From Flickr, to Twitter to Yelp – 18 APIs Used in 7 Days

John Musser, May 24th, 2009

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What API was used most often in the mashups added on ProgrammableWeb? Once again, it was the Twitter API, used in 9 of the 19 mashups added. Overall, 18 different APIs were used to build the newest mashups. New or less often seen APIs used include the pho.to API, TwitPic API, Tagalus API, and Yelp API. The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:

 Amazon S3 used in Snipper

 Blip.fm used in Blip.fm

 Facebook used in Food Geek

 Flickr used in MyPicsMap, TwitPickr

 Google AJAX Libraries used in RealEstate and Property Search Engine

 Google Ajax Search used in Free Printables Online – Kidsuki.CoM, Vizoor Ajax Search

 Google Base used in RealEstate and Property Search Engine

 Google Maps used in GeoTwitter #ll, I Need A Bike for Smartphone, Kartenquiz, MyPicsMap, RealEstate and Property Search Engine, Unemployed in America, WhereAndWifi.com

 Livekick used in Blip.fm

 pho.to used in Funny Photo

 Tagalus used in ComboTweet

 TwitPic used in TweetStacker, TwitPickr

 Twitter used in ComboTweet, GeoTwitter #ll, News Twit, Smiley Tweet, Snipper, tazaar, TweetStacker, TwitPickr, Unemployed in America

 Windows Live Search used in Vizoor Ajax Search

 Yahoo BOSS used in Free Printables Online – Kidsuki.CoM, News Twit, Vizoor Ajax Search

 Yahoo Local Search used in Food Geek

 Yahoo Term Extraction used in News Twit

 Yelp used in Food Geek

And each day there is one mashup selected to be Mashup of the Day. Here are last week’s winners:

 Smiley Tweet

 Snipper

 tazaar

 TweetStacker

 TwitPickr

 GeoTwitter #ll

 Vizoor Ajax Search