API and Badge Hacks

Profile API

Coderwall exposes a simple JSON representation of every profile. To access it, make an HTTP GET request to your profile URL (http://coderwall.com/username) but append .json to the end, like so: 

$ curl http://coderwall.com/username.json
If you'd like to use JSONP (what is JSONP?) instead, append a callback paramater to the end of your request: 
$ curl http://coderwall.com/username.json?callback=someMethod
Here's an example JSONP response:

Official blog badge

If you'd like, you can add show off your achievements on your blog or personal site just by including a little bit of code (jQuery-only at the moment). To integrate it, just include the requisite JS and CSS on your blog or web page.

The data-coderwall-username attribute is required in order for the script to figure out whose badges to retrieve. data-coderwall-orientation is optional (default is vertical) but it helps it make some styling choices depending on where you'd like to place the widget.

In this particular case, I've used a bit of CSS to get the badges placed in just the right spot:

Dev Hacks

This is a showcase of the cool hacks and tools developers are building around Coderwall. If you use coderwall in something you do, drop us a line at support@coderwall.com or tell us about it on Twitter.