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Canon Launches New SDK and API Package for Select Cameras
Canon Europe announces the release of its new camera API package, offering a range of resources to developers. The combined EOS Digital SDK and all-new Camera Control API (CCAPI) create unique opportunities for developers and software engineers to take advantage of select Canon cameras and lenses.
01-06-2019
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
Picasa Web Albums Data API to be Deprecated
In January 2019, Google is deprecating its Picasa Web Albums Data API and disabling all associated OAuth scopes. Any existing applications using the API will continue to work until that time. In March 2019, the Picasa Web Albums API will be turned off at which point all calls will fail.
12-08-2018
Google Adds Quick, Draw! API
In 2016 Google released Quick, Draw!, a digital version of Pictionary that uses machine learning to guess what users are drawing in their browser. Google is now providing the entire data set behind this algorithm as an open source API, allowing developers to research the way people draw.
11-21-2018
Metropolitan Museum of Art Launches New Public API
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, today announced a new API that will provide access to 406,000 images from the The Met collection, all available to use free of copyright or restriction. The Met Collection API is a step forward for the museum’s Open Access Program.
10-26-2018
Everypixel API Expands to Provide User Generated Content Photography Scoring
Everypixel, a stock image search engine that uses AI to analyze images on the basis of aesthetic appeal, has expanded the Everypixel API to include User Generated Content Photography Scoring. The API already provided functionality for image tagging, stock photo scoring, and visual search.
10-24-2018
Google Photos Library API now Generally Available
Google's Photos Library API is now generally available. The API helps developers easily consume and use photos and videos through connecting, uploading, and sharing functionality. While the API is open for use, Google introduced a Google Photos partner program for large integrations.
09-11-2018
500px API No Longer Free of Charge
This week, 500px cryptically announced the 500px API would no longer be available for free. The announcement hints that the API will continue to be available for a price, but no pricing tiers or models have been published. The announcement was made via Hacker News and developers are speculating.
06-20-2018
Snapchat to Launch its First-Ever Developer Platform
According to a report published by TechCrunch, Snapchat is secretly planning to launch a developer platform, its first ever. Dubbed Snapkit, prototypes of the platform suggest it will give developers access to Snap's camera software so that they can integrate it into their applications.
05-31-2018
Daily API RoundUp: Google Photos, Shopify GraphQL, Citibank, ClickUp
Eighteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Banking, eCommerce, and Healthcare. Highlights include the recently announced Google Photos API and several APIs for integrating with Citibank services. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-12-2018
Google Photos Library API Brings The Power Of Google Photos To Your App
Google Photos is one of Google's best efforts. The cloud-based service not only backs up photos, but taps into Google Assistant for help creating collages, albums, and more. The new Google Photos Library API will allow developers to port Google Photos, with all its tools, into their own application.
05-09-2018
Instagram Has Effectively Killed its Public API
Instagram has deprecated much of its public API effective immediately. In a changelog published today, the popular Facebook-owned social media sharing platform announced that the endpoints for Follows and Relationships, Public Content Commenting, Likes and User Search have been removed.
04-04-2018
Instagram Breaks Apps, Surprises Developers With Substantial API Rate Limit Reduction
Facebook-owned Instagram has broken apps and surprised developers by substantially reducing the number of API calls allowed per user per hour. According to reports, the rate limit for the Instagram API was reduced from 5,000 per user per hour to 200 per user per hour this weekend without warning.
04-03-2018
Snap Opens up Its Marketing API to All Developers
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, today announced that its Marketing API is now available to all developers. The API allows third parties to programmatically buy ads in the Snapchat app and manage their advertising campaigns. It also offers additional targeting and testing functionality.
02-13-2018
Daily API RoundUp: Starling Bank, ICObench, Estated, UserIQ
Sixteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Banking, Mapping, and Photos. Highlight include the Get Image API which returns data about the location and cameras used for a particular photograph. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
12-16-2017
Updates to Walgreens API Platform Coming Soon
Walgreens has announced that a number of updates are coming soon to the company’s API Platform. Among the platform updates are the addition of a Store Number List Endpoint to the Store Locator API, the launch of the new Add To Cart API, and backend upgrades to the HTML Checkout Photo Prints API.
12-15-2017
How to Build a Photo Gallery with the Cosmic JS API
Would you like to add a photo gallery to an application with the help of Vue.JS framework? It could be useful to showcase products, demonstrate what a service can do for the users, or serve as a call to action.
Vue.JS framework facilitates building user interfaces on the web.
11-05-2017
Prisma Shifts Focus From Photo Editing App to API-Driven B2B Services
Prisma, an AI-powered photo filter company, is shifting focus from its mobile app to SDK and API-based B2B services. Prisma announced it will continue to support the Prisma app, but it will concentrate on offering third parties programmatic access to its machine vision and photo editing features.
08-22-2017
Instagram Launches New API Features and Upgrades to Facebook Graph API
Instagram made API news today with new comment features, and a major upgrade. The Instagram Platform API has upgraded to Facebook's Graph API. This allows greater flexibility to access Instagram data from third party tools. Instagram commented that the API will be available to all developers soon.
07-24-2017
Everypixel Launches API Access to Image Search and Aesthetic Filter
Everypixel has made a name for itself among the developer community for its artificial intelligence based image search and aesthetic filter technology. After numerous requests from the developer community, Everypixel has published an API so developers can programmatically access the tool.
07-06-2017