API for booking data
This is a "nice to have" and it might be the case that you have this already behind the scenes and just need to expose it.
The issue it would address is this: I go to our events early for setup. Before I leave, I print out a list of bookings via the bookings page. I therefore have a gap of a couple of hours when bookings might have occurred without my knowledge (I know I can disallow this but I would rather not turn away those who are uncertain about work commitments until the last minute).
If there was a (read-only) JSON API call available, I could throw together a neat app for my smartphone that could pull up the latest booking list when doors open. (XML instead of JSON is probably OK too.)
Just a thought.
Support Staff 2 Posted by Jo Potts on 13 Feb, 2010 10:24 PM
Great suggestion and thanks for a push on this. An API is definitely long overdue. Other things just keep popping up though!
Like you say, it is a nice to have, but I think it would really add to the attractiveness of the system. It should have been built in from the outset but unfortunately wasn't. It's not behind the scenes either sorry.
The API should be done properly so shouldn't be rushed into, but so as to facilitate what you need, perhaps I could sneak in a bare minimum. I can't promise anything but I'll let you know if/when something's done.