We all like to party, but not all parties are created equal. Maybe it’s not politically correct to say so, but it’s true. To get into some parties, you pay five bucks. To get into others, you bring a homemade dish. But if you wanna party political style, you should bring your cash. That’s the message I’m getting from one of our newest APIs: Party Time from the Sunlight Foundation.
This week we had 46 new APIs added to our API directory including a file storage/sharing service, location-based content service, MP3 archive, citation management service, application notification service and an online advertising and marketing service. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.
This past week 21 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 25 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include BART, Biodiversity Heritage Library, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Bus Tracker, Metro Realtime, Tradeshift, TransiCast, TriMet, TripIt and Yahoo Fantasy Sports. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, Twilio and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Transportation (6 APIs, 6 mashups), Social (4 APIs, 11 mashups) and Other (2 APIs, 2 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:
Thanksgiving is still two weeks away but it’s never too early to start thinking about the upcoming gift giving season. Luckily, ProgrammableWeb is here to help you do a little planning and even save a few dollars in the process. These mashups all make use of the 8coupons API along with other APIs to bring users the most up to date deals in their neighborhoods.
I generally cover shopping related APIs, but recently hackathon events have piqued my interest. This past weekend I attended a two-day hackathon called “Reinventing Local”. This event was hosted at General Assembly, a local co-working space for startups in NYC, and well-known in the entrepreneur community. The theme was geared toward local businesses and was presented by American Express OPEN Forum, which I feel necessary to mention now has an API of their own allowing instant access to small business content. The event was sponsored by Mashery (also a ProgrammableWeb sponsor), ConstantContact and Meetup.
All iOS & Android Developers residing in and around Melbourne should mark the weekend of November 19 in their calendars. Sensis, a provider of Directory Services in Australia has organized a 2-day Hackathon where developers are challenged to develop the most useful application utilizing their API. The SAPI Hackathon will be held on Nov 19 & 20 at The York Butter Factory in Melbourne, Australia. Registration are now open and available only until November 14.
This weekend I attended my first ever hacking event: Music Hackday Boston 2011. It was an incredibly exciting, intense experience with plenty of creative inspirational energy. We had ambitious goals which were largely attained, but when it came to the demo, we failed hard. At least, it felt like we did. As I reflected on the demo while we drove home in the black winter night, Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” came to mind. This is the story my personal ring of fire at Music Hackday and how I fell into it.
Google App Engine has logged an important milestone in its history by moving out of preview and has now become a fully supported Google Product. The last few months have not been the easiest for the platform-as-a-service after App Engine price increases. But the team listened to the developers, was focussed on the tasks and with regular releases kept the momentum going. The latest release is not just out of preview but packed with enhancements.
This week we had 61 new APIs added to our API directory including a currency exchange rates service, social polling service, a social network for artists, data preservation and authentication service, cloud storage service and a public transit data aggregation service. In addition, we covered an API for measuring cloud spending. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.
This past week 18 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 32 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Bing Translator, Google Distance Matrix, Google Page Speed Online, Martindale-Hubbell, National Library of Medicine DIRLINE, NHS, PeerIndex and Yahoo Address Book. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, Twilio and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Mapping (4 APIs, 8 mashups), Shopping (4 APIs, 4 mashups) and Other (3 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:
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