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I can has API?A love story
Cal Henderson
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flickr.com/services
/api
The end!
Any questions?
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Cal HendersonOh hai
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(This oneis me)
Cal Henderson
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Flickr!
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Ludicorp
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VancouverCanada
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Vancouver
(Not part of America)Canada
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LondonEngland
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Game NeverEnding
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Game NeverEnding
(Now Ended)
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Virtual online worldthingy
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In stunning 2D!
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Carry things!
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A microeconomy
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Where do I fit in?
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No APIs
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HTTP
Sniffable
Discoverable
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gnespy.com
Also GNExus, etc
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Flickr?
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Games take money
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GNE was slow
NodeserviceNot modular – argh!
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Make some moneyFast!
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Then we can getback to the game
Lies!
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Flickr!
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APIs
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APIs
Army of Robots
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ApplicationProgramming
Interface
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Feedsvs
APIs
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Feeds architectureFlickr Brain
Templating
RDF AtomRSS
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RSS
Feeds architectureFlickr Brain
Templating
RDF AtomCSV
SQLCDFPHP
YAMLJSON
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flickr.com/services
/feeds
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Why bother
providing feeds?
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Simple
Just like web pages
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Not just for nerds?
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Not just for nerds?
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(Well, sort of)
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Cheaper than‘push’
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Less pushthese days
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Besidesgames
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Comet
Flash
Java
Sockets
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Push
Less bandwidth
Less computing
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Push
ImmediateFast
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Push
Producer must knowabout consumers
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Pull
Bandwidth & Processing
(cache stuff)
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Pull
Asynchronous
Slow
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Pull
Allows for adhoc consumers
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API architecture
FlickrBrainRequest Response
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Von Neuman?
ProcessInput Output
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flickr.com/services
/api
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Open?
Or public?
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API Explorer
(Built for us)
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Authentication
The problem
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Authentication
The revenge!
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Don’t sharepasswords!
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Tokens,
Frobs
& Mini-Frobs
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Advantages?
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Push identity
to flickr
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Operate on
private data
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Write!
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Why have
an API?
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Unit testing
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EmpowerDevelopers
(Army of monkeys)
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All the cool kids..
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Flickr
as
Platform
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MutuallyBeneficial
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Doesn’t comefor free
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Bandwidth
ProcessingStorage
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Abuse
(Stupidity)
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Support
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API Kits
PHP Perl ActionScript
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API Kits
PHP Perl ActionScriptColdFusion
LISP
cUrl
Delphi Java
.NET
Python BASICRuby
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What’s specialabout flixor?
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Public
by default
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Creative Commons
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Improve?
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More methods?
~100 public
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More formats?
FeedsRequests Responses
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Push?
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The future..?
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Flickr on Flickr
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Rich Integration
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Photo creditshttp://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/109584042/http://flickr.com/photos/jdlasica/153327729/http://flickr.com/photos/stewart/175271684/http://flickr.com/photos/hustlerofculture/104996715/http://flickr.com/photos/kirksiang/185374339/http://flickr.com/photos/jonsie/254419011/http://flickr.com/photos/24342028@N00/216035211/http://flickr.com/photos/yhassy/254837345/http://flickr.com/photos/ch/110731841/http://flickr.com/photos/andrewcoulterenright/9205611/http://flickr.com/photos/spike55151/18285051/http://flickr.com/photos/sepulture/164151196/http://flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/45667526/http://flickr.com/photos/andidfl/199832851/http://flickr.com/photos/santos/27538777/http://flickr.com/photos/beejjorgensen/12372792/http://flickr.com/photos/jaxxon/16914729/http://flickr.com/photos/holgalomaniac/50597465/http://flickr.com/photos/mbernet/72441466/
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Photo credits cont…http://flickr.com/photos/ccgd/64767879/http://flickr.com/photos/olivander/58499153/http://flickr.com/photos/thijsjacobs/90522778/http://flickr.com/photos/quiplash/47545024/http://flickr.com/photos/su-chan/157487686/http://flickr.com/photos/gabrielm3/182987412/http://flickr.com/photos/mr_mt_02/167611123/http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/120229489/http://flickr.com/photos/helenpalsson/196006913/http://flickr.com/photos/shutupyourface/222616352/http://flickr.com/photos/dgbalancesrocks/82272917/http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/111795102/http://flickr.com/photos/santos/96977613/http://flickr.com/photos/bunchofpants/24767283/http://flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/83359336/http://flickr.com/photos/momo0379/93207810/http://flickr.com/photos/processblack/67107439/http://flickr.com/photos/pscafe/79504379/http://flickr.com/photos/sergio_one/116015471/
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Photo credits cont…http://flickr.com/photos/intvgene/370973576/http://flickr.com/photos/josstyk/248920216/http://flickr.com/photos/ratterrell/267850875/http://flickr.com/photos/borghetti/43058749/http://flickr.com/photos/snowriderguy/37343192/http://flickr.com/photos/pandarine/3443396/http://flickr.com/photos/tedreese/192952089/http://flickr.com/photos/r80o/1583381/http://flickr.com/photos/drydenrenegade/35882847/http://flickr.com/photos/difusa/135964682/http://flickr.com/photos/avalonstar/52276678/http://flickr.com/photos/hiromy/199767366/http://flickr.com/photos/reneeanddolan/47927688/http://flickr.com/photos/jeffbelmonte/8228640/http://flickr.com/photos/tim_d/245116574/http://flickr.com/photos/wiseacre/153532248/http://flickr.com/photos/bees/543501526/http://flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/182191565/http://flickr.com/photos/baboon/162579094/
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Photo credits cont…http://flickr.com/photos/bright/15332404/http://flickr.com/photos/tracylee/415291546/http://flickr.com/photos/25512069@N00/499701703/http://flickr.com/photos/vidiot/69075298/http://flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/159877767/http://flickr.com/photos/piper/22584430/http://flickr.com/photos/monster/432466087/http://flickr.com/photos/drewvigal/58837009/http://flickr.com/photos/drewvigal/58837009/
The end!
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Questions?
