Hi, I would like to learn more about Elixir and thought creating a hex library might help me achieve this. I would like to wrap a third-party event/ticketing API that I am using for one of my current projects and then publish this to hex. I have found an Elixir library for meetup.com ’s API, and was…

A good place to start is playing with a library like Tesla or HTTPoison . Those libraries provide a simplified interface around more lower level HTTP clients like Hackney or Mint . You’ll probably need a way to configure authentication; ideally through function parameters or options. Tesla has a decen…

Are there any examples of wrapping a REST API that need an access token and a refresh token? Would you use Req now?

Yes, Req is the way to go now. Also see this article: SDKs with Req: Stripe - Dashbit Blog Let's build a Stripe "SDK" with Req!

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phoebe March 13, 2019, 5:45pm 3

Thanks, I got a lot to learn!