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In Other API Economy News: Bullet Streaming Query Engine, Bot Defense for APIs and More

In today's look at what what going on in the world of APIs we discuss Yahoo's streaming data query engine, Bullet, which promises the ability to run 'look-forward' queries; Distil Networks released Bot Defense for API aimed at ensuring authorized users are access API servers and more.

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Wendell Santos

Streaming, Security, Social

07-19-2017

What Is a WebSockets Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

Continuing our series on push technologies, part three looks at WebSockets and how they are appropriate for when you need a server-to-client real time interactive exchange. Part three discusses what you can do with WebSockets and how it differs from other push technologies.

Analysis

John Mueller

Streaming, API Design

04-20-2017

Kaltura Releases Mobile Video Player SDK Version 3.0

Kaltura has released a new version of its Mobile Video Player SDK for Android and iOS that is leaner and loads faster than the previous version (2.0) Developers can use the Kaltura Mobile Video Player SDK to embed the Kaltura Mobile Video Player into Android and iOS applications.

Brief

Janet Wagner

Video, Streaming

04-13-2017

What Is a PubSubHubbub Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

This is the second part of our series on push technologies. This article will look at PubSubHubbub, a closely related cousin to Webhooks. PubSubHubbubb is an API technology used to publish information on the Internet by pushing content instead of forcing clients to poll for it.

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John Mueller

Streaming, API Design, Publishing

04-03-2017

What is a Webhooks Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

This is the first part of our series on push technologies. This article will look at Webhooks, explaining what they are, how they work and why they are well suited to use cases where the underlying data is constantly refreshing. We will also look at examples of APIs that are supporting this style.

Analysis

Chris Wood

Webhooks, API Design, Streaming

03-28-2017

Major Live Streaming API News Expected from Twitter

Recent reports indicate that Twitter will make significant announcements next week regarding its live streaming API. The company is expected to open the API to a select group of media companies. The move would allow such companies to directly stream live video to the Twitter platform.

Brief

Eric Carter

Video, Media, Streaming

03-17-2017

Facebook Launches Continuous Live Video API

Facebook has launched a new Continuous Live Video API that enables developers to broadcast long and persistent streaming video to the world's largest social network. Previously, Facebook Live streams were limited to 90 minutes, but thanks to the new API, third parties can broadcast longer events.

Brief

Patricio Robles

Video, Content, Social

05-25-2016

Google and Twitch Introduce Streaming Game Play at GDC

Google and Twitch announced major service offerings in the world of game play streaming at the annual Game Developers Conference. Twitch's Stream First development approach, and Google's new Video Recording API are meant to create a collaboration between game, player, and audience.

Brief

Eric Carter

Games, Collaboration, Streaming

03-16-2016

How Spotify's Poor API Hygiene Broke a Bunch of Hardware and Software

According to software engineer Stein Magnus Jodal, the developer behind the open-source music server, Mopidy, online music streaming company Spotify poorly managed its libspotify SDK and APIs, resulting in broken hardware and software applications that relied on the Spotify platform.

Analysis

Patricio Robles

Music, API Management, Best Practices

02-23-2016

How to Access the Browser’s Media Capture and Streams APIs with JavaScript

When HTML5 did away with the browser plugins like Flash and Silverlight, it ushered in the Media Capture and Streams API that provides native access to a device’s media capturing hardware for streaming it later. This tutorial shows followers how to access these APIs using simple JavaScript.

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Martin W Brennan

Media, API Education, Publishing

02-07-2016

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In Other API Economy News: Bullet Streaming Query Engine, Bot Defense for APIs and More

What Is a WebSockets Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

Kaltura Releases Mobile Video Player SDK Version 3.0

What Is a PubSubHubbub Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

What is a Webhooks Push-Styled API and How Does It Work? API University

Major Live Streaming API News Expected from Twitter

Facebook Launches Continuous Live Video API

Google and Twitch Introduce Streaming Game Play at GDC

How Spotify's Poor API Hygiene Broke a Bunch of Hardware and Software

How to Access the Browser’s Media Capture and Streams APIs with JavaScript