At the API Academy, we make a habit of studying APIs and discussing them to get better at our craft. We usually do this in private and behind closed doors, but last month Programmable Web gave me an opportunity to write up a public review of the Box API, and I’m happy to have the opportunity to write another. This time, we will be delving into eBay’s set of APIs.
This past week 7 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 16 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Careerjet , D&B Direct, eBay Shopping and Gengo Human Translation. The most often used APIs this week are D&B Direct, Shopping.com and Shopzilla. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Shopping (5 APIs, 5 mashups), Job Search (2 APIs, 2 mashups) and Social (2 APIs, 2 mashups).
This past week 15 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 10 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include iTunes & App Store Search, LyrDB, Numbers and Rdio. The most often used APIs this week are DocuSign Enterprise, Hoiio Voice and indeed. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Music (4 APIs, 4 mashups), Telephony (1 APIs, 1 mashups) and Media Search (1 APIs, 1 mashups).
Our API directory now includes 70 jobs APIs. The newest is the O*NET API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the indeed API. We list 34 indeed mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of jobs APIs.
Our API directory now includes 453 search APIs. The newest is the Automatton Instant Answers API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the eBay API. We list 220 eBay mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of search APIs.
This past week 7 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 19 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include Amazon Product Advertising, EyeEm, Feedzilla, Google Drive, PaperBack Swap and SugarSync . The most often used APIs this week are Amazon S3, Dropbox and EyeEm. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Storage (5 APIs, 6 mashups), Social (3 APIs, 3 mashups) and Photos (3 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:
It’s been a year since developers were underwhelmed by the first release of the Google Plus API. The search engine’s nascent social network has gained in popularity and even improved its developer tools, but it is still lacking the main feature many developers request–a writable Google Plus API.
This past week 7 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 15 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include EveryTrail, NOAA Climate Data Online and Yipit. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, NOAA Climate Data Online and TripIt. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Travel (3 APIs, 3 mashups), Social (3 APIs, 3 mashups) and Mapping (2 APIs, 5 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:
That recent sound of a door slamming was Eran Hammer storming out of the OAuth standardization process, declaring once and for all that the technology to which he gave so much of his time, was dead. Not only would he no longer be a part of the effort to formalize OAuth, he also asked that his name be removed from all of the OAuth 2.0 documents—which is just about as strong a statement as you can make in the world of standards, where authorship counts for nearly as much as it does in academe. Tantrums and controversy make great social media copy, so it didn’t take long before everyone seemed to be talking about this one. In some quarters, you’d hardly know the London Olympics had begun.
The Socrata Data API or SODA is one of the foremost API resources for Government and for social data discovery. One of the major use cases for open data is of course increasing law enforcement effectiveness for analysis and transparency. One such mashup using the Socrates API is the Crime Data for San Fransisco.
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