18 APIs Used in 7 Days: Bing, Facebook and Rotten Tomatoes

Adam DuVander, June 16th, 2012

This past week 10 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 18 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include 3dCart, BigCommerce, BuzzData, Embedly, Pinnacle Cart and Shopify. The most often used APIs this week are Facebook, Netflix and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Shopping (5 APIs, 5 mashups), Social (3 APIs, 5 mashups) and Database (3 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:


Best New Mashups: The Latest Twitter Mashups

Wendell Santos, June 8th, 2012

TwitterThis week we’re spotlighting the Twitter API, one of our most consistently popular APIs. Twitter is the second most used API in our directory appearing in over 700 mashups. Each of the mashups below leverage Twitter and have been named mashup of the day since May.


30 APIs Used in 7 Days: Twitter, Wikipedia and Freebase

Wendell Santos, June 2nd, 2012

This past week 11 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 Aviary Web, CartoDB, Google Street View Image, Magento and Webcams.travel. The most often used APIs this week are Bing Maps, Facebook and Freebase. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Mapping (5 APIs, 7 mashups), Social (4 APIs, 5 mashups) and Photos (4 APIs, 4 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:


123 Database APIs: GeoNames, Freebase and Yahoo Query Language

Wendell Santos, May 23rd, 2012

GeoNamesOur API directory now includes 123 database APIs. The newest is the BigTable API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the GeoNames API. We list 81 GeoNames mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of database APIs.


69 New APIs: Google Street View, Bing and PBS

Wendell Santos, April 1st, 2012
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This week we had 69 new APIs added to our API directory including a TV schedule data service, social media monitoring service, Bing webmaster data service, street view image service, legal practice management service and a movie discovery and search service. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.


Today in APIs: Google Plus Hangouts, Facebook Photos by Location and 17 New APIs

Adam DuVander, March 28th, 2012

Google Plus HangoutsGoogle quickly ushered its Google Plus Hangouts API out of preview mode, meaning apps built on the service can now be launched. Facebook also made changes to its API, bringing location to photo and status objects. Plus: redefining TV Guide via API, an OpenSocial platform and 17 new APIs.


Best New Mashups: Book Mashups using Freebase, Google Maps and Amazon

Wendell Santos, January 27th, 2012

FreebaseRecently we have seen some imaginative mashups centered on books. From mapping story locations, building communities around book genres and even discovering the most obscure connections between details in your favorite stories, these mashups are nothing short of creative. In addition we’ve rounded up a couple of standard book search and recommendation applications. Some of the popular APIs used include Google Maps and Amazon.


42 APIs Used in 7 Days: Twitter, Bandcamp, Klout

Wendell Santos, January 21st, 2012

This past week 17 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 42 different APIs were used to build them. Some of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include 7digital, Bandcamp, Bol.com , Dailymotion, deviantART, Facebook Ads, Facebook Chat, Facebook Credits, Issuu Search, Mapfluence, NOAA ERDDAP, Ohloh, PhotoShelter, Stack Overflow, Urban Mapping Mapfluence, Urban Mapping Neighborhoods and Zenfolio. The most often used APIs this week are Google Maps, Twitter and YouTube. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Photos (9 APIs, 16 mashups), Mapping (7 APIs, 11 mashups) and Social (7 APIs, 10 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:


20 APIs Used in 7 Days: Digg, Google Maps and Hoiio Voice

Wendell Santos, December 17th, 2011

This past week 14 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 Odnoklassniki and VeryRelated Mind Maps Keyword. The most often used APIs this week are Facebook, Hoiio Voice and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Social (6 APIs, 11 mashups), Search (2 APIs, 2 mashups) and Photos (1 APIs, 1 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:


Best New Mashups: Movies

Wendell Santos, December 16th, 2011

Rotten Tomatoes

As the year comes to a close and holiday season looms, many of us look forward to taking a few days off to take a break from all of our hard work and relax. What better way to unwind this holiday season than by catching up on all of the movies you missed this year? You’re in luck as we’ve gotten many great mashups this year that let you watch movies and trailers, browse your Netflix queue (you do still subscribe to Netflix right?) and share with your friends. Popular APIs for these mashups include Rotten Tomatoes, YouTube and Netflix. So without further ado, kick off your shoes, grab some popcorn and give these movie mashups a try.


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