Bing has announced that it will move the company’s Content Submission API out of private beta and into a public beta launch that will significantly expand the number of developers working with the tool. This API helps publishers and site owners ensure that their new content is pr … | Continue reading
Sixfold, a real-time transportation visibility platform, has announced a data-sharing initiative focused on driving a new era of openness, accessibility and transparency across the supply chain and logistics sector. The Open Visibility Data Exchange aims to introduce a new standa … | Continue reading
Sendbird has announced the release of updates to the Calls API that the company says will provide new group calls functionality for both voice and video. This new API joins Sendbird’s existing chat APIs and provides developers with the tools needed to build social integrations i … | Continue reading
Developers looking to create applications for chefs, nutritionists, producers, and foodies have plenty of Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, to choose from. In this article, we examine the ten most popular APIs in the ProgrammableWeb Food category, as determined by traf … | Continue reading
Developers looking to create applications for chefs, nutritionists, producers, and foodies have plenty of Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs, to choose from. In this article, we examine the ten most popular APIs in the ProgrammableWeb Food category, as determined by traf … | Continue reading
Peloton, the popular fitness application best known for its virtual cycling classes and exercise bikes, exposed thousands of users’ personal data via a set of improperly secured API endpoints. The company deployed a partial fix after security researchers forwarded the information … | Continue reading
The Universal Postal Union, an agency of the United Nations that coordinates postal policies among member nations, has announced the launch of a new address verification API that hopes to help improve address accuracy and reliability. The API is built upon the organization's POS … | Continue reading
The National Health Authority (NHA) of India has provided public access to the APIs that power the CoWin app, the primary means for booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments. Access to the API is intended to allow developers to build solutions that simplify gaining access to the … | Continue reading
Microsoft has released new functionality that targets IT professionals as part of a public preview of new Microsoft Graph APIs. The new features enable better management of Windows Updates and provide powerful control over update deployment and resource management. | Continue reading
Eight APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Music, News Services, and Time. Highlights include an API for International money transfers, an API for personal budgeting, and an API for converting websites to PDFs. Here's a rundown of the late … | Continue reading
Parasoft today announced the 2021.1 release of the Parasoft Continuous Quality Suite of API testing tools for enterprise applications, including Parasoft SOAtest, Virtualize, and CTP. Modern development teams must accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality. | Continue reading
Google announced the release of version 7 of the Google Ads API and has updated client libraries, client code, and migration guides to reflect this update. The new libraries will be available for update in the first week of May and the company has outlined breaking changes in th … | Continue reading
GoodGamer Corp., a fantasy gaming and Esports technology company developing a portfolio of online gaming solutions, is pleased to announce its North American beta launch of the GoodGamer Esports Tournament Management Platform ("TMP"). | Continue reading
Good Gamer Corp., a fantasy gaming and Esports technology company developing a portfolio of online gaming solutions, is pleased to announce its North American beta launch of the GoodGamer Esports Tournament Management Platform ("TMP"). | Continue reading
TomTom has announced impending updates to the company’s Map Display API that will enhance the appearance of the tool’s visual components through the addition of detailed natural feature information. This will include visual representation of forested areas, deserts, and snowy mo … | Continue reading
Red Hat has announced an API management solution that it claims will reduce the cost and complexity of developing API-based services on its platform. Red Hat OpenShift API Management builds upon functionality that it acquired via the company’s 2016 purchase of 3Scale, an API man … | Continue reading
Seven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Currency, Languages and Banking. Featured today is the GSMA Mobile Money API for mobile payments standards, the Wise Platform API for money transfers, and the PDF Blocks API. Here's a rundown of t … | Continue reading
Recently, NanoGrid was acquired by Arcadia, a company that provides renewable energy solutions, through this acquisition, the companies plan to further invest in NanoGrid’s energy optimization API. This API enables the development of more intelligent and cost-effective energy so … | Continue reading
Eight APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Health, Gambling, and Charity. Highlights include APIs for integrating with Virgin Money Giving platform and and API to retrieve Open Graph data from URLs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions … | Continue reading
Twilio has announced that it has open-sourced the beta release of OpenAPI specifications for all Twilio APIs in an attempt to facilitate language-agnostic development on the platform. This new offering builds upon the existing libraries that Twilio supports for popular languages … | Continue reading
Alpaca, an API provider that specializes in stock brokerage integrations, has announced the Alpaca Broker API in an attempt to democratize financial market access. The new service is RESTful and is intended to simplify the integration of stock trading capabilities. | Continue reading
Thumbtack, a leading local services marketplace, today unveiled its new Pro API, allowing small business workflow platforms to integrate service provider engagement and scheduling on the Thumbtack app. GoSite will be Thumbtack’s first integration partner. | Continue reading
Skyflow, a startup that takes an API-first approach to data security, has announced its new Payments Data Privacy Vault. The API provides access to a zero-trust repository that enables companies to store payment data and conduct financial transactions while protecting personal d … | Continue reading
Twelve APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Documents, Natural Language Processing, and Art. Highlights include an API for AI-based visual search of artworks and APIs from Adobe for document and PDF services. Here's a rundown of the latest … | Continue reading
Mux, a video technology company, has partnered with Maestro, an interactive live streaming platform, to provide creators with a one-stop-shop for everything that they need to build immersive and interactive video experiences. ProgrammableWeb spoke with Mux co-founder and CEO Jon … | Continue reading
While API-driven B2B eCommerce services encourage decoupling and separation of functionality, they also drive deeper connectivity and automation, granting greater flexibility and cost-savings. The benefits are so great that we're likely to see greater reliance on APIs in the futu … | Continue reading
The Internet would be a very lifeless place if it weren't for animations. Developers wanting to make their applications come alive with animations, or simply add data about animations to them, need to find the proper APIs. Here are eleven of the most popular Animation APIs from P … | Continue reading
Eight APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Security, Animation, Automation, and Music. Highlights include an API for retrieving guitar chords, an API for eSignature services, and an API for security asset management. Here's a rundown of th … | Continue reading
Verizon has unveiled a new location technology called Hyper Precise Location (HPL) that the company claims takes data accuracy from meters to centimeters. The new service will be provided via an API as part of Verizon’s ThingSpace portal for IoT integrations. | Continue reading
BigDataCloud, an Australian API provider and geolocation specialist, has announced the release of a new client-side reverse geocoding API that utilizes IP geolocation as a fallback method. The new API blends privacy and accuracy in a holistic approach to geolocation retrieval. | Continue reading
Cloudflare announced the beta release of Workers Unbound, the company’s serverless platform for developers, in mid-2020 and is now moving the product into general availability. Alongside this announcement, Cloudflare has updated the Workers Unbound pricing model and added additi … | Continue reading
In this article, we talk with the team at Signable, an electronic signature provider. They discuss how their customer success team is able to engage with developers and customers on a personal level. This approach lets them set up a feedback loop for the API and help address any … | Continue reading
Eight APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Conversions, Cloud and Transportation categories. Included is an API for solving Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) and an API that offers access to residential proxy pools. Here's a rundown of the lat … | Continue reading
Dwolla has announced the addition of Real-Time Payment (RTP) technology to the company’s API suite. RTP networks were first instituted in the United States by The Clearing House in November 2017 with the intent of providing broad access to instantaneous payment transactions acro … | Continue reading
Microsoft announced the global release of the Google Import API, a new tool that helps users create and manage ad campaigns, budgets, and bids. Microsoft hopes that this tool will allow its customers to expand their advertising reach without the manual process of importing Googl … | Continue reading
The convergence of two trends -- the continued growth of APIs and the increased pace of software delivery -- requires the industry to build better automation tools around API development, testing, and operations. This article looks at why automation is needed and some of the top … | Continue reading
Demographics is statistical data about human populations. Developers need demographics APIs to make applications that predict shopping patterns, determine healthcare, housing & education options, create public policy, aid in city planning, and other reasons. Here are 10 top demog … | Continue reading
Eight APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Accounting, Collaboration and Animation. Included is an API to search for Anime scenes from a still image, and an API for adding enterprise payroll functions to applications. Here's a rundown of t … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced plans to move Azure Communication Services, the suite of communication tools that power Microsoft Teams, into general availability for developer use. This technology had recently been demoed at Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference for developers. | Continue reading
Apollo GraphQL, a provider of GraphQL API technologies, has announced the addition of several new enhancements to Apollo Federation, the company’s distributed GraphQL solution. These improvements include new tools for Apollo Studio, a new VS Code plugin, and a new CLI. | Continue reading
Ekata has announced a new Merchant Onboarding API that enables an automated onboarding workflow for payment service providers (PSPs), B2B lenders, and online marketplaces that are increasingly engaging with sole proprietors and “micro-merchants.” | Continue reading
Today at Oktane21, Okta’s annual developer conference, the company announced the new Okta Starter Developer Edition, a resource that is intended to help developers streamline integration with Okta authentication, authorization, and user management services at scale. | Continue reading
Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Loans, Natural Language Processing, Pets and Mapping. Highlights include two location APIs from Woosmap and natural language processing APIs from NLP Cloud. Here's a rundown of the latest additions. | Continue reading
Catchpoint, a provider of end-user experience metrics, has been working on a new API that is designed to allow developers to perform webpage testing as a part of their CI/CD workflow. This new WebPageTest API is now ready for developers and has moved into general availability. | Continue reading
The Supreme Court of the United States has delivered a ruling on Oracle v. Google, an API copyrightability case that litigates Google’s use of Java SE APIs in its Android applications. The majority opinion, authored by Justice Breyer, finds that Google did not violate Oracle’s c … | Continue reading
Online marketplaces are the new normal. Multiple sellers can offer their goods in one centrally located place, and buyers can find desired products from multiple vendors and purchase them with one click. Developers on the hunt for marketplace APIs should check out this list of po … | Continue reading
Eight APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Open Banking, eCommerce, and COVID-19. Highlights include the Amazon Selling Partner API and and API from Datachip that provides a person's COVID-19 vaccination status. Here's a rundown of the lat … | Continue reading