Klout dips into Q&A and local commerce with launch of new questions feature
gigaom.com
on 05/08/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Discovery, Local, Search
Stop Writing REST API Clients.
ttezel.github.com
on 02/24/2013
Excerpt: After several years of using and writing REST APIs, it becomes redundant to you as a developer to implement a client in whatever language you use when the need arises to integrate a new service into the application. REST API best practices are pretty well known and it’s pretty straightforward to design one. You essentially define a list like GET /user
A REST API could be described in JSON. As an example, see the JSON below - describing part of the Facebook REST API. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
{ "name" : "fb" , "api_root" : "https://graph. facebook.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Discovery
New API Blueprint Format Basics—The Apiary Blog
blog.apiary.io
on 02/21/2013
Excerpt: This is the second article in the series about upcoming API Blueprint format changes. As promised earlier I will continue to introduce changes to the API Blueprint Format. Today we will discuss the basics of the New API Blueprint Format upon which we will later build. Markdown
New API Blueprints will be written entirely in Markdown. In addition to Markdown, advanced blueprints will rely on several MultiMarkdown features. However, for discussing basics, all that matters is that the New API Blueprint is completely Markdown from the first line to the end. A Markdown API Blueprint document follows a given structure. At the very heart of this structure is an API endpoint.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Apistrat, Blo, Blog, Design, Discovery
Mobile App API as a Future Ranking Factor in Mobile Search Results
searchengineland.com
on 02/19/2013
Excerpt: Toward the end of 2012, I read an interesting article theorizing that Google will be crawling APIs instead of mobile websites in the future. API means Application Programming Interface which allows software, including websites and mobile apps, to provide direct integration based on functions permitted by the API. Websites and mobile apps use APIs predominantly to share content including photos and videos from one site to another, for example, posting a Flickr photo from that site or mobile app/operating system directly onto Facebook, as well Mashups. This often includes permitted sharing of personal information to do so.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Discovery
Wordnik Launches Reverb, a New Company Offering Tools For Increasing Content Discovery and Engagement
blog.programmableweb.com
on 01/25/2013
Excerpt: Wordnik, a popular online dictionary and words related content platform, has just launched a brand new company called Reverb. Reverb will be the new home of the Wordnik API as well as expand on the Wordnik platform offering tools that “find and connect the rich associations between words, ideas, content, and people. ”
Wordnik will continue to be developed as a stand-alone, online dictionary resource, and as described in the press release, the “flagship application” of Reverb:
At this time, applications that use the Wordnik API do not need to make any code changes. Attribution requirements for commercial projects and the free 15,000 API calls per hour rate have not changed and remain in effect.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Content, Discovery, Wordnik
EBSCO Releases API for Discovery Service
campustechnology.com
on 06/11/2012
Excerpt: EBSCO Publishing, which provides online research databases for libraries, has released a revamped tool to make it easier for their customers to provide search results in the interface of their choice but with EBSCO touches. The company is now selling an upgraded EBSCO Discovery Tool Application Programming Interface (API), which allows a technical staff to reproduce the Discovery Service result list and detailed record exactly as seen in the EBSCO product or to customize the display to fit a different interface. EBSCO's Discovery Service lets libraries integrate results from multiple sources and adds features such as relevancy ranking, full-text linking, persistent links, custom links, book jacket images, and other components.... read the full post.
Tags: Discovery, Education, Library
Reaching a Million APIs and What to do When We Get There
blog.programmableweb.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: This guest post is by Steven Willmott. Steven is the CEO of 3scale networks , a company that provides infrastructure services for over 100 APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: 3Scale, Discovery, Story
Excerpt: After several years of using and writing REST APIs, it becomes redundant to you as a developer to implement a client in whatever language you use when the need arises to integrate a new service into the application. REST API best practices are pretty well known and it’s pretty straightforward to design one. You essentially define a list like GET /user A REST API could be described in JSON. As an example, see the JSON below - describing part of the Facebook REST API. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 { "name" : "fb" , "api_root" : "https://graph. facebook.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Discovery
New API Blueprint Format Basics—The Apiary Blog
blog.apiary.io
on 02/21/2013
Excerpt: This is the second article in the series about upcoming API Blueprint format changes. As promised earlier I will continue to introduce changes to the API Blueprint Format. Today we will discuss the basics of the New API Blueprint Format upon which we will later build. Markdown
New API Blueprints will be written entirely in Markdown. In addition to Markdown, advanced blueprints will rely on several MultiMarkdown features. However, for discussing basics, all that matters is that the New API Blueprint is completely Markdown from the first line to the end. A Markdown API Blueprint document follows a given structure. At the very heart of this structure is an API endpoint.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Apistrat, Blo, Blog, Design, Discovery
Mobile App API as a Future Ranking Factor in Mobile Search Results
searchengineland.com
on 02/19/2013
Excerpt: Toward the end of 2012, I read an interesting article theorizing that Google will be crawling APIs instead of mobile websites in the future. API means Application Programming Interface which allows software, including websites and mobile apps, to provide direct integration based on functions permitted by the API. Websites and mobile apps use APIs predominantly to share content including photos and videos from one site to another, for example, posting a Flickr photo from that site or mobile app/operating system directly onto Facebook, as well Mashups. This often includes permitted sharing of personal information to do so.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Discovery
Wordnik Launches Reverb, a New Company Offering Tools For Increasing Content Discovery and Engagement
blog.programmableweb.com
on 01/25/2013
Excerpt: Wordnik, a popular online dictionary and words related content platform, has just launched a brand new company called Reverb. Reverb will be the new home of the Wordnik API as well as expand on the Wordnik platform offering tools that “find and connect the rich associations between words, ideas, content, and people. ”
Wordnik will continue to be developed as a stand-alone, online dictionary resource, and as described in the press release, the “flagship application” of Reverb:
At this time, applications that use the Wordnik API do not need to make any code changes. Attribution requirements for commercial projects and the free 15,000 API calls per hour rate have not changed and remain in effect.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Content, Discovery, Wordnik
EBSCO Releases API for Discovery Service
campustechnology.com
on 06/11/2012
Excerpt: EBSCO Publishing, which provides online research databases for libraries, has released a revamped tool to make it easier for their customers to provide search results in the interface of their choice but with EBSCO touches. The company is now selling an upgraded EBSCO Discovery Tool Application Programming Interface (API), which allows a technical staff to reproduce the Discovery Service result list and detailed record exactly as seen in the EBSCO product or to customize the display to fit a different interface. EBSCO's Discovery Service lets libraries integrate results from multiple sources and adds features such as relevancy ranking, full-text linking, persistent links, custom links, book jacket images, and other components.... read the full post.
Tags: Discovery, Education, Library
Reaching a Million APIs and What to do When We Get There
blog.programmableweb.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: This guest post is by Steven Willmott. Steven is the CEO of 3scale networks , a company that provides infrastructure services for over 100 APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: 3Scale, Discovery, Story
Excerpt: Toward the end of 2012, I read an interesting article theorizing that Google will be crawling APIs instead of mobile websites in the future. API means Application Programming Interface which allows software, including websites and mobile apps, to provide direct integration based on functions permitted by the API. Websites and mobile apps use APIs predominantly to share content including photos and videos from one site to another, for example, posting a Flickr photo from that site or mobile app/operating system directly onto Facebook, as well Mashups. This often includes permitted sharing of personal information to do so.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Discovery
Wordnik Launches Reverb, a New Company Offering Tools For Increasing Content Discovery and Engagement
blog.programmableweb.com
on 01/25/2013
Excerpt: Wordnik, a popular online dictionary and words related content platform, has just launched a brand new company called Reverb. Reverb will be the new home of the Wordnik API as well as expand on the Wordnik platform offering tools that “find and connect the rich associations between words, ideas, content, and people. ”
Wordnik will continue to be developed as a stand-alone, online dictionary resource, and as described in the press release, the “flagship application” of Reverb:
At this time, applications that use the Wordnik API do not need to make any code changes. Attribution requirements for commercial projects and the free 15,000 API calls per hour rate have not changed and remain in effect.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Content, Discovery, Wordnik
EBSCO Releases API for Discovery Service
campustechnology.com
on 06/11/2012
Excerpt: EBSCO Publishing, which provides online research databases for libraries, has released a revamped tool to make it easier for their customers to provide search results in the interface of their choice but with EBSCO touches. The company is now selling an upgraded EBSCO Discovery Tool Application Programming Interface (API), which allows a technical staff to reproduce the Discovery Service result list and detailed record exactly as seen in the EBSCO product or to customize the display to fit a different interface. EBSCO's Discovery Service lets libraries integrate results from multiple sources and adds features such as relevancy ranking, full-text linking, persistent links, custom links, book jacket images, and other components.... read the full post.
Tags: Discovery, Education, Library
Reaching a Million APIs and What to do When We Get There
blog.programmableweb.com
on 06/05/2012
Excerpt: This guest post is by Steven Willmott. Steven is the CEO of 3scale networks , a company that provides infrastructure services for over 100 APIs.... read the full post.
Tags: 3Scale, Discovery, Story
Excerpt: EBSCO Publishing, which provides online research databases for libraries, has released a revamped tool to make it easier for their customers to provide search results in the interface of their choice but with EBSCO touches. The company is now selling an upgraded EBSCO Discovery Tool Application Programming Interface (API), which allows a technical staff to reproduce the Discovery Service result list and detailed record exactly as seen in the EBSCO product or to customize the display to fit a different interface. EBSCO's Discovery Service lets libraries integrate results from multiple sources and adds features such as relevancy ranking, full-text linking, persistent links, custom links, book jacket images, and other components.... read the full post.
Tags: Discovery, Education, Library
