About a year ago, I was excited to discover ColourLovers had an API. There is some great data about colours and palettes on that site, and some great possibilities for mashups – some as general-purpose art projects, and some as tools for designers.
However, I noticed there was no JSON-P interface, so there was no way [...]
Tags: Ajax·API·ColourLovers·Javascript·JQuery·Project
It’s often a requirement for an Ajax app to “bust the cache”, i.e. call a service and ensure its response comes direct and not from a cache. For all the talk of fancy header techniques, the easiest way to do it is by appending an arbitrary parameter, typically a random number and/or a timestamp i.e. [...]
Amazon, Yahoo, and Ebay all have E-Commerce APIs, right? The model is “You can create a UI and if it fits a niche better than us, you make money”. It’s one of those odd models where you’re competing and partnering at the same time. Some other examples where this hsa occurred:
Phone companies forced by government [...]
