The idea of a MyBB API is to allow your other sites or apps (or those that belong to other people even) to connect to your MyBB forum. For example, an API would allow other sites to get a list of recent threads, or in another API route it could even create a thread. This is essentially the backend of the forum, using data connections that let you connect different sites, apps, or software together. MyBB comes packed with admin features, so I am surprised there isn't a stable, full-feature API yet. It seems like a natural software to handle a community, and could be a very powerful backend for software that's not even considered a "forum" with its UI, yet using MyBB as its API backend.
There are a couple projects from the past regarding this, but the projects appear to be abandoned 2 years ago. I am wondering if one day someone will pick this idea back up. Have any of you thought about forum software APIs? I really have always believed the core software could be extremely useful, and the API layer means you can design any frontend experience around it.
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There are a couple projects from the past regarding this, but the projects appear to be abandoned 2 years ago. I am wondering if one day someone will pick this idea back up. Have any of you thought about forum software APIs? I really have always believed the core software could be extremely useful, and the API layer means you can design any frontend experience around it.
GitHub - Xazin/mybb_api: Enable your MyBB Forum with an easy-to-use API
Enable your MyBB Forum with an easy-to-use API. Contribute to Xazin/mybb_api development by creating an account on GitHub.
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