The Edmunds PHP SDK by Stephen Coakley interacts with the API to access vehicle client, vehicle make, vehicle model, vehicle model/year, vehicle style, and vehicle photo.
Opening up their platforms to let developers build an ecosystem on top of it has been a key to success for top tech firms from Apple to Facebook. But they’re not alone. TomTom Telematics opened up its Webfleet platform to devs a few years ago and now has over 45,000 devs using its APIs.
Six APIs were added to the directory today in the Auto, Email, and Human Resources categories, among others. Also new are client libraries for BugHerd and EmailDirect.
Car companies from Ford and GM to Toyota and BMW, are racing to transform the car into a platform. According to Programmableweb's own Janet Wagner, Ford recently released an API to connect its SYNC AppLink system to developer apps.
