Overview
Summary	How-to video search service
Category	Video
Tags	video education
Date Added	2008-09-03
Description	Use the Howcast API to integrate Howcast how-to videos and wiki guides into sites, widgets, or applications. Get information about a single video, including metadata such as title, description, video views, and ratings. Get videos restricted by a set of filters, sorted by most recent or most views. Search for videos, get details about a wiki guide, including title, description, views, and ratings. Get wiki guides restricted by a set of filters. Search for wiki guides.
API Home Page	http://www.howcast.com/api
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Protocol
Protocols	REST
Data Formats	XML, RSS, HTML
Service Endpoint	http://www.howcast.com
Functionality
API Groups	Single Video, List Videos, Search Videos, Single Wiki Guide, List Wiki Guides, Search Wiki Guides
Example API Methods	/videos/most_recent/directors_program.xml, /search.xml?q=query&view=video&api_key=api_key
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	Via API key
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	No
Support
Vendor API Kits
Community API Kits
API Blog	Howcast Tech blog
Site Blog	Howcast Site blog
API Forum	Howcast API Developer Google Group
Developer Support
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements	Howcast free account required to obtain API key
Developer Key Required	Yes
Account with Service Required	No
Commercial Licensing
Provider	http://howcast.com
Non-Commercial Licensing
Data Licensing
Usage Fees	None
Usage Limits	None specified
Terms of Service	API Terms of Service and Branding Requirements

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