Aarrgghh!!

Basecamp API Update

First of all thanks to all of the people who have either promoted or contacted me about BasecampCFC. I am really excited about all of the interest. As of now it's been mentioned at:

• Dzone
• Sitepoint
• Remote Synthesis
• ColdFusion Ninja
• 37Signals Product Blog

I have to admit, getting it on 37Signals' radar was pretty cool.

Now on to the meat of this post, the latest update…

I've fixed a number of issues with both the basecamp.cfc and the demo app that goes along with it.

Basecamp.cfc

• I added a debug setting to the init method. It adds extra information to the ColdFusion debugging output.
• I added an authentication method. It allows you to tell the difference between
  • Authentication failure
  • API not being enabled
  • Basecamp project not existing
• I made steps to ensure that all get methods would return consistent column lists for queries.

Demo application

• Now tells you if you haven't enabled the API
• Now gives directions on enabling API.
• It's a bit more robust in handling blank records

Finally, if anyone is interested I added the unit tests to the SVN repository, if anyone wants to see how I'm testing the whole thing.

February 7, 2008 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 11:04 AM

Basecamp CFC, ColdFusion, Web Development,

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