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I quit my job about a month ago to build stuff. Here is the first thing I'm releasing into the wild. It's an API directory and search engine. This is a basic M
by 6thSigma 13y ago
I quit my job about a month ago to build stuff. Here is the first thing I'm releasing into the wild.
It's an API directory and search engine. This is a basic MVP but I plan on this site being a valuable tool for both API providers and consumers.
List your API for free! If you have a favorite API you would like to list that you don't own, you can do that too.
Every hour, a bot will tweet a newly submitted API. You can follow that Twitter account here: https://twitter.com/apiforthat https://twitter.com/apiforthat
If you have any questions/comments/suggestions please let me know.
- swanson 13y agoWould be nice to be able to filter like "show me an API for TV show data that uses JSON and has a free option". Would also like a curated list of client libraries (there are like 2000 Twitter API Ruby gems - which one is the best/most active/most supported). I've used http://www.programmableweb.com/apis http://www.programmableweb.com/apis in the past, but the data seems kind of stale.
- 6thSigma 13y agoThanks! I'll add those to my todo list.
- csmatt 13y agoThere are quite a few in this space. I like the idea, though. It would probably gain traction if there was a nice sandbox and set of tools to mock up and understand requests for different services. I have links for all of these if you want them. APIFinder, ProgrammableWeb, RemoteMethods, Seekda, Web Service List, Webmashup, WSindex, XMethods, Mashape
- 6thSigma 13y agoI am trying to tailer API For That to be more of a social, wiki-like site for APIs. In the future I plan on adding following options, standardized documentation, wiki-like editing of public APIs, etc. Thanks for the mockup tools suggestion! I'll add that as something to look into.