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Using Wikia API

I am trying to access the X-men API on wikia, to try and extract the name and image of each character, to then be used on a SPA using javascript.
This is the link too the page on the wiki:
http://x-men.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Characters
I cannot for the life of me figure out how to access the API. It doesn't seem to be RESFTful, and that's all I have any experience in.
Has anyone used the Wikia API successfully before? I can get some articles and such, but nothing useful.
(The documentation is shocking, been searching around for hours.)

Probably you have already found a solution, but I think you should write something like this:
import requests
xmen_url = "http://x-men.wikia.com/api/v1/Articles/List?expand=1&category=Characters&limit=10000"
r = requests.get(xmen_url)
response = r.json()
# print response
a = 0
for item in response['items']:
a += 1
print("{}\t{}\t({})".format(str(a),item['title'].encode(encoding='utf-8'),item['id']))
This will print a list of all the articles of the category Characters (I think there also some subcategories, you should check). If you want to take a deeper look at the json file you can uncomment the commented code.
Hope it helps.

Can I secure this javascript code in a database?

I currently have this code and I want to know how to store it, and then use it, in a database:
var stores = {
"McDonalds" : .90,
"Target" : .92,
"iTunes" : .95,
"Starbucks" : .87,
"Best Buy" : .93,
}
This list will be different and much bigger, but thats an example. It is currently put into action using:
<script src="location"></script>
I want to hide it in a database so that it isn't accessible to customers or competitors. How can I do that? And, when doing so, how would I then have my page access it instead of using script src?

You can't hide this from your customers, and still have your customers use that data in their browser. That isn't how the Internet works. If the browser needs to read that data, the user can also read that data.
If you can move whatever calculation you're doing server-side, that might be an option, but these are pretty simple values, and I'm guessing that people will have little difficulty guessing them simply by examining the inputs and outputs of your algorithm.

JSON spreadsheet returns null, or am I an idiot

So, have been trying to get a javascript to read a spreadsheet, but needed it private rather than public, so spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how to do that. It is actually quite easy, or seems like it is, except that I still can't read the spreadsheet. Will cover private spreadsheets through the cloud console in the end.
So, I have a rather simple spreadsheet which contains about 6 columns, (including customer emails and similar, hence why private). And I have been playing about trying to get it to work for the last couple of days.
First, the string!
So to enable this I first need a string that will return a json object (is that what I am expecting back?)
https address: https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/
Sheet ID :
Additional : /od6/private/full
Command : ?alt=json-in-script&callback=importGSS
or full string : https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list//od6/private/full?alt=json-in-script&callback=importGSS
This seems to work quite fine, if I remove the json part it shows me the data sheet, if I ad it, I get an empty file instead.
So now to the code.
The function that SHOULD be returning the object is the following (spLink) contains the link above.
function loadData(spLink){
$.getJSON(spLink).always(function(data) {
console.log("Object created!");
console.log(data);
}).fail(function(message) {
console.error('Something went pretty wrong!');
console.error(message);
}).done(function(){
console.log('Done!');
});
}
The only thing I can really tell about it is that data continues returning null, and I can't really figure out where else the data may end up.
Have tried both with and without callback.

The list feed only works if there are no empty cells in a row with data, among other pitfalls.
Use the cell feed instead, which requires more code because you wont get the data organized by rows.

MoxieManager TinyMCE Integration

I just purchased the MoxieManager plugin for Tiny MCE and got it up and running very quickly. However, I need to add in some logic to only show the images YOU uploaded.
Thus, I created a insert to take place into a database table when you upload an image. This will store the user_id, company_id and the name of the image. So I can reference whose images are whose.
Problem: I can't seem to get the API to work. I found the following which "intercepts" any uploads:
moxman.upload({
path: '/files/images',
onupload: function(args) {
console.log(args.files);
}
});
I was going to change the "path:" to my controller function that does the insert. However, I can't seem to find where to place this Javascript above. What file does it go in?
Am I on the right track? Thanks!
Source: http://www.moxiemanager.com/documentation/index.php/js_upload_onupload
"This callback enables you to intercept the uploaded files."

I expect you might have found a work around for this question, but to anyone else trying to work this out here is my solution:
tinymce.init({
//tinymce configuration
...
moxiemanager_onupload: function(args) {
//args is an Object containing File Objects
}
});
I don't think this is documented anywhere really, but I found inspiration from http://www.moxiemanager.com/documentation/index.php/js_browse

javascript/jquery local app using json as my DB

i'm quite new to javascript/jQuery/Json. i'm building myself a local app ( no client side for now). right now i have a simple form (inputs and submit) and would like to get the inputs from the user with javascrip/JQuery and then build a JSON object and store it on a file. i managed to get the inputs using jQuery ,and using JSON.strigify() i have a JSON object. only thing is that i dont know how to write to a file with JS. i searched for a solution and understand that i might need to use PHP for that as JS is not meant for changing files.
here is my code:
HTML form:
<form name="portfolio" id="portfolio" method="post" onsubmit="getform()">
<p>General</p>
Portfolio Name: <input type="text" id="portfolioName" name="portfolioName"><br>
Owner First Name: <input type="text" id="ownerFName" name="ownerFName"><br>
Owner Last Name: <input type="text" id="ownerLName" name="ownerLName"><br>
<p>Risk Management</p>
%stocks : <input type="text" id="stocksPerc" name="stocksPerc"><br>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
JS code
function getform() {
var portfolioName = document.portfolio.portfolioName.value;
var ownerFname = document.portfolio.ownerFName.value;
var ownerLname = document.portfolio.ownerLName.value;
var stocksPerc = document.portfolio.stocksPerc.value;
var myJsonObject =JSON.stringify({
"general": {
"portfolioName": portfolioName,
"ownerFname": ownerFname,
"ownerLname": ownerLname
},
"riskManagement": {
"stocksPerc": stocksPerc
}
});
alert(myJsonObject);
event.preventDefault();
};
now in "myJsonObject" i have the JSON object which i would like to write to a local file.
later on i would like to read this file ,and maybe update some of the values there.
can someone please help me understand how do i write it to a file ?
you can try and load this page which runs my code. hope it works for you.
note: programming is my area of interest but i didnt study it ,i'm learning all by myself so i'm sorry if i askqdo things that make you blind for a moment :). also this is the first question i post here ,feel free to say if i need to improve.
Thanks
Sivan
update + clarification : Thanks for the answers guys ,localStorage is something i didnt know about. from what i understand about localStorage its only good for working in a single domain/location. (i encountered this question on site). what if i want the option of running the app from different locations - lets say there will be only one person updating the JSON data, no need for sync/lock and stuff like that. right now my files (JS,JSON..) are saved in dropbox ,this is how i can use the app from different locations today , i dont have any other server.
2'nd update : i tried the localStorage solution i've been offered and even though its a great capability ,its not exactly what i'm looking for since i need the JSON data available in more then one location (i'll be using my desktop and my laptop for instance).
i'd be glad if you have other suggestions.
Thanks Again.

Check out the HTML5 localStorage API. You will be able to store your JSON objects there and retrieve them. They will be stored as key-value pairs. You can't write to a file using JS AFAIK.

Don't use a file as storage, use localStorage: http://diveintohtml5.info/storage.html. If you need to save information on a session scope, you should use sessionStorage, mind though that the latter is not persistant.
An example of how you would use it:
var item = {
"general": {
"portfolioName": portfolioName,
"ownerFname": ownerFname,
"ownerLname": ownerLname
},
"riskManagement": {
"stocksPerc": stocksPerc
}
}
// set item, you should think up of a unique key for each item
localStorage.setItem('your-key', item);
// remove it if no longer needed, you don't have a lot of space
localStorage.removeItem('your-key');

Saving files is possible in some browsers but this will probably be removed in the future - so I wouldn't use it unless you must.
This article shows how to -
http://updates.html5rocks.com/2011/08/Saving-generated-files-on-the-client-side
You can post the json to a server and use the server to generate a download file (ask a new question if thats what you seek)
and finally - are you sure you want to save to file? if all you want is to save and restore data then there are better alternatives (such as localStorage, cookies, indexDb)