Scores of application programming interfaces are running your business—connecting systems, making services available, and much more. They’re the interfaces that let software talk to other software, and if all your APIs were to suddenly deactivate, so would your business’s ability … | Continue reading
CloudVector, API threat protection platform provider, recently introduced API Shark. API Shark is a free API discovery and observability tool. As APIs are rapidly introduced to public, private, and internal systems; API Shark automatically discovers such APIs when DevOps teams ma … | Continue reading
It's almost February and do you know what that means? It’s time for another monthly API meetup in Washington, DC! The February edition of the meetup is Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020 and will feature two talks; one on succeeding with APIs for artificial intelligence and the other is an API … | Continue reading
In this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Nov 5, 2019, calletime.ai co-founder Adam Becker shows attendees how he and his partner collaborated to stand-up an API endpoint in almost no time using three Amaz … | Continue reading
ProgrammableWeb lists dozens of APIs in the Books category, for everything regearding books, including book buying, book sharing, literacy, textbooks, and book reviews. In this article, we detail the top ten book APIs from that category based on the amount of page visits for each … | Continue reading
Nine APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Messaging, Politics, and Healthcare. Featured in this article is an API for cryptographic identity as a service and an API that provides nonpartisan information about politics, elections, and candi … | Continue reading
Google announced in September of 2019 that they plan on ending support for V3 of the Google Sheets API, a decision that has drawn the ire of some developers. Version 4 of the API was announced at Google I/O 2016, almost 4 years before the seemingly inevitable deprecation of its … | Continue reading
In this special presentation of ProgrammableWeb's Developers Rock Podcast from the Washington, DC-area API Meetup on Dec 5, 2019, ProgrammableWeb.com editor-in-chief David Berlind kicks off his long running college course on APIs. In this first chapter, Berlind reviews the defini … | Continue reading
Curity.io CEO and co-founder Travis Spencer explains why he thinks its a better idea to rely on a dedicated appliance to handle identity management for API access. The approach to API identity management is modeled after the design of routers that do only a few things but do them … | Continue reading
Google has introduced a new service that aims to centralize, manage, and secure sensitive information like API keys, passwords, certificates, and other important data. Google Cloud Secret Manager is designed to help tackle secret sprawl, a significant barrier to application secu … | Continue reading
This morning, Amazon Web Services reported "increased API error rates" in the Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. The first reported errors affected only Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). As AWS looked into the issue, it later found that as many as seven different services were impac … | Continue reading
Scope Technologies provides aerial measurement reports for the construction industry. The company uses real-time data to generate accurate takeoff reports that they claim are both accurate and affordable. Scope Technologies has now announced a new open API developer portal. | Continue reading
FreshLime, a customer connection platform, has announced an API for access to its platform. Through the API, users can integrate FreshLime directly into third party systems of all types: CRM, POS, Field Management, etc. Such apps and systems are enhanced with FreshLime customer e … | Continue reading
It is expected that with Android 11, Google will add new App Compatibility features within developer options that will simplify the application testing process. The new features will operate on a per-app basis and display behavior changes based on API level. | Continue reading
Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Transcription, PDF, and Security. Highlights include an API for receiving alerts about the Launchkey authentication service and several APIs for Ekata identity verification services. Here's a l … | Continue reading
Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) is now generally available. ECK offers a seamless method to deploy, manage, and operate the Elastic Stack on Kubernetes. The goal of ECK is to "orchestrate Elasticsearch on Kubernetes and provide a SaaS-like experience for Elastic products on Kub … | Continue reading
API Fortress, an API continuous testing platform, has announced Mass Functional Test Generation. Mass Functional Test Generation allows users to import OpenAPI files and generate a large number of functional tests for those files. The test generator is currently in beta release. | Continue reading
Good API portals meet developers where they are in terms of technology and language choice by offering SDKs and sample code in languages that are appropriate for developers. This article looks at TomTom’s developer portal that treats its SDKs as a first-class citizen on par with … | Continue reading
Firmex, a provider of virtual data room and secure document sharing solutions used by companies worldwide, recently announced the availability of its application programming interface (API) that enables developers to integrate their VDR with existing third-party enterprise system … | Continue reading
Twelve APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, and Auto. Some highlights are an API that returns data about Superheros from multiple sources, and an API that uses machine learning for crawling the web. | Continue reading
Bing announced version 13 of the Bing Ads API in April of 2019. With that announcement came the warning of version 12’s demise, which was scheduled for October 31, 2019. That time has come and past. Bing is now notifying developers that all version 12 endpoints will soon return … | Continue reading
It has been reported that HSBC, a British multinational investment bank, has announced several new treasury APIs that will serve 27 markets around the world. These new APIs aim to improve the transparency and efficiency of financial transactions for HSBC’s customers. | Continue reading
The end of Chrome Apps is coming. The advances in browser technology has Google convinced that the Web is fully capable of delivering a first class experience. Accordingly, the need for Chrome Apps is no longer necessary, and Google will start the phase out process in March 2020. | Continue reading
The CNCF, which is responsible for maintaining Kubernetes, has announced a bug bounty program for the popular open-source container orchestration system. In partnership with Google and HackerOne, the CNCF will offer rewards ranging from $100 - $10,000 to worthy researchers. | Continue reading
Facebook doesn't fact check or monitor the content of political ads. Instead, the company offers Facebook Ad Library, Ad Library Report, and the Ad Library API so researchers can study how users are targeted on Facebook, and monitor Facebook Ads' impact on elections. Are the tool … | Continue reading
Epigen Senior Information Security Architect Trevor Bryant decides it's time to get smart about the art of securing APIs. As it turns out, there's no one-stop-shop to get smart about API security. Bryant retraces his steps as he attempts to become an overnight expert on the topic … | Continue reading
Twelve APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Blockchain, Bots, Financial, and Tourism. Highlights include the Finnhub.io API for free data about stocks foreign currency exchange, and cryptocurrency. Here's a rundown of the latest additions. | Continue reading
Back in 2019 at GitHub Universe, GitHub announced GitHub for mobile, beginning with a beta iOS app that was available immediately following the announcement. The company is now following up on the promise of a fully-native Android experience with GitHub for Android being announce … | Continue reading
ICICI Bank, a leading private bank in India, has launched an API portal. The portal includes 250 APIs that allow partners to build innovative banking solutions. The company sees the portal as the next step in moving India towards the Open Banking model that continues to expand ar … | Continue reading
From the DC Area API Meetup, Accrue Ltd. CEO Benoit Brookens III discusses the concept of alternative data and how it can be used to improve predictive analysis. In his presentation, Brookens looks back at typhoons rated as 8 or higher and correlates their timing to movement in f … | Continue reading
From the DC Area API Meetup, Accrue Ltd. CEO Benoit Brookens III discusses the concept of alternative data and how it can be used to improve predictive analysis. In his presentation, Brookens looks back at typhoons rated as 8 or higher and correlates their timing to movement in f … | Continue reading
Google announced in December of 2019 that it will soon require that third-party applications support OAuth 2.0 as a connection method for access to G Suite data. In June 2020 Google will begin denying access to users that attempt to login to less secure apps (LSAs). | Continue reading
CWT, travel management platform provider, has expanded its myCWT platform to the China. The omni-channel, open API-based platform is the first of its kind in China. China's travel market includes specific nuances that required some customization for the myCWT platform and CWT mad … | Continue reading
Tourism applications can use data from dozens of sources including maps, transportation, booking, reviews, weather and more. Tourism APIs can help, and the best place to find them is in the ProgrammableWeb API directory. Here we highlight the top ten tourism APIs from Programmabl … | Continue reading
Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including DevOps, IoT, and Telephony. An API for receiving information about tagged smart products is featured, and a free API for geocoding and adding embedded maps is also included. Here's a look at wh … | Continue reading
The Open Geospatial Consortium has announced the formation of a Standards Working Group (SWG) that will aim to establish API standards to assist in the distribution of environmental data. The new SWG will standardize several APIs to assist in the distribution of various common d … | Continue reading
what3words has announced its new Voice API, powered by Speechmatics. what3words has divided the world into three meter squares, with each square represented by a unique set of three individual words. By using a three word identifier, duplicative and mispronounced street addresses … | Continue reading
Check Point Research, a provider of cyber threat intelligence, has published an in-depth review of an analysis they conducted concerning the popular TikTok video-sharing application. This analysis comes on the heels of continued scrutiny of TikTok by the United States government. | Continue reading
Shopify has published its latest API features roundup. The latest round of API updates focuses on merchandising and order fulfillment. A new FulfillmentOrders resource, Order Editing API, Smart Collections endpoint, support for new media types, and automatic discounts highlight t … | Continue reading
This article offers an introduction to and tutorial on aviationstack, a free, real-time flight status and global aviation data API used by more than 5,000 companies. It offers up to the minute information on flight departures, arrivals, historical arrival data, routes, airports, … | Continue reading
Twelve APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including IoT, Bitcoin, Pets, and Air Travel. Highlights include an API for enabling autonomous payments from smart devices and an API for Blockchain-based digital notary services. Here's a look at what is … | Continue reading
HERE Technologies is at CES 2020 and is showcasing two APIs. Its Public Transit API helps improve the public transportation experience by providing real-time information from departure boards and other public data. The Intermodal Routing API creates a smart routing experience acr … | Continue reading
Last year ProgrammableWeb reported changes to the Facebook Marketing API that aim to reduce discrimination in job postings, housing ads, and credit ads. This week, Facebook provided updated guidance for developers in light of these changes and the impending deprecation of v4 of t … | Continue reading
Walmart has announced the Walmart Advertising Partners program, which is accompanied by a new advertising API and four initial advertising partners. The announcement of an API-driven platform provides advertisers’ more direct access to their campaigns. | Continue reading
APImetrics has announced API.expert. The service gives developers insight into performance for leading APIs. Real-time data is available without any configuration needed. At launch, the service includes weekly data from leading API providers. | Continue reading
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange that enables the trading of over 100 cryptocurrencies, recently announced the release of new lending endpoints for the Binance API. The new functionality aims to simplify third-party lending via the company’s trading platform. | Continue reading
Cisco has reported API authentication mechanism vulnerabilities within its Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM). The vulnerabilities potentially allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and execute actions as if an administrator. The vulnerabilities are consid … | Continue reading