20 APIs Used in 7 Days: Facebook, Foursquare, Tropo, Twitter and Wikipedia

Adam DuVander, December 11th, 2010

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This past week 16 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 20 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include AvantLink and Big Huge Thesaurus. The most often used APIs this week are Facebook, Google Maps and Tropo. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Social (4 APIs, 9 mashups), Mapping (3 APIs, 6 mashups) and Shopping (2 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:

 Amazon EC2 used in FriendLynx

 Amazon eCommerce used in Shopping Complex Online, WishGenies

 AvantLink used in Gearbum

 Big Huge Thesaurus used in CompareXY – Editor’s Toolbox

 Facebook used in BingAgain, CheckinSpy, FriendLynx, WishGenies

 Flickr used in CompareXY – Editor’s Toolbox

 Foursquare used in BusyLunches

 Google AJAX Libraries used in FriendLynx

 Google App Engine used in Fone Findr

 Google Chart used in GEOCONTEXT-Profiler

 Google Latitude used in GeoCam

 Google Maps used in API Scores, CheckinSpy, GeoCam, GEOCONTEXT-Profiler

 Google Maps Elevation used in GEOCONTEXT-Profiler

 Google Visualization used in Gearbum

 Last.fm used in Last.fm Podcast Finder

 LinkedIn used in BusyLunches

 Microsoft Bing used in BingAgain

 Tropo used in AwayFind, Fone Findr, I can’t find my Phone

 Twitter used in AwayFind, FriendLynx, Tweetoon

 Wikipedia used in CompareXY – Editor’s Toolbox

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

 BingAgain

 BusyLunches

 CheckinSpy

 CompareXY – Editor’s Toolbox

 FriendLynx

 Last.fm Podcast Finder

 WishGenies