PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hello all! I am using the latest PrestaShop release and I need some interfaces (XML, JSON, ...). What I want to do is a simple customized iPhone native application, and I will need the interfaces to browse the product catalog, watch article details, put articles in the shopping cart, manage my user account and of course perform an order. These interfaces are needed, so how can I access this data? Are there any modules or perhaps already bundled into the webshop system? I know, that there are some companies which provide an iPhone native app with a connector to it, but I have to customize a lot, and I want to do it by myself. Any help is appreciated! Thank you in advance, best regards Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hi Tim, PrestaShop now offers our own full-featured mobile app, which we work closely with you to create. If you would like to learn more about this, I would recommend that you call our team at 888 947 6543. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Oh, I did not know this yet. What I need is an iPhone app, which has to be customized and a native Windows Phone app! So do you also support Windows Phone platform? This is needed, because I sell many Microsoft products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Oh, I did not know this yet. What I need is an iPhone app, which has to be customized and a native Windows Phone app! So do you also support Windows Phone platform? This is needed, because I sell many Microsoft products. Right now, the apps are made to be compatible with iOS and Android, and get submitted for approval to their respective app stores. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Okay, that would not be enough for me. I know, Windows Phone is not a platform which need to be supported yet, but in my case, most of my customers are related to the Microsoft area. Aren't there any interfaces? So I can use a mobile application provided by you and for the Windows Phone platform, I need to do this by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Okay, that would not be enough for me. I know, Windows Phone is not a platform which need to be supported yet, but in my case, most of my customers are related to the Microsoft area. Aren't there any interfaces? So I can use a mobile application provided by you and for the Windows Phone platform, I need to do this by myself. We have our own proprietary framework which we have worked closely with Apple and Android to produce, but its not something we share publicly. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I would consider not using an app unless you absolutely have to. For most applications they are pretty much useless. It just adds an unnecessary step between you and your customer. Apps are great for opening office documents and things of that nature, but why use an app when you can just do it from your website? Also Apple is starting to reject apps that are just websites wrapped in app packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Okay, so no chance to have an interface :-( Yes, you are right, but in my case, I will need it, because my customers are mostly Microsoft related with MS products, so it is a kind of customer loyalty. But that is not the discussion. I want to know if it is possible to get such interfaces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Without directly knowing, I am assuming that the mobile app that Prestashop has been working on is something simmilar, if not based off of phonegap. http://phonegap.com/ All you have to do is compile the site with a different css file and you will have a mobile version. As a side note, what does your customers being microsoft related mean to you having a mobile interface? Windows phones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 I want to create a really native app with C#. It is a unique selling proposition, so I want to realize it, but it seems to be very hard without useful interfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 You app would have to rely on the online database always. The interface is there if you want to use c#. You can make calls to the database and load web files with the application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Yes, I can access to the database directly, but so I have to know the database design and it is of course much more effort to do this by myself than buying such an interface or using an existing one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dh42 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 If I were tasked with this, this is how I would handle it. ( I am working on a project right now for an in house app and this is how I am actually handling it.) Wrap a page in something like phonegap, that passes a variable to prestashop to load a different stylesheet. Have your site designed in such a way that it works off of both style sheets, but displays different information based on which style sheet. You will get very familiar with display:none; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Yes, I can access to the database directly, but so I have to know the database design and it is of course much more effort to do this by myself than buying such an interface or using an existing one. Hi Tim, You can find PrestaShop's new physical data model here. I hope this helps. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 This seems to be what I want? http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS14/Using+the+REST+webservice They have a REST API (is it a plugin?), so I do not understand why the PrestaShop Community Manager mentioned it? Because I looks very good to achieve what I want to realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 This seems to be what I want? http://doc.prestasho...REST+webservice They have a REST API (is it a plugin?), so I do not understand why the PrestaShop Community Manager mentioned it? Because I looks very good to achieve what I want to realize. I'm not sure what you're asking of me right now, but the link I provided you above was our new physical data model, mapping the structure of the PrestaShop database. And since you were looking for information on creating a mobile application, I gave you what information we have on mobile app development, a project we have spend a great deal of time on to help users such as yourself create their own application and list it on the various app marketplaces. You can try one of our recent submissions for yourself here. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTOMIAS Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Oh sorry, my mistake, because I did not see your last message! But I think the REST API is what I need to build a Windows Phone App, don't you think so? The iPhone App, I can go your way, I will take a look later. Thank you, best regards Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kranzler Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Oh sorry, my mistake, because I did not see your last message! But I think the REST API is what I need to build a Windows Phone App, don't you think so? The iPhone App, I can go your way, I will take a look later. Thank you, best regards Tim. Unfortunately, I'm not very familiar with the Windows Phone interface, so I couldn't tell you one way or another. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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