API for free softwares?

Hi guys,

I'm planning to create a website where users can download software's for free. These are generally demos and free trails . I'm wondering if I need to manually upload files on my vps and users can download from my backend or are there certain API where there is already a whole list of software's contained already where I can just install the API on my end.

Thanks

I don't quite understand what you try to achieve.

Do you want to enable your users to download files? That should be fairly easy with php. You could also think about installing a FTP on your server, but make sure it is bullet-proof.

If you want to offer specific services (data, web-service calls, small procedures) you can build a php API. There are tons of tutorials and coding examples on the web:

You're pretty much going to have to write the API, but that might turn into a worthwhile service. Companies want users on their site so they can make the upsell.

There is no need to host the file yourself, you can link to files hosted on other servers. Probably using Wordpress/Joomla with any download manager plugin might help you get started