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by debo_ 667 days ago
I'm relieved to know the Rick and Morty API is in such good health.
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jonathrg 667 days ago
I don't really understand why one would build an HTTP API for this. I can't imagine the database being more than a few megabytes, the whole thing could probably be served as a JSON file.
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thi2 667 days ago
I assume it's intended to be used in an educational context. Learning how to work with a simple API is more fun that way.
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082349872349872 667 days ago
The last category on the left sidebar is "FHGR", which I'm guessing stands for Fachhochschule Graubünden, and indeed under IM2 we find:

> APIs handpicked by the University of Applied Sciences of Grisons for their IM2 JavaScript programming course...

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thaliaarchi 667 days ago
That explains why there’s so many Swiss APIs.
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