BlipADeal API (v1.1) - Technical Documentation
Please note you will be need a unique token and secret key in order to connect with our API. This can be
found here or by clicking on the "Request API" from the menu above.
Sample Code
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Python Example - view code
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Javascript Example - view code or
see running sample here. Note that javascript examples use JSONP invocation.
Available API Function Calls
- /api_get_deal_location_near_by_text
- This function allows the developer to input a city and country name along with radius distance and retrieve cities around the specified location where deals are available
- /api_get_deal_location_near_by_geo
- This function allows the developer to input a point as lng & lat coordinates along with radius distance and retrieve cities around the specified points where deals are available.
- /api_get_category_type
- This function will provide a suggested category given some free text. As an example you can provide a users preference based on some free text or an uncategorized deal represented as free text and get a suggested category
- /api_get_category_deals
- This function will retrieve all the deals based on the country, the city and the category. To use this function you can initially retrieve a category from the /api_get_category_type call or you can use one of the categories returned from the /api_get_category call
- /api_get_deals
- This function will retrieve all the deals based on the country and the city. To see which countries and cities are available you can call the /api_get_country and /api_get_location functions respectively
- /api_get_country
- This function will retrieve all the countries available within BlipADeal. The countries returned can then be used as a way to reference BlipADeals locational data
- /api_get_location
- This function will retrieve all the cities given a country that is available within BlipADeal. If you want to find out which cities contain deals given a country this function will provide the required information
- /api_get_category
- This function will retrieve all the categories given a country and a city. To see which countries and cities are available you can call the /api_get_country and /api_get_location functions respectively
- /api_keyword_search
- This function will retrieve all the deals given a country, city and keywords to match. To see which countries and cities are available you can call the /api_get_country and /api_get_location functions respectively
