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What are some of the less-known and interesting public APIs and frameworks that I can use for iPhone?

What are some of the less-known and interesting public APIs and frameworks that I can use for iPhone? In OS 3.0 they're supposed to be 1000 new APIs more than in 2.2, so which one of these are the most interesting and not so well-known? ...

twitter api returning xml on one server, empty string on another

I have a php Twitter app which lets you mark tweets as favorite. I'm doing something like this: $fav = $twitter->createFavorite("xml", $get_id);//handles api call (using curl) $fav_result = new SimpleXMLElement($fav); On my localhost and on one online server all goes well: the tweet is marked as favorite, and the api call returns xml...

Ituneslib API with itunes 9.0 compatibility issue

Ituneslib api stopped working with itunes 9.0. (exception in first interaction) Is there an alternative API ? has anyone found a solution for it ? It works perfectly in several computers with itunes 8.x, and just doesn't open (doesn't create COM object with itunes 9.x) Any workarounds ? ...

How can I get the target platform info of a dll with Python 3.1.1?

I have many dll files and I would like to select them into two different folders (PC and PPC). For this I need to know the target platform of the dll file or any other details about its platform. I use Python 3.1.1. I have tried the win32api which does not compatible with this Python version. So, I tried to use the ctypes.windll with tr...

API for Sending SMS to Mobile Phones from Website

I'd like to include user validation in my web app, to prevent the user from creating many accounts. For example, when a new user signs up, they must enter a mobile phone number, receive an SMS, then enter a confirmation code. Is there a service or API out there that automates/simplifies this process? Thanks! ...

TextField Keyboard startup in Number mode

I need the UITextField "ASCII Capable" keyboard to come up in numeric mode. I can't find an API for this, what am I missing? ...

Google Chrome Extensions, Doesn't Respond to Bookmark Events

I am trying to utilize the Google Bookmarks API for Chrome Extensions (this is not the Google Bookmarks API as in http://www.google.com/bookmarks/, but rather Chrome Bookmarks API). Anyway, I just tried a simple example which I have the background.html and the manifest.json listed below. However, I am not getting the alert dialog box. ...

wav to midi conversion

Are there any Open source APIs available for wav to midi conversion? You find many open source software, but I couldn't find APIs. Is there any way I can find them? Also are there any Open source APIs available for music transcription? (i.e. generating a digital version of a music sheet). Greatly appreciate any form of direction or assis...

php connecting to MediaWiki API and retrieve data

Hi guys, I noticed there was a question somewhat similar to mine, only with c#:link text. Let me explain: I'm very new to the whole web-services implementation and so i'm experiencing some difficulty understanding (especially due to the vague mediawiki api manual). I want to retrieve the entire page as a string in PHP (xml file) and the...

Acessing DLLs in VB.NET

Hi, I'm not that good with VB.NET yet and I'd like to learn about API's and external DLL files. Perhaps someone can post some sample code with explanation/comments or point me to some tutorials. ...

How can I use a MAC address to get a GPS coordinate?

I know services exist such as skyhook, but I simply can not find an API or information on how to use it. I have a list of MAC addresses from wireless networks, or even wired networks, and I want to get triangulated GPS coordinates of the user. EDIT: Somebody mentioned that you can't get MAC address information? From Windows 7 I did "ne...

Post to Facebook fan page from backend?

I am trying to write a Facebook application that can post to a Facebook fan page (not a user page), using streamPublish. However, I'm having a hard time finding documentation on how to let the backend program stay "logged in" between sessions. I've deduced that it has something to do with the session secret and key, but I've found no goo...

If I'm new to java api, say for ex tidy. In general how can I start learning,Give tips to program using new api;s

If I'm new to java api, say for ex jtidy. In general how can I start learning,Give tips to program using new api;s. I have javadoc for that api. with this I dont know how to proceed further ...

A GPS Web App tracking people

Hi everybody, i'm inteding to develop a web application that can track somebody carrying a GPS emitter. I think that the simpliest way is to insert a sim card in the emitter that will send some messages to the databse. I have some questions: Is there a GPS emitter device that can be tracked by this way (having a sim card reader) and e...

Trying to find a PHP5 API-based embeddable CMS

I've been making the rounds for a CMS that I can use as an API, in a sort of "embedded" mode. I mean by this that I don't want the CMS to do any logic or presentation. I want it to be used as an API, which I can then use within an existing site. I don't want to be tied to the architecture of the CMS. A good example of this is NC-CMS (h...

How to offer code for others to embed your content into their html pages?

Maybe the answer to this question is less complicated than I am making it... I have a Zend Framework PHP web application. I am going to create a simple API that will output a report for the user's account. The content will be as simple as this: <ul> <li>Item 1</li> <li>Item 2</li> </ul> I want to offer a code snippet that the...

Documenting a REST service

I would like to thoroughly document an API service (with at least HTML). This service follows resource-oriented RESTful best practices. Are there any tools that can assist in compiling and and maintaining this documentation, or do I have to build it all from scratch? ...

Is it possible to call Complex soap API from QTP web-service addin?

Hi All, Is it possible invoke the SOAP API which returns object of some class or which takes the object of class as input parameter via QTP web-service addin? Is there any way to call overloaded API via QTP web service addin? Thannks Laxman ...

create api using php

Hi I want to develop one simple api using php. My functionality is that if some one enter some required values then they will get calculation result from the algorithm beside on my site. I am not getting from where can i start. and also not getting any sample code for API using PHP. Thanks Aviansh ...

Direct Appointment Google Calendar via URL

Social media is being used nowadays to spread the word of certain newspost bij one-click, the site i'm currently working on is a museum. They have activities on certain days, the idea is that there will be a google calendar link as well to immediately post the activity on the calendar when interested. Now I've been searching the net a b...