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In Imageshack's API, what does the public/private option actually mean?

In Imageshack's API, what does the public/private option actually mean? Is there some kind of directory that the image will appear in if it is designated as public? ...

Is there a Google Search API I can call, server-side, no strings attached?

I would like to use Google Search to power my site search, without having to use Google-supplied JavaScript or overly-specific (if they need me to say “Powered by Google,” that’s fine). I don’t want to send users to Google’s domain, and I don’t want them to see a Google Custom Search logo. Is there an API for this? ...

Is there any public API to access the current timestamp using javascript?

I have a Chrome extension that relies heavily on a server back end to function. In a few weeks I'm going to need to do some changes on the server for about an hour. Is there any public API that can be used to get the time from a server (probably someone who's made one on appspot or something), all I need is to have everyone getting the s...

Are HTTP APIs with (almost) no methods that bad?

Suppose I have an HTTP API with two methods: read and write. So I could do POST url: /api/read body: <method>customers.list</method> <args> <area_code>90210</area_code> </args> POST would be the method for both read and write. I know it's not RESTful, but I can update it on the fly on the server side without having to change the cli...

Warn when leaving scope with unsaved property values

We have our own custom ORM wrapper with classes like Contact, Company, etc., which have properties such as Name, Address, and so on. You "create" an instance of a class, which implicitly downloads the current record from the database: // fetch a contact with ID myRecordID from connection myConnection Contact myContact = Contact.Create(m...

Simple product search API

I'm trying to do something for a webapp I'm building: The user inputs a fuzzy product title, eg: Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde The app presents a list of products matching that string sorted by relevance. I've tried doing this through the Amazon ECS API. I realise that would lock me to Amazon but right now, I'm okay with that. The prob...

API for Wikipedia in Objective C?

Hi there, Does anybody know if there is an implementation of the wikipedia api in objective c? which can be used to access and display the information a bit nicer then with the plain website. I'm thinking of something like the wikipanion app but not so sophisticated. Thanks Joerg ...

Rails app, upload via API, test via curl

How can i make my photo rails app to receive images (and handling them with paperclip) through the built in API using paperclip plugin. My app works fine when upload from browser..How can i test the API with curl command? How can specify the end-point url? thanks. ...

Hosted social networking platform with rich API?

I'm looking for a hosted social networking platform which provides an API for: user and group management (create/delete accounts, edit group membership) single sign-on and event notification (pull/push messages) So far I've looked at Ning (no user management or SSO) and SocialGO (seems to do all I need, but the documentation is fr...

iTunes library API access from an Application

Hi, Basically, I want to be able to create an app that accesses your iTunes Library and plays the music. How can I access the library directly from the app? Regards. ...

How do I get the region endpoints from the Amazon SimpleDB API

So its easy to get the Amazon EC2 region endpoints simply via an API call (DescribeRegions) But how do I do this with the SimpleDB API, there is no obvious (to me) call. (and the endpoints are different, so I can't just use the EC2 one's) Edit: Oh, I'm using the .NET API ...

How can I hide the image link in facebook wall with the Graph API?

Hello, I have posted a message to my facebook wall through my web site, that contains also a picture. What I want now is hide the link of the picture that is shown there but still make the picture work as a link. I am using: $facebook->api('/me/feed', 'post', array('message'=> $message, 'description'=> $description, 'picture'=> $image, ...

Click event inside GoogleMap InfoWindow

I want to display googlemap location details in a info window and a button inside the infowindow, so that after clicking that button, a new QMainwindow will display. At this point of time I am only able to show the default infowindow with close button. Is it possible to add a clickable event inside the infowindow. ...

How can I check to see if a Vimeo video exists?

Currently, I have a function that builds a vimeo player based on a vimeo ID function create_video_player_by_ID($video_id){ $player = '<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/'; $player .= $video_id.'" '; $player .= 'width="'.$this->width.'" '; $player .= 'height="'.$this->height.'" '; $player .= 'frameborder="0">...

How to set launcher application icon on Android Cellphone with 1.5 api

I Im working with a Motorola DEXT with a 1.5 api, and the application launcher icon it's not shown. When I use an emulator with a 1.6 or newer api it works just fine. Is there any additional steps to configure the icon for older apis like the 1.5 I'm working on? Thank you very much ...

Google Maps: Store locator

I am about to start designing a store locator for a business. I had a few questions on the best route to take. The main questions are located in bold. There will be two columns, 1 with the map itself and 1 with the list of all stores currently located in the view of the map. I am hoping to have the google map to be loaded zoomed onto a ...

Linked In Answers Search API?

Is there an API to search all Linked In Questions and Answers by a keyword? It should be simple enough, but their docs don't show anything to this effect. ...

Web service - method naming?

I know naming a webservice method is probably a personal preference, however I'm interested to know what you guys would name it, and why? 1: AccountCreate AccountDelete AccountList AccountUpdate or 2: CreateAccount DeleteAccount ListAccount UpdateAccount ...

Web based curve sketching API/app?

Hi, Are there any web services/apps for plotting curves? Something similar to the Google Chart API, but for general mathematical curves, e.g. x^2, the exponential function, maybe even functions of two variables, etc.. I am interested in either an API provider or an HTML5/Flash-based online tool. Thanks! ...

twitter api issue

I'm integrating "Sign in with twitter account" function at my site. So, I'm sending request to https ://twitter.com/oauth/request_token, getting token, making redirect to https ://twitter.com/oauth/authenticate?oauth_token=%oauth_token% Then I recieving call back with oauth_token and oauth_verifier This goes fine. But than I need to ...