PGXN API RFC

[David E. Wheeler]

Hey CPAN API Folks,

Last night, I wrote a post for the [PGXN Blog](http://blog.pgxn.org/) describing my plan to implement an API for PGXN. Wanted to let you all know, as api.metacpan.org came to my attention last week and had quite an impact in how I think about creating a PGXN search site. Post:

http://blog.pgxn.org/post/3099288750/pgxn-api-rfc

PGXN, BTW, is my implementation of a “CPAN for PostgreSQL.” The PAUSE-equivalent is up and running, and there are a few distributions on mirrors. Now I'm ramping up development of the search site, and an API server is a big part of that.

Now, I know you guys have thought about this stuff a lot more than I have. And even though the index for PGXN is quite different from CPAN (all mirrors are lightweight REST servers), I would greatly appreciate it if you spot any errors or oversights in my proposal.

Thanks!

David

[Olaf Alders]

Hi David,

I did have a look at your blog post last week and I think it looks very good. Building an API as well as a search will pay off well in future, I think. If you have any questions about how search.metacpan.org is set up, I'd suggest you contact Mark Jubenville, who has done all of the work on it. His email is ionc...@gmail.com

Best,

Olaf

[David E. Wheeler]

On Feb 9, 2011, at 8:57 PM, Olaf Alders wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I did have a look at your blog post last week and I think it looks very good. Building an API as well as a search will pay off well in future, I think.

Thanks, appreciated.

> If you have any questions about how search.metacpan.org is set up, I'd suggest you contact Mark Jubenville, who has done all of the work on it. His email is ionc...@gmail.com

I might do that, thanks!

David