945 Social APIs: Twitter, Facebook and Delicious

Wendell Santos, January 16th, 2013

TwitterOur API directory now includes 945 social APIs. The newest is the SmartBots API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the Twitter API. We list [num] Twitter mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of social APIs.


12 APIs Used in 7 Days: Facebook, Pinterest and LinkedIn

Wendell Santos, January 12th, 2013

This past week 6 new mashups were added to our mashup directory and 12 different APIs were used to build them. and ome of the newer or less frequently seen APIs include JSON Tools. The most often used APIs this week are Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter. And the most commonly used types of APIs were Social (5 APIs, 7 mashups), Photos (2 APIs, 4 mashups) and Mapping (2 APIs, 3 mashups). The list below shows which APIs were used by which mashups:


Best New Mashups: The Latest Instagram Mashups

Wendell Santos, January 11th, 2013

InstagramDespite recent debate regarding Instagram traffic numbers, the app remains popular among developers submitting mashups to our directory. This week we take a look at some of the newest mashups we’ve seen using the Instagram API. More information is below.


Today In APIs: PunchFork API shutdown, FullContact Account Stats API and 6 New APIs

Romin Irani, January 4th, 2013

PinterestPinterest plans to shutdown its first acquisition PunchFork, including its API. FullContact API nows offers Account Stats endpoint to monitor your usage. Plus: Google Offline Conversion API is both a blessing and a curse, Facebook announces better open graph stories with Flexible Sentences, and 6 new APIs.


Best New Mashups: November Roundup Featuring Facebook, Instagram and Prosperent

Wendell Santos, November 30th, 2012

FacebookDecember starts tomorrow and brings with it the upcoming holiday season. Before we dive headfirst into the final month of the year, let’s take a look back at November and the best mashups that we didn’t catch the first time around. This group of mashups include a social content discovery site, shopping price comparison, business traveler information and a keyword research tool. For more information keep reading below.


3Scale Launches Open Source API Proxy Providing Enterprises On-premises and in the Cloud API Traffic Management

Janet Wagner, November 16th, 2012

3Scale3Scale, a leading Plug and Play SaaS API Management platform and services provider, has just announced the launch of a new Open Source API Proxy that provides Enterprises API traffic management on-premises and in the cloud.


Snip.it’s Social Curation API: Organizing and Sharing Your Favorite Content

Greg Bates, November 9th, 2012

Snip.itSnip.it lets you collect what you see on the web, be it an article, video, or image, then categorize it, add your own comments, and share it. The Snip.it API, currently in version 2, is RESTful with the response in JSON. Snip.it itself features a backbone.js-powered page load structure to speed things along.


Video: the Rise of Social APIs

Adam DuVander, November 5th, 2012

FacebookThe growth in APIs is rapidly expanding. That’s clear. Social has out-paced overall API growth and in the last year settled in as a major trend. Sure, there are big names, like the Facebook API and Twitter API. There are also newcomers like Google Plus and Pinterest. There are now well over 800 social APIs, helping developers capitalize on humans’ natural desire to communicate with each other.


Today in APIs: Apigee Launches Mobile Analytics, Mashery Teams With Intel for Enterprise API Management and 17 New APIs

Wendell Santos, November 1st, 2012

MasheryApigee announces a first-of-its-kind mobile analytics tool. Mashery and Intel (both ProgrammableWeb sponsors) announce a reseller agreement that brings API management to the Enterprise. Plus: How Pinterest gets friendships wrong, Google Maps weekly spotlight and 17 new APIs.


96 New APIs: Adobe PhoneGap, Alcatel-Lucent and Hipmob

Wendell Santos, October 14th, 2012

This week we had 96 new APIs added to our API directory including a cloud-based app compiler, IMS application platform, mobile live chat service, time tracking service and media access service. We also covered Reel Surfer’s video editing API. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.


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