On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Geoffrey Hutchison <geoff.hutchi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I wonder if we might either use the GitHub APIs > > We can definitely use the GitHub API via HTTP. The catch is this ties us to > GitHub a bit more, while using Git directly makes it easier to point at > multiple repositories. > > It's pretty easy to walk the JSON from the API, e.g. > https://api.github.com/repos/cryos/avogadro/contents/crystals?ref=master
It also makes it pretty easy to add other RESTful endpoints, and they can be backed by whatever people choose. Calling git or other tools from the command line would let us clone/update without committing entirely to git. I feel like expanding out interaction with RESTful services is a good general direction, GitHub provides one endpoint but it is not the only one. My $0.02 on it... Marcus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ Avogadro-devel mailing list Avogadro-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/avogadro-devel
