Title: Help Needs for API Development
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Help Needs for API Development

 *  [akvlko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akvlko/)
 * (@akvlko)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/)
 * Hi there!,
    I’m developing a project with wordpress and I want to access the 
   WP Database by My Windows application as WordPress-Admin Panel so is it possible
   to develop an API for manipulating the WP Data from any other application.
 * Waiting for your valuable reply.!
 * Thanks in Advanced.

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 *  [sterex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterex/)
 * (@sterex)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990336)
 * Hi akvlko,
 * Sure. All you need are two things:
 * 1. The MySQL access.
    >> You need to have the access to the database used by 
   wordpress. >> MySQL needs to be configured to allow external IP requests.
 * 2. Your application must be aware of the database schema of wordpress.
    >> This
   basically means you should know what you are doing while selecting, inserting
   or deleting anything from the wordpress database.
 * However, be aware that your windows apllication cannot the wordpress PHP functions
   directly. So, you will have to write the code to achieve everything that wordpress
   does right now.
 * Regards,
    Sterex
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990372)
 * > However, be aware that your windows apllication cannot the wordpress PHP functions
   > directly. So, you will have to write the code to achieve everything that wordpress
   > does right now.
 * Or write an API in PHP that sits on the server (a WP plugin perhaps) and can 
   be accessed via GET and POST, etc., thus acting as a gateway between WordPress
   and the Windows app. You could then use WordPress code to some extent. Either
   way, though, you are talking about a lot of code. I’d be very paranoid about 
   security while attempting something like this.
 *  Thread Starter [akvlko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akvlko/)
 * (@akvlko)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990385)
 * thanks a ton frnds !
    i’m sure that this info gonna help me for developing my
   windows app for wp. is der any plugin that i can use and will able to install
   while configuring the wp site into my windows app.
 * waiting for your reply!
    thanks again for giving your time.
 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990398)
 * > is der any plugin that i can use and will able to install while configuring
   > the wp site into my windows app.
 * Not that I am aware of. Sorry.
 *  [Jamal Mohamed](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamalmohamed/)
 * (@jamalmohamed)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990440)
 * You can use JSON API. There is a [plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/json-api/)
   for this in the plugin repository and you may try to hack it for your own needs.
 * As far as I know, the plugin accepts comments from remote apps, that’s what makes
   me think you can expand its functionality to suit your Windows App.
 *  [xmlrpcuser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xmlrpcuser/)
 * (@xmlrpcuser)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990441)
 * I’ve managed to use the API to insert/edit post on WordPress – by using MetaWeblog
   through .NET
 * However I’m unable to find a way to set Featured Image on the post. Can anyone
   please advise? Thank you
 *  [thereformation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thereformation/)
 * (@thereformation)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-needs-for-api-development/#post-1990491)
 * You can definitely build different front end clients that interact with the WordPress
   API.
 * I built a AMF php bridge between ActionScript and WordPress.
 * All you really need to do is bootstrap wp_load.php to access most of the wordpress
   API. If you need write capabilities, you would need to bootstrap admin.php.
 * XMLRPC is also another way to go.

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