Web Services API
This site is where I deploy and maintain all of the Web Services used throughout my ‘zachar’ websites. I have taken a ‘microservices’ approach for simplicity, performance, maintainability and scalability. Most of these services tap into either a Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL database, and deliver, in most cases, a JSON payload. Some services deliver completely formatted HTML markup, including JavaScript, while others deliver a simple boolean (true/false), or just a number.
The main purpose of this API is that there is a centralized and standardized API from which to query, thus, there is very little code in my other websites (zachar.io, zachar.live) and I get the same data, regardless of what website is pulling the data. The following list is just a small sample of some of the services I currently use to feed my other websites:
- AccuWeather App
- Bible API (Microsoft SQL Server with example code)
- Daylight Savings Time Info
- DNS Mail Exchanger (MX) Records Lookup
- Great Circle Distance Calculator (in progress)
- List of Common Mobile Carriers
- SMS (Text Messaging) WebHooks