# REST api or webservice?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-or-webservice/62490>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-or-webservice/62490 "2017-05-11T07:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 8:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rest-api-or-webservice/62490/2 "2017-05-11T08:33:55Z")

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1. [docs.discourse.org](http://docs.discourse.org), and no, “converting” Discourse to PHP would not be easy.
2. I believe there are plugins to make Discourse somewhat more SO-like; there is also the “Solved” plugin, for simpler use cases.

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