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Daily API RoundUp: Mozilla Web Thing, BNP Paribas, BlockCypher, SpeedyBooker
Eighteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Internet of Things, Travel and Blockchain. Highlights include the Mozilla Web Thing API, Dragonchain API, and the BNP Paribas open banking project API. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
06-04-2019
13 Notable Transportation APIs
New technology and transportation applications have transformed the way commuters, delivery services, fleet operators, and travelers get places. Driving these applications are Transportation APIs, and developers can find hundreds of them in the ProgrammableWeb directory. Here are some highlights.
05-24-2019
10 Most Popular Travel APIs
Looking to build a travel application? ProgrammableWeb provides over 550 APIs to enable developers to create and enhance applications for travel. Here we list the more popular APIs listed in the Travel category of the ProgrammableWeb directory, including Expedia, Concur, and Amadeus.
04-15-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Penguin Random House, eBird, Referral Rock, Daneel
Fifteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Travel, Referrals, Lyrics, and Books. Highlights include a geofencing API from TomTom, an API for blockchain news aggregation, and an API for bird data. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
03-02-2019
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2018: Lifestyle and Education
This article is part of a multi-part series about Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs that were added to our directory during 2018. are covered here. These Lifestyle and Education APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
12-29-2018
Arrivedo API Empowers Hotels with Localized Experience and Content Materials
Arrivdeo has introduced an API that hopes to make hotels better hosts. With the Arrivdeo API, hotels can deliver local guides and content through various points of contact (e.g. apps, emails, websites, staff training, etc.). Arrivdeo includes personalized neighborhood guides for over 250 cities.
12-17-2018
Singapore Airlines Announces Developer Platform
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced the release of their KrisConnect Programme, which aims to enhance the overall customer experience by making resources more readily available. The company’s APIs offer partners a range of functionality.
10-22-2018
Avalara Announces New MyLodgeTax API for Onboarding Rental Owners
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 compliance solution.
09-30-2018
TravelgateX launches HotelX, an API for Hotel Search and Booking
Travel marketplace TravelgateX has launched HotelX, a hotel accommodation aggregation and booking API. Using the API, third-party applications can allow their users to search for available hotel accommodations, obtain price quotes and reservation terms, and complete and manage bookings.
08-09-2018
Airbnb Announces API Updates
Airbnb has announced a number of updates related to its API. For developers of software that allows Airbnb hosts to create and manage their Airbnb listings, there is a new feature that makes it easier to merge existing listings and sync settings, as well as a new dashboard and test sandbox.
08-01-2018
Bing Maps Routing API Adds Waypoint Optimization
Microsoft has added waypoint optimization to the Bing Maps Routing API, which allows developers to create routes between driving locations. The API is ideal for delivery and transportation businesses, and the route optimization functionality is intended to address the traveling salesman problem.
07-30-2018
Daily API RoundUp: Resin.io, Feedity, TravelgateX
Six APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Travel, Auto, Internet of Things, and Movies. Highlights include the Feedity service which allows for API creation from an RSS feed and Travelgate X GraphQL APIs. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-03-2018
TravelgateX Launches GraphQL-based Travel API
The creators of XML Travelgate have rebranded the company with the launch of its new, GraphQL-based travel platform: TravelgateX. TravelgateX includes over 100 travel APIs and aims to be the single, global marketplace for both suppliers and buyers in the travel and tourism space.
04-27-2018
Expedia Affiliate Network Launches New API for Travel Accommodations
Travel booking giant Expedia, through its Expedia Affiliate Network, has launched EAN Rapid, a new platform for travel accomodation search and booking. The platform contains a number of APIs, including Geography, Shopping and Booking APIs, that affiliates can use to build booking applications.
03-16-2018
Daily API RoundUp: Po.et, TeloInterview, U.S. Census Bureau
Sixteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Open Data, Bitcoin, and WebRTC. Featured today is Po.et API for securing digital assets with blockchain technology, and an API for interviewing job candidates via video. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
02-17-2018
ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2017: Mapping and Location
This article is part of a 10-part series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2016. Mapping and Location APIs are covered in this segment. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
12-30-2017
How APIs Can Inspire The Complete Reinvention of an Old Business
Everywhere you look, you'll find old business processes that have been in place for decades. When many of these processes went online, chances are they were reproduced, step-for-step, electronically. No one bothered to think differently about those steps. Jetty is example of one company that did.
11-17-2017
Google to shutter the QPX Express Airfare Search API
Google has announced that on April 10, 2018, it will cease offering the QPX Express API that provides developers access to airline pricing and shopping through a standard API. Google acquired the technology behind the QPX Express API when it completed its acquisition of ITA Software in 2011.
11-02-2017
Airbnb Officially Launches an API
The long awaited Airbnb API is officially here. While Airbnb has publicly announced its official API, the API is not completely open to the public. Those interested must apply from access. Public documentation is not currently available. The focus of the initial API launch is the supply side.
10-17-2017
In Other API Economy News: AI API Security, Trip Planning APIs and More
Can an automated, AI backed security solution for your API infrastructure really replace a team of security engineers? As the week comes to a close, we examine that question as well as offer a look at some new APIs and SDKs, as we bring you the news we couldn’t cover in the world of APIs.
06-23-2017