Programming help (Solved)

Using Ghost
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I want to write a sidebar widget to parse a content stream and present the data in the sidebar. (Most-read posts in past 14 days from Clicky, the analytics tool I use)

I don’t mind making the attempt, but I’d like to see a code example of parsing in a Ghost file. Here’s the pertinent API line from Clicky documentation:

“The API accepts requests via standard HTTP GET, and can respond with XML, JSON, serialized PHP, and CSV.”

I realize this is probably more work than someone wants to do, so if you can point me to a good resource on doing this, I’m glad to go read up. If I get something working, I’ll be glad to share. Thanks!

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There’s no server-side programming available in Ghost so there’s no Ghost-specific example to show.

You have options for dynamic content though:

  1. do everything in client-side JavaScript (if you’re using authenticated APIs or need to cache responses that may not be an option)
  2. have a separate micro-service/serverless function/etc that does the API fetching, parsing, and html generation in your language of choice and then inject that into your sidebar using javascript or via an iframe
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Good point about the server-side programming. I was thinking about a client-side widget, but didn’t make that clear.

I think I need to learn more about handlebar files and what they can do, as well as try to write this in JS on my own. Thanks for the response!