Kevin's right on the mark. As soon as I saw this from Charlie I headed to bigcommerce.com "I don't have any knowledge of or control over their backend.". Well, correct on no knowledge but incorrect on no control. These days most apps have an API. That's the way this is done, not with copy/paste. (BTW, it's fairly easy to create an API into MV apps to add value for current and prospective end-users.)
>From http://www.bigcommerce.com/features/apps/ : "We seamlessly integrate with 100+ industry leading business applications." and "Developers: looking to build a web, mobile or desktop app/integration with Bigcommerce? Our powerful API makes it a breeze. And thanks to our $2,000,000 integration fund, we may even cover the cost of development.". Charlie, there are people here who can help with doing this the right way. Doing it the way you're talking about only leads to someone with a clue looking at your app and thinking "my God, we need to get rid of this crap". You might want to turn this around with broadcasts in the MV industry: "I need API integration with BigCommerce (and possibly other eCommerce systems) - anyone else need this or interested in helping?" For the right motivation, coffee, pizza, or a car payment, you will probably get someone to respond. Good luck. T From: Kevin Powick Charlie, Now that you've presented the details, it's much clearer. Now, for the real issue. Assume for the moment that it needs to be done the way I described. The order entry is part of an ecommerce site hosted by BigCommerce, so I don't have any knowledge of or control over their backend. They are not great on sharing, Actually, they have a full RESTful API available to you. They support both XML and JSON and even show curl examples in their documentation. Have you looked into this at all yet? https://developer.bigcommerce.com/display/API/BigCommerce+API+-+Versio n+2 The short answer is that you can create a solution independent of the existing browser interface. The exact path you take and how much time/effort is involved depends on your experience with such things. -- Kevin Powick -- -- IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en
