This is the beginning of ProgrammableWeb's series on Cryptocurrency and why it matters to developers. In this article we present an overview of the ecosystem including a brief overview of blockchain, Ethereum and more as well as some of the common API types you can expect to see. | Continue reading
GraphQL, the open source technology originally backed by Facebook has continued to gain momentum since its release in 2015 and with its hype it’s easy to think that GraphQL is the way to go when developing your next API. As with any technology though, it has its strengths and wea … | Continue reading
Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Mail, Application Development and Telephony. Highlights include SDKs and an API for Dronecode open source drone operation platform and an API for sending mail without going to the post office. | Continue reading
TransferWise, provider of borderless money transfer solutions, has announced the release of an open API. The company believes that exposing their API to more developers will accelerate the rate at which tools are developed that meet the needs of consumers. | Continue reading
Today at Signal, Twilio’s developer conference, the company announced two new wireless options that aim to expand what is possible for IoT developers. First up is Twilio Super SIM, providing developers with a single SIM card that can operate globally via Twilio’s partnering cellu … | Continue reading
Storyblocks, the first subscription stock media service, has launched their Storyblocks Developer Portal. The self-serve portal allows developers to create test keys and try out the full functionality of the Storyblocks Stock Media API, from search filters to downloads. The Story … | Continue reading
BBVA launched a Banking as a Service platform in Europe before regulations all but compelled such platforms. It is ahead of the curve in the US as well. The company has moved the BBVA Open Platform out of beta, and ready for production environments for uses in the US. The platfor … | Continue reading
As enterprises embrace digital business models, they are evolving toward becoming data-driven organizations and harnessing analytics. This article explores the challenges of using traditional analytics approaches, how API management can address these challenges, and mine valuable … | Continue reading
Twilio has announced that it will acquire SendGrid in an all-stock deal that totals $2 billion, the company’s largest acquisition to date. Twilio is well-known in the developer community for their API offerings. With the addition of SendGrid’s services, Twilio gains an already ro … | Continue reading
The cost of bad data is high – from faulty insights, poor business decisions and lost sales to an annual cost of $3.1 trillion for U.S. companies alone. Melissa offers a white paper weighing the pros and cons of addressing data quality in-house versus an off-the-shelf solution. | Continue reading
GitHub has just announced that they are launching a Security Advisory API that will provide data on vulnerabilities aggregated from millions of projects. Programmatic access to security advisories should allow developers to more proactively address issues. | Continue reading
Microsoft took its next step in protecting user data by making two products available for public preview under the confidential computing project. The DC-series virtual machines and Open Enclave SDK have completed private betas and are ready for public preview. The goal is to pro … | Continue reading
Amazon has released three new APIs that expand the capabilities of doorbells, cameras, and other smart devices on users' front porches. The APIs help Alexa respond to doorbell presses, motion detection, and enable two way communication between someone at the front door and Alexa … | Continue reading
The modern work environment is filled with an overwhelming number of tools and applications, but with no easy way for employees to connect and share their ideas with the rest of the company. Here we look at how APIs can help companies make it easier for coworkers to find content … | Continue reading
Reloadly announces the official release of its mobile top up API service that’s designed exclusively for developers. The API enables developers to add airtime and some other mobile operator services to their applications in the program language they already use with just few line … | Continue reading
Nineteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Storage, Security, and Printing. Highlights include several APIs for the Stronghold crypto platform housed on the Stellar network, and a new API from Mercedes Benz. Here's a rundown of the late … | Continue reading
UTRUST has a bold vision: to be the PayPal of cryptocurrencies. The Swiss startup has a number of APIs in beta, and plans on launching a publicly available crypto payment platform in early 2019. The platform will enable both online and brick and mortar merchants to accept cryptoc … | Continue reading
Ten APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Mapping, eCommerce, and Holidays. Featured today are several APIs for Cloudprinter.com custom printing solutions and an API for ShipNerd shipping services. Here's a rundown of the latest additions. | Continue reading
Here Technologies has announced a beta of its new location data management cloud service: Here XYZ. XYZ is an open, community driven project that allows contributors to upload, manage, and display location data in a simple, and scalable manner. The service includes APIs and SDKs. | Continue reading
Throughout this last summer Apigee announced beta releases for three products: Apigee API Monitoring, Hosted Targets, and Extensions. The company has now moved all three into general availability, with API Monitoring rolling out in phases over the next several weeks. | Continue reading
Vonage has launched the Nexmo Messages API and Nexmo Dispatch API. The Messages API allows businesses to integrate social chat services with applications using a single API. The Dispatch API allows developers to add a fallback mechanism if the first message for a specific chat ch … | Continue reading
Rapid7 has announced API access to its InsightAppSec security solution. InsightAppSec is a security suite based on Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST). Prior to the API, usage of the DAST features were limited to the user UI options offered by Rapid7. Now, developers can … | Continue reading
ProgrammableWeb's series on cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies aims to give you a sense of the various components and business opportunities within the various cryptocurrency ecosystems. Now, let's take a look at a small handful of typical APIs across those ecosystems. | Continue reading
Stackery has expanded its serverless development toolkit through support of GraphQL. Now, developers can deploy AWS AppSync GraphQL APIs through Stackery. GraphQL resolvers can connect to backend data sources like DynamoDB tables, Lambda functions, and HTTP proxies. Check out the … | Continue reading
Google announced yesterday that it is shutting down the consumer version of Google+. The news came along side the reveal of an API vulnerability discovered earlier this year. The company will provide 10 months for users to download their content. | Continue reading
Adobe has announced the integration of Magento Commerce Cloud with Adobe Experience Cloud and the company has released Magento version 2.3. The latest version of Magento includes new Bulk APIs, Asynchronous APIs, and a new GraphQL implementation. | Continue reading
A look at the cryptocurrency market, with all its hype, failed ICOs, and questionable players, reveals an ecosystem comparable to that of the miners in the 1800s. In such an ecosystem, will a market for businesses providing tools and services (such as APIs) to the blockchain worl … | Continue reading
Facebook discovered a security attack that potentially compromised 50 million user accounts in late September. While Facebook has now reported that the actual affect was minimal, the company has released a tool that helps app developers understand whether their users were affecte … | Continue reading
Last week, cloud based printing company Cloudprinter.com launched the CloudPublish API. The API offers publishers a print on demand service that lets publishing apps be connected to hundreds of print partners. This allows content to be printed not only locally but around the worl … | Continue reading
What happens when you are ready to take your API from a small subset of users to something more open? What are the things you want to make sure are locked down tight before rolling out an open API program? James Higginbotham offered some tips for making sure your API is ready. | Continue reading
Nine APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Cryptocurrency, Printing, and Bots. Highlights include an API for temporary email and an API for IOTA Distributed Ledger Technology of the Internet of Things. Here's a rundown of the latest additio … | Continue reading
Facebook just announced the upcoming beta release of PyTorch 1.0. The AI framework fuses the research oriented capabilities of PyTorch with the production and scaling functionality of Caffe2 and ONNX. Facebook has already implemented PyTorch 1.0 to power many of its AI products. | Continue reading
BlackVue has released an API for cloud access to its in-vehicle dashcams. The API is targeted to GPS and fleet management solution providers. Potential use cases include monitoring, safety alerts, and fleet protection. The API follows behind the first fleet-targeted product, the … | Continue reading
Earlier this week GitLab announced the release of security updates aimed at fixing various flaws found in previous iterations. One issue was an insecure direct object reference that exposed confidential issues within all public projects, via the Events API. | Continue reading
Samsung wants developers to put its S Pen stylus for the Galaxy Note9 to work. The company recently released an SDK that gives developers access to the S Pen, allowing them to remotely trigger actions and controls with their apps via the stylus. This may let your app stand out. | Continue reading
Nine APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Blockchian, Location, and Project Management. Highlights include APIs for Telestream streaming video platform and Skyhook location intelligence solutions. Here's a rundown of the latest additions. | Continue reading
The newest SOAtest release aims to improve the test creation process by enabling users to leverage their organizations' existing test inventories and train SOAtest's artificial intelligence engine using machine learning, so it can create API test templates automatically. | Continue reading
Google announced that it is changing the way that delegate settings are managed within G Suite. The Gmail API is being expanded to handle these settings, and the Email Settings API, which had previously been used for controlling delegate relationships, will be deprecated as of Oc … | Continue reading
Atlassian has updated the Confluence and Jira Cloud APIs to comply with Europe's GDPR privacy regulations. The company will officially retire older APIs towards the end of March 2019. For now, the Bitbucket Cloud API has not been updated but the company will make GDPR-related cha … | Continue reading
Just as online trading expanded the options available to traders, a similar industry shift has been playing out over the past few years as algorithmic trading has become more accessible. This article looks at FXCM's platform including its API that helps traders get started with a … | Continue reading
Late last week Facebook announced updates to its Messenger Platform, which include the ability to give bots different personas, a customer chat plugin for WordPress, and removal of template restrictions on Tagged Messages. | Continue reading
Last week Google announced updates to both ARCore, as well as Sceneform, a 3D rendering library that can be used to create 3d scenes in AR and non-AR applications alike. Sceneform gains the ability to load gITF models at runtime, while ARCore sees the addition of point cloud IDs. | Continue reading
GraphQL has come a long way since Facebook first announced this open-sourced spec in 2015 with a number of Fortune 500 companies now employing the technology. To smooth out your implementation of the GraphQL backend at your company, here are five things you need to keep in mind. | Continue reading
IBM has announced the release of its GraphQL Wrapper for REST APIs. OASGraph can create a GraphQL interface from any OpenAPI Specification. With specific attention to authentication, API sanitation, and nested interfaces, IBM believes that OASGraph is the next big leap forward fo … | Continue reading
Avalara announced a new onboarding API for Avalara MyLodgeTax, the a tax compliance solution for the lodging industry. The API allows rental homeowners to transfer their property information from participating vacation rental platforms into Avalara MyLodgeTax’s lodging tax compli … | Continue reading
Seven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Images, Messaging, and Analytics. Featured APIs today include the Sakari API for bulk messaging, the Companies House for UK company data, and the StickerPop API for app stickers. Here's a look at … | Continue reading
After ongoing requests from the developer community, Prismic has launched an Alpha version of its GraphQL API. Developers interested should request access from the company, and their repo should be activated within three days of the request. Prismic expects bugs and much feedback … | Continue reading
Ripple provides blockchain payment technologies for banks, giving them more reliability, cost efficiency, and speed (transaction completion and recognition) that are infamous challenges within the banking industry. Its solutions enable banks to handle inter-bank transactions, liq … | Continue reading