30 APIs Used in 7 Days: YouTube, Google Visualization and Yahoo Maps

Adam DuVander, September 11th, 2010

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This past week 20 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 30 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Amazon Flexible Payments Service, Enthusem, Heroku, ImageShack, Intel CPU, Meebo, Mendeley, Microsoft Translator, Science Museum , SendGrid, TeachStreet Classes and Courses, TweetPhoto and Twitgoo. The most often used APIs this week are Box.net, Google Maps and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Social (4 APIs, 6 mashups), Other (4 APIs, 5 mashups) and Utility (3 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:

 Amazon eCommerce used in Fyvr – An Amazon search with HTML5 goodness

 Amazon Flexible Payments Service used in Motivation Mix

 Amazon Mechanical Turk used in I Drank This

 Box.net used in Enthusem and Box.net, Google Analytics and Box.net, SAP Streamwork and Box.net

 COLOURlovers used in Fyvr – An Amazon search with HTML5 goodness

 Enthusem used in Enthusem and Box.net

 Facebook used in TubeLoop

 Google Analytics used in Google Analytics and Box.net

 Google Maps used in Cosmos and Culture, Japanese Castle Explorer, Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, Music Festival Info, OMG Rainbows!, Texas Land for Sale

 Google Translate used in Fast & Quick Online Translator

 Google Visualization used in Monuments: Diversity, Democracy and Freedom, ReaderMeter

 Heroku used in I Drank This, Motivation Mix, You Can Learn

 ImageShack used in I Drank This

 Intel CPU used in Intel Video Experience

 Meebo used in TubeLoop

 Mendeley used in ReaderMeter

 Microsoft Translator used in Fast & Quick Online Translator

 New York Times Article Search used in The Explorer

 NOAA Weather Service used in OMG Rainbows!

 Science Museum used in Cosmos and Culture

 SendGrid used in Motivation Mix

 TeachStreet Classes and Courses used in You Can Learn

 TweetPhoto used in I Drank This

 Twilio used in GroupCall, Motivation Mix

 Twitgoo used in I Drank This

 TwitPic used in I Drank This

 Twitter used in GroupCall, I Drank This, You Can Learn

 Yahoo BOSS used in Fyvr – An Amazon search with HTML5 goodness

 Yahoo Maps used in Bed Bug Registry

 YouTube used in The Explorer, TubeLoop

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

 Fast & Quick Online Translator

 Fyvr – An Amazon search with HTML5 goodness

 Intel Video Experience

 ReaderMeter

 The Explorer

 TubeLoop

 You Can Learn