It’s been a while since ChatGPT launched, and I’ve been meaning to try out the OpenAI API. Recently, I finally took the plunge, so here’s a walkthrough of my initial experience using it.Objective: I’ve previously used ChatGPT’s interface for language translation tasks between Chinese and English. For this API experiment, I aimed to set up a simple translation function using the OpenAI API.Step 1: Getting the API KeyFirst, to access the API, I created an OpenAI account and generated an API key. This key is required for making API calls. The setup is straightforward...

Today, there are many tools that developers can use to create an API, meaning that some of them can come up with an API within a matter of minutes. However, there is a vast difference between just creating an API and building one that meets all your expectations, is reliable and secure. Some developers create APIs that work well but forget some basic things that, within no time, bring a lot of issues to the API users. In this article, we are going to talk about the basic mistakes that developers make when creating APIs.Image Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photography-of-person-typing-118...

PHP is undoubtedly one of the most popular programming languages that offer a wide range of lightweight frameworks for building basic websites to REST APIs. These frameworks are powerful tools that have the potential to enhance productivity in order to deliver faster results without getting distracted from the best practices of development.Developing REST APIs with plain PHP is a tedious and time-consuming process. In order to sort this out, you only need to hire php developers who have a niche expertise in the micro-frameworks of PHP as they have the capacity to make the process of building R...

What is a good command line parser API? A good command line parser should consider below 5 aspects:Support convenient help information generationSupport sub commands, for example, git has push,pull,commit sub commands.Support single character option, word option, flag option and option with parameter.Support default option, for example, if no -port is set, set it as 5037Support usage model, for example, tar's -c and -x is mutually exclusive, they belong to different usage models.Here are some outstanding command line parse API.1. getopt()getopt() is the standard function of libc, we can f...

According to Tech Crunch, Google finally released its Analytics real time API. Although this feature was launched two years ago, there was no convenient way for webmasters to adjust the data so that they can be viewed properly. Now developers can use the API to get what they want and utilize these data to do what they want to. Developers need to apply for using the API now.Once you get access to this API, then you can search your own real time data and utilize these data as you want to. For example, you can embed a visitor counter on your website or even build an application to display active ...

 The result of the lawsuit case war between Oracle and Google is clearer now. The court said that 9 lines of code of Android has violated intellectual property right, these 9 lines of code can be ignored relative to the number of codes for the whole Android system. But just like LinuxToy points out that the reasons why this case catches so much attention are : 1). The amount of money Oracle asked from Google is $1 billion; 2). The statement says Java language itself doesn't violate the intellectual property rights, but the used public API did.If Oracle wins the case, it means that API can...