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An Introduction to APIs
- ycmike 13y agoThis is beyond useful.
- mycodebreaks 13y agoThe section on OAuth needs to be made better.
- bryanh 13y agoOf course, there is a lot of nuance in the OAuth spec(s), but we didn't feel the need to be that verbose for an "An Introduction to APIs". We'd love to hear more about what broad but important aspect of OAuth that we missed! We'll absolutely make revisions and updates.
- thmcmahon 13y agoCompletely agree - that's the first time I've read a guide to oauth and actually understood it. So big thanks from me.
- fosk 13y agoFor OAuth, I highly recommend the OAuth Bible: http://oauthbible.com http://oauthbible.com
- mantrax3 13y agoHey I like how they've blurred this DKJX3-7KBW5-237BT-K22TX-6XG7J key here in Chapter 5: https://zapier.cachefly.net/static/CplbOk/images/learn/apis/ch5-product-key.png https://zapier.cachefly.net/static/CplbOk/images/learn/apis/... ... beyond any recognition!
- recentdarkness 13y agoHonestly I am not sure if it is such a good idea to post a license key for Windows 8 in public like that. I really hope it's fake ;)
- unreal37 13y agoLove this! More companies should do this. Teach your customers how to use your product.
- tdaltonc 13y agoReminds me of this: http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/apis http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/apis
- kevinvernon 13y agoNice introuction to APIs. Very helpful and easy to understand.
- OWaz 13y agoI find the layout to be very refreshing. Whoever put it together did a pretty sweet job since it doesn't feel like reading the usual technical guide on how to use XYZ.
- noel82 13y agovery well written and refreshing as others said. +1 absolutely!
- TonyNib 13y agoReally nice presentation. Clear, professional, interesting and useful.
- vishal_biyani 13y agoShameless plug: Wrote recently about how API, platform thinking are changing the business in ways not imagined: http://www.vishalbiyani.com/api-economy/ http://www.vishalbiyani.com/api-economy/
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- MicroBerto 13y agoGreat document, so I'll bite, since they deserve it: What is this Zapier really? What are some examples of what it can do? These services that basically sound something like "With our tools, you can do anything with data!!" always confuse me. Until otherwise convinced, I'm of the opinion that if you can do "everything", you do nothing.
- AndyBaker 13y agoThey connect APIs. They've defined a bunch of methods for popular APIs. You can then pipe the results into another API. e.g. Watch Disqus comments and auto send thank you mail Send email attachments to your Dropbox Create Trello cards from Evernote items Checkout the Directory, then click on an item - you'll see all the possible interactions: https://zapier.com/zapbook/ https://zapier.com/zapbook/
- MicroBerto 13y agohttps://zapier.com/zapbook/ https://zapier.com/zapbook/ Oh wow, that's what I needed to see. Impressive. Almost overwhelming! Thanks
- eddieroger 13y agoLooks cool, but I really get a little tweaked when incomplete things are shared like this. To me, it's not useful if I can't read through and work the whole guide, which leaves this one somewhere between email-bait to get updates on the end or just regularly incomplete.
- stronglikedan 13y agoI see it as more of a multi-part blog series, where you can read the first few parts and wait for the rest, or you can wait until all parts have been written and read it all. In this case, it's better than a blog series, because you can be notified as soon as it's complete without having to keep checking back.
- jayvanguard 13y agoNicely done.
- myth_drannon 13y agoI really respect these guys for taking on one of the most soul sucking dev jobs which is API integration and make it work. And they integrate hundreds of APIs! I would just go crazy if it was my day job.
- bryanh 13y agoWell, we are hiring! ;-) https://zapier.com/blog/help-automate-business-zapier-jobs-and-careers/ https://zapier.com/blog/help-automate-business-zapier-jobs-a...