewriting the API client, instead of writing the whole app from scratch.
Nutomic
on 22 Jun 2020
It appears that slide wouldn't have interest in maintaining that officially, and I'd rather not maintain a fork of an app which has a much large audience right off the bat (which I'm fine with, I've maintained a few large projects).
I'll look into RedReader, and if I don't like it I guess I'll keep this as a summer project to do :p
l1ving
on 22 Jun 2020
I based the main web app off of slide and boost, but joey looks really nice too. Anyway, anything is better than a web app for mobile. Let me know if you need any help on the way. BTW here's our dev chat: https://matrix.to/#/!tUnhsBRCsiePXfsIGe:matrix.org?via=matrix.org&via=synapse.vpzom.click&via=asonix.dog
dessalines
on 22 Jun 2020
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