Post #1296125
2026-03-28 21:08 UTC
RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@slowe/116289390757597782
I don't think UKGov should be allowed to require commercial software for the submission of data and information to government.
They should be required to use open standards and allow open source tools. Or provide one.
Replies (3)
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@jmb@mastodon.me.uk 2026-03-28 21:28
@NatalyaD totally agree. It really annoys me that we’ll have to use a commercial tool for my wife’s business when the time comes.
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@sborrill@justfollow.me.uk 2026-03-28 21:45
@NatalyaD It's all REST and OAuth. All the endpoints, arguments and return values are published. You do have to supply mandated 'anti-fraud' headers and pass validation before you can go live. I just wrote it all in PHP
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@cyberspice@oldbytes.space 2026-03-28 21:52
@NatalyaD @etchedpixels It wouldn’t be hard for them to have an open api behind an oauth2 type access. Sign in to their system and then everything else can be done with an authentication token.