29 APIs Used in 7 Days: eBay, Facebook, Google, Kayak, LinkedIn, Twitter, Weather Channel, and YouTube

John Musser, May 29th, 2010

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This past week the new mashups added to our mashup directory used 29 different APIs. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Active, ChaCha, JoyRack Games and World Time Engine. The most often used APIs this week are Facebook, Google Maps and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Social (4 APIs, 11 mashups), Utility (3 APIs, 3 mashups) and Shopping (3 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:

 Active used in Map of Active.com Sporting Events Database

 ChaCha used in ChaCha Answers

 del.icio.us used in 44tips – your visual start page

 eBay used in TinkOMatic

 Facebook used in 44tips – your visual start page, Oilaholic, TinkOMatic

 Flickr used in 44tips – your visual start page, Oilaholic, PlaceMix

 GeoNames used in PlaceMix

 Google AJAX Language used in eShiok.com – You Own Your Social Network

 Google Analytics used in TinkOMatic

 Google Base used in TinkOMatic

 Google Homepage used in JoyRack Games iGoogle Gadget

 Google Maps used in Map of Active.com Sporting Events Database, PlaceMix, Union County North Carolina Community Mapper

 Google Search used in ChaCha Answers, PlaceMix

 Google Translate used in TweJay: Making Twitter Talk

 Hyves used in 44tips – your visual start page

 Internet Video Archive used in Movie Search for Firefox

 JoyRack Games used in JoyRack Games iGoogle Gadget

 Kayak used in PlaceMix

 Last.fm used in 44tips – your visual start page

 LinkedIn used in 44tips – your visual start page

 Oodle used in TinkOMatic

 Thumbalizr used in 44tips – your visual start page

 Twitter used in 44tips – your visual start page, ChaCha Answers, eShiok.com – You Own Your Social Network, Oilaholic, TinkOMatic, TweJay: Making Twitter Talk

 Upcoming.org used in PlaceMix

 Weather Channel used in PlaceMix

 Wikipedia used in PlaceMix

 World Time Engine used in PlaceMix

 Yahoo Search used in PlaceMix

 YouTube used in 44tips – your visual start page, PlaceMix

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

 44tips – your visual start page

 Movie Search for Firefox

 Oilaholic

 PlaceMix

 TinkOMatic

 TweJay: Making Twitter Talk