03-05-2006
Company: AOL
AOL APIs (30)
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| API Name | Description | Category | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IAB OpenDirect | The OpenDirect API, supported by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, can be used to streamline the purchasing and selling of digital ad space. The API allows publishers to programmatically track... | Advertising | 11.03.2014 | |
| The Aol On Network | The Aol On Network is a large, online library of videos covering news, pop culture, and more within a wide range of channels. The AOL On Network API allows developers to integrate video content,... | Video | 11.12.2013 | |
| About.me | About.me is a service that allows users to create one-page websites about themselves. Users can customize their page, upload a photo, include biographies, interests, and links to Twitter, Facebook,... | Social | 05.21.2012 | |
| MapQuest Open Guidance | The MapQuest Open Guidance API allows developers to create mobile navigation applications. Rather than simply providing the geometry of a route and narrative directions, the Guidance API shares the... | Mapping | 01.24.2011 | |
| MapQuest Open | MapQuest Open API is an OpenStreetMap-based version of embeddable online maps. Using JavaScript or Flex (Flash and Mobile Flash APIs), you can create maps, add controls, plot points and draw lines on... | Mapping | 01.12.2011 |
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