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Android

Hasan Nagaria
Hasan Nagaria
4,855 Points
Posted by Hasan Nagaria
Hasan Nagaria
4,855 Points

Retrofit and instagram api

Guys I have learnt quite a bit through the android tracks but Im trying to work on a sample project where I can get pictures from the instagram api and display them in my app with simple search option.

So I have been searching and the instagram api is not a simple api which returns json but its ...well im really confused. Thus far I seem to realise that I need to use retrofit but im really struggling.

Can anyone help me with the thought process? What is retrofit and how do i use it? What is Oauth?

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Retrofit is a popular library that allows you to adapt an HTTP/REST API into a Java interface. I don't know if you've taken the course or not but Google Play Services includes using Retrofit to access APIs.

OAuth is a sign-in protocol that allows you use your login credentials from another site to create/login to an account, or authorize app/extension permission. The "other site" is typically one of the big sites like Google or Facebook. It's the underlying protocol of the "Sign in using [Google/FB/etc.]" you see on sites and apps.

Hasan Nagaria
Hasan Nagaria
4,855 Points
Hasan Nagaria
Hasan Nagaria
4,855 Points

Wow thanks seth ill go through this course. How come these are not part of the android track? Are there more i can go through, because in the trailer the instructor said that we will be revisiting retrofit. Are there previous courses where retrofit has been used? I dont know Im just struggling so much with putting my mind over it?

Im having a tough time understand the documentation etc but ill go through this course and it might help!