Re: [Flashcoders] Pulling data from social media

2014-08-27 Thread James Merrill
Instagram uses JSON formatting for their API too. Depending on the data you want to retrieve, you may need to use OAuth. Fortunately they make it pretty easy. Have you considered using PHP to fetch the data you need, and then convert it from JSON to XML? It may be easier to deal with.

Re: [Flashcoders] Pulling data from social media

2014-08-27 Thread Peter Ginneberge
Have you considered using PHP to fetch the data you need, and then convert it from JSON to XML? It may be easier to deal with. Not really, JSON support is built into the Flash player, so can you convert from JSON to AS and back. var data:Object = JSON.parse(jsonData); where

Re: [Flashcoders] Pulling data from social media

2014-08-27 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
I’m sorry I didn’t state my need better. I know that is what I’ll have to do with Twitter, but I’m not find how to access Pinterest and Instagram to pull the followers of a specific person on each site. I really appreciate your comments… Thanks, John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive

Re: [Flashcoders] Pulling data from social media

2014-08-27 Thread Peter Ginneberge
Both have API's, so should be documented how to get the data you're after. http://instagram.com/developer/ https://developers.pinterest.com/ On 27/08/2014 22:15, John R. Sweeney Jr. wrote: I’m sorry I didn’t state my need better. I know that is what I’ll have to do with Twitter, but I’m not

Re: [Flashcoders] Pulling data from social media

2014-08-27 Thread John R. Sweeney Jr.
I will look into both and thank you so much. Have a good evening, John John R. Sweeney Jr. Senior Interactive Multimedia Developer OnDemand Interactive Inc Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 On Aug 27, 2014, at 4:14 PM, Peter Ginneberge p.ginnebe...@telenet.be wrote: Both have API's, so should