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I love it! Please release an API for this! :D


What kind of return data would interest you?


When I fail to do something within the allotted time - I would love to see:

    {
        "my_custom_task_name": {
            "task_id": 124575,
            "result": "FUCK_YOU",
            "reason": "Time limit void"
        }
    }


But how would it return this JSON to you? Through a callback URL specified?


Yeah, that's what I had in mind. So if you POST this to a particular URL, I can probably do something - Send a text to my phone or send myself an E-mail, etc..

Edit: And please ignore the other comments asking you to stop with the profanity, etc. Clearly, those people aren't your target audience, but we are. If anyone feels offended, I think it's fair they don't use your service at all, than complain about it...


Make Fucking Badass Just Fucking Do It Now API (FBJFDINAPI for short);

If I supply a string of text for a task, I need its ID.

Given an ID, I need the time remaining on the timer.

When the time reaches 0 on a given ID, I need a message to display to my users.


Definitely putting this into v2!




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