| 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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