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Digital Web Magazine - Hacking on Open APIs
The second part of Gareth's series for Digital Web on APIs. This time he's got some PHP code samples for parsing XML and JSON.
Amazon.com: Amazon FPS, Amazon Flexible Payment Service: Amazon Web Services
PayPal has a new competitor. Amazon is now offering a payment services to developers.
LOL: Twitter / Jeremy Keith
I'm loving this mashup of lolcats, Twitter and Flickr. Occasionally the text and the picture matches up in a serendipitously hilarious way.
Multimap :: Open API
Multimap's API is now open and free as in beer (as long as the traffic is within reasonable bounds). This is good stuff. And they're all in with the Open Street Map guys too.
sixtwothree.org » Ameriganzapalooza
Track Cindy and Jason on their trip across the country... mashup style.
Index of /twitapi
Aral just posted his extensions to the Twitter API.
Urban Dirty: Free texture stock photography for your artwork, desktop and design
A nice collection of royalty free texture photos using the Flickr API.
Flickr: Flickr API
Machine tags will now be available through the Flickr API (that's triple tags to you and me).
Scripting News: 12/20/2006: God bless the re-inventers
Dave Winer doesn't get JSON.
Liminal Existence: The Weather, by Twitter.
A nifty mashup in which Twitter bots update twice a day with weather updates. I am now friends with Brighton Weather. I feel so in touch with nature.
Google SOAP Search API
Users of the Google API take note: you're okay, but anyone else who wants to put Google search on their site is screwed.
Flickr Services: Flickr API: flickr.photos.getInfo
Users of the Flickr API take note: the path to images has changed.
Contactr : a bird's eye view of your Flickr contacts
A cool way of looking at photos from your Flickr contacts, built using the Flickr API by Jason Garber and Jeremy Carbaugh (who are here with me at Refresh Orlando).
API and RSS | irrepressible.info
Here's an API for accessing material that is censored in countries like China or Iran.You can use this API to republish that information on other sites, circumventing the censorship.
Documentation of the Programmatic Interface (API) to The W3C Markup Validation Service
The W3C Validator now has an API. It's SOAP only unfortunately, but this could still prove to be immensely useful for rolling into a CMS.
Flickr Services: Flickr API: flickr.tags.getHotList
This new method in the Flickr API could be used to create some fun zeitgeist-driven mashups.
Flickr Services: Flickr API: flickr.photos.comments.getList
Hallelujah! I've been waiting for Flickr to add this method. Now the API is truly complete.
Flickr Services
You can now get responses from the Flickr API formatted as JSON.
iTunes Search API Around the Corner? - snook.ca
Jonathon has found some circumstantial evidence of an API for searching the iTunes music store. That could be really interesting. It might be fun to mash it up with Amazon's API.
Vitamin Features » Go forth and API
Cameron has written a great article on using APIs with Ajax. I love the idea of using .htaccess to fake a proxy and get around the same-site restriction.
Google Maps API Official Blog: Google Maps API Version 2
Version 2 of Google's Maps API is out. Changes, changes, read all about it.
REST web services interface :: Tagyu
As a follow-up to my post about Yahoo's term extractor, I should point out that Tagyu also has an API. It's RESTful and simple.
Magazine Cover
Make Flickr photos into magazine covers - another fun use of the API.
From Web page to Web platform
CNET's News.com explains why web services are so cool.
How to Use Google Maps EZ
A handy guide to using a wrapper for the Google Maps API.
EVMapper
A very cool mashup of two APIs: events from EVDB and maps from Google Maps.
HYDESim: High-Yield Detonation Effects Simulator
This is cool and frightening in equal measures. Eric uses the Google API to demonstrate the effect of nuclear detonations on American cities.
Google Maps API Documentation
Documentation for the new Google Maps API. Unlike most web services, this one is run entirely over JavaScript.
PayPal - Website Payments Pro
PayPal moves into the territory of merchant accounts. With an API no less!
BBC Backstage
The BBC is going to be offering an API. Hallelujah!
Coming to a Computer Near You
Tim Bray on the politics and practicalities of Web services.