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Re: Show HN: CloudRail – API Integration Solution

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Post by cloudrail » Fri, Oct 14, 2016, 9:14 AM UTC

gregmac wrote: post #20

cloudrail wrote: post #3

Wow, thanks for the post @gro_us. CloudRail team here... happy to answer any questions.

So on the surface, this is essentially just a library that implements an abstract interface to a bunch of "cloud services", and then provides implementations of those abstractions for some of the actual cloud services. It adds API tracking, so presumably there is some connection back to CloudRail. What happens if CloudRail goes down or is responding slowly or the connection is blocked? Does the library still work? Se…

The library sends statistical data back to CloudRail to provide statistics and notifications for required library updates. We handle this in a way that the library still works even if the CloudRail server is down or slow. The data itself flows directly between library and cloud provider. Currently we don't disable libraries because they die anyway without updates eventually.

Yes, our unified interfaces are the lowest common denominator. We provide functionality which is not available among all providers in a separate interface. The only exception are functions where the developer needs to be prepared to get an empty result. E.g. some users just don't set a profile picture on social, so you have to handle it anyways.

Re: Show HN: CloudRail – API Integration Solution

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Post by cloudrail » Fri, Oct 14, 2016, 9:19 AM UTC

snoman wrote: post #19

cloudrail wrote: post #3

Wow, thanks for the post @gro_us. CloudRail team here... happy to answer any questions.

Just found out about CloudRail now, looks awesome! 1. Is Xamarin support on the radar at all? That would allow me to integrate apps on multiple device platforms and multiple services all with one library. That's a pretty compelling case for the kind of work my company does. 2. Is there a one-time, fixed, pricing tier that you've considered (maybe including paid updates)? As a consultant in a larger firm, we will ofte…

Thanks!

1. Xamarin support is heavily requested and we are working on it. Unfortunately I don't have an exact release date yet.

2. That is a very interesting point. Let me discuss that in our team and I'm sure we will come up with a solution. So basically you charge a one time fee for the app and then go back to them if an update is required and charge again for that?

Re: Show HN: CloudRail – API Integration Solution

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Post by erik_p » Fri, Oct 14, 2016, 6:13 PM UTC

cloudrail wrote: post #5

vittore wrote: post #2

Discovered it couple of weeks ago myself too. Anyone does have any experience with it?

Tons of experience (CloudRail team here) :-) Happy to answer any questions you might have.

Any plans to add reddit's API under the social category?

Re: Show HN: CloudRail – API Integration Solution

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Post by cloudrail » Fri, Oct 14, 2016, 7:49 PM UTC

erik_p wrote: post #23

cloudrail wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tons of experience (CloudRail team here) :-) Happy to answer any questions you might have.

Any plans to add reddit's API under the social category?

Also a good suggestion. We'll check if thats possible. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: CloudRail – API Integration Solution

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Post by snoman » Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 10:53 PM UTC

cloudrail wrote: post #22

snoman wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just found out about CloudRail now, looks awesome! 1. Is Xamarin support on the radar at all? That would allow me to integrate apps on multiple device platforms and multiple services all with one library. That's a pretty compelling case for the kind of work my company does. 2. Is there a one-time, fixed, pricing tier that you've considered (maybe including paid updates)? As a consultant in a larger firm, we will ofte…

Thanks! 1. Xamarin support is heavily requested and we are working on it. Unfortunately I don't have an exact release date yet. 2. That is a very interesting point. Let me discuss that in our team and I'm sure we will come up with a solution. So basically you charge a one time fee for the app and then go back to them if an update is required and charge again for that?

Sorry for the late response, but yes that's basically what we would do. They could then go with their own engineers or another firm to do the update.