Ohloh OAuth PHP Example
Ohloh is a fantastic site for developers and like all good sites, they have an API! It uses OAuth, which sometimes can be a bit difficult to get one's head around, so I've written an example that should make it easier!
NetFlix API OAuth PHP Example
Netflix, the DVD rental company, have a very useful API! It uses OAuth to authenticate users, so I thought it might be useful to write some example code in PHP to help get folks started. Download here
Google Playground
Google have come up with a Code Playground which should be great for web mashup enthusiasts wanting to try out Google's selection of APIs. It's like a little sandbox where you can get your hands dirty testing what can be achieved!
Tags: Google Code, API, sandbox
London Bus Route Maps
We've launched a new sister site called WhatBus.com which displays an integrated map of all the bus routes in London, a bit like the ubiquitous London Tube map. Hope it's useful!
Google Gadgets API
The little boxes on your Google homepage (also know as your "iGoogle" page) are called Google Gadgets. The documentation for the API is pretty good and we've made a few gadgets of our own!
Tags: Google Gadgets API
eBay Local
In a previous post we mentioned a site called eBay-o-maniac. Well, there's a cool new feature called eBay Local which locates auctions near a given postcode (i.e. near where you live) so that you can arrange collection with the seller and save on postage. Check it out!
Keyword search has just been added to their Realtime Spy feature as well.
Tweets spoken out loud
Just been playing with the Microsoft Speech API and have integrated it into a version of Twitter Watch to make Twitter Watch Speech! It will only work if you have Microsoft Speech installed though (it will be if you have a "Speech" section in your control panel), and Internet Explorer, albeit on a lowered security setting (i.e. enabling "Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting" in custom security settings). But you trust me, right?!
Question Bank
The Yahoo Answers API allows developers access to all the questions being asked there, so we've made a mashup called Question Bank that provides an auto-updating feed of the latest questions, given a region of interest and category. If you can help answer a query, do help out!
Tags: mashup, Yahoo Answers
