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Daily API RoundUp: MX Technologies, Cyanite, StackAPI, reSmush, Reconmap
Sixteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Climate, Payments, and Database. Highlights include an API for searching music libraries by mood, genre, or BPM, and an API for compressing and optimizing images. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
09-23-2020
Spotify Launches Podcast API
Spotify has launched a suite of Podcast APIs. Through the APIs, developers can create Podcast experiences specifically for Spotify listeners. The Podcast APIs add nine new endpoints to Spotify's host of developer APIs. For the moment, all of the new Podcast endpoints are in beta.
03-24-2020
SoundCloud API Issues Exposed by Security Researchers
Security researchers have identified various vulnerabilities within the SoundCloud API that could have allowed attackers to gain access to user accounts and easily initiate DDoS attacks. Checkmarx Research conducted an investigation into the online social music platform.
02-11-2020
Jaxsta Announced Music Credentials API
Jaxta is an online music credentials resource that was founded in 2015 with the aim of ensuring that music creators get the credit that they are due. The company now operates a massive database of music credits and has announced an API to expose this data for third-party use.
02-03-2020
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2019: Entertainment
For this installment of the Most Interesting API series, we focus on APIs added to our directory in categories including Sports, Music, Games, Humor, Video, Gambling, eSports, Animation, TV, Photography, Books, and Podcasts. Have a look for the year's highlighted Entertainment APIs.
12-28-2019
7 Top APIs for Lyrics
Developers looking to create applications for music lovers may want to add specific features for song lyrics. The best way to do that, is with an Application Programming Interface (API) for lyrics. Here, we detail the top 7 APIs for Lyrics from ProgrammableWeb, based on user page visits.
10-27-2019
Spotify Testing Voice Controls Thanks to SiriKit
Spotify subscribers who also use Apple products may soon be able to use Siri to interact with the popular music service. Spotify is taking advantage of the SiriKit audio API, which was recently made available via iOS 13, to test the integration. It's not a done deal, but iPhone owners can dream.
09-30-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Missive, NanoNets, Kwik, PlayNetwork, UniCourt
Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Email, Compliance, and Machine Learning. Highlights include an API for retrieving legal data from the U.S. court system and an API for Kwik delivery services in West Africa. Here's a look at what is new.
09-28-2019
Daily API RoundUp: FOIA, Spaceflight News, Anders Pink, Jockey Hype, Smartrak
Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Transportation, Open Data, and Music. Highlights include an API for fleet GPS services and an API for querying data about requests to The Freedom Of Information Act. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-01-2019
12 Top Music APIs
There are a wide range of music services on the internet that developers could tap into to create music applications, and there are hundreds of APIs available for developers to use for those applications. Here we highlight the most popular music APIs that are listed on ProgrammableWeb.
04-15-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Openwhyd, Multicycles, SignUp Genius, Shrimpy
Fifteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Bitcoin, Food, Music, and eCommerce. Featured today are an API for enhancing baby care apps, an API for bike sharing services, and an API for retrieving hiking trails data. Here's a rundown of what is new.
03-13-2019
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2018: Entertainment
For this installment of the Most Interesting API series, we focus on APIs added to our directory in categories including Sports, Music, Games, News Services, Video, Gambling, eSports, Emoji, Comics, Animation, Memes & Gifs, Photography, Books, Poetry, and Podcasts. Have a look at what our list below
12-27-2018
Amazon Music Skill API Lets Music Providers Bring Their Tunes to Alexa
Amazon has made its Music Skill API generally available in the Alexa Skills Kit. This API is meant for music service providers, such as Spotify or Pandora, and allows them to add their music service to Alexa-powered devices. Once connected, subscribers will be able to ask for their tunes by voice.
11-01-2018
Sonos to Freely Open Developer Program
To date, Sonos has worked with strategic development partners on an invite only basis. It's work with companies like Amazon and Samsung have helped ground the company in the smart home space. On September 6, 2018, Sonos will open its developer program to the braoder developer community.
08-31-2018
Facebook, Spotify API Abuses Highlight Open Platform Security Risks
Many of the world's most successful technology companies have seen their fortunes bolstered by offering open APIs, but incidents last week involving Facebook and Spotify demonstrate that open APIs are not without risk, especially when enforcement of API usage policies is lax.
03-19-2018
ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2017: Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Education
This article is part of a multi-part series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2017. Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Education APIs are covered here. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
12-27-2017
Daily API RoundUp: Loudr, Patreon, Spatial.ai, Escrow.com
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Stocks, Shipping, Funding, and Music. Highlights include the Spatial Neighborhood API which delivers data about human behavior based on micro-locations, and the Patreon API for crowdfunding creative services.
11-01-2017
Daily API RoundUp: Apple Music, Microsoft Intune, Lokalise, Nexosis, Unblu
Nineteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Engagement, Translation, and Machine Learning. Highlights today include the Apple Music API and APIs from MeteoGroup for weather apps that cater to business needs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
09-11-2017
At WWDC 2017 Apple Announces MusicKit API, Core ML API, ARKit API
Just yesterday, over 5000 developers gathered at the San Jose Convention Center for Apple’s WWDC 2017. In addition to the usual hardware overhauls and new products, Apple also announced some new APIs. These APIs include the MusicKit API, Core ML API, and the ARKit API.
06-06-2017
Daily API RoundUp: Google Cast, Associated Press, OpenStack, Azure Search
Twenty Two APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including News Services, Location, Database, and Music. Highlights today include several APIs for using OpenStack open source software tools for cloud computing. Here's a look at the latest additions.
02-01-2017