From f343ef4d92352f9fc442aeb9c8b1abee27d74c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:24:02 -0400 Subject: cleaned up wired import --- .../Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt (limited to 'wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt') diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..81172de --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/01.29.07/Tue/tut.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +One of the great things about Ajax is it allows you take advantage of all your scattered data spread across popular online sharing sites --bookmark sites, photo sites and more. While not every "web 2.0" site offers an API to access its data, the better ones frequently do, which means you can pull the data into your own website. + +Application Program Interfaces (APIs) are simple ways of accessing outside data and pulling it into your own site. + +Popular websites featuring robust APIs include [Google Maps][4], [del.icio.us][3] and [Amazon][5]. If you'd like to see what you can do with a robust API, I use the [Flickr API][2] to pull in my Flickr stream and store the data locally on my [personal site][6]. + +But for the non-programer APIs can be intimidating. There is often a myriad of techniques and languages for interacting with a public API. That flexibility is part of the appeal of APIs but it's also one of the things that makes it confusing for newcomers -- where do you start? + +Well one place would be using Ajax. Accessing an API through JavaScript can sometimes be a little bit slower, but it's often much simpler as well. + +One of the best tutorials I know of for Ajax API integration is Think Vitamin's [Go Forth and API][1]. The tutorial has links to popular services and then walks you through the process of interacting with the Google Maps API via Ajax. + +So go forth and API. And if you'd like to point out other tutorials feel free to leave them in the comments below. + +[1]: http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/ajax/go-forth-and-api "Go forth and API" +[2]: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/ "Flickr API" +[3]: http://del.icio.us/help/api/ "del.icio.us API" +[4]: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ "Google Maps API" +[5]: http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_fe_l_1/002-5739132-9234422?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=3435361&no=3435361&me=A36L942TSJ2AJA "Amazon API" +[6]: http://luxagraf.net/photos/ "luxagraf.net" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2