API Questions

I have a huge database of UPC barcodes and their corresponding products (name, photo of the product, some specs).Do you think there might be a market to provide a paid API access to this data?

Ideas API Startups

asked Jun 30 '14 at 14:26

Michael Hall
14 points

What's the point of Etsy providing an API when they don't have an affiliate program. No site will be able to monetize traffic sent to them.Or do they do deals on an individual basis with developers...

API Affiliate Marketing Etsy

asked Feb 27 '14 at 22:08

Rafael Raber
50 points

I'm building a platform to help others make their own SaaS site. I have a landing page, a prototype, many things, but I'm trying to organize the ideas and prioritize the work. What the platform...

API Saas

asked Oct 25 '13 at 02:06

Jbcolmenares
117 points

Quite a lot of websites (glassdoor for example) give access to data about jobs, salaries, etc. through a REST API. So basically I can make an API call, get results and show the data on my website....

Data Request API Web Services

asked Oct 14 '13 at 04:54

Victor
137 points

We're working on a mobile application that provides location based services like cinemas nearby, places, events and deals. I need to decide from now and then, whether to integrate with an API to...

API Core Values

asked Jun 27 '12 at 20:45

Yehia A.Salam
131 points

I'm creating a travel website that lets users select points of interest for a particular city (a restaurant, museum, etc.). These records are to be displayed on a google map as markers. This I've...

API Website Travel

asked Jun 6 '12 at 20:59

Iamjonesy
129 points

We are looking for a way to validate that the person who creates an account has the ability to speak for the business in question. (Only U.S. based businesses for now.) And we are looking for ways...

API Business Business Services Validation

asked Apr 23 '12 at 07:44

Local Pc Guy
99 points

I would like to get an insight into which are the most important startups at the moment. can I get a list of all crunchbase companies which received over a specific ammount in funding. I now...

API

asked Mar 31 '12 at 23:06

Ryan
147 points

How is it possible to get the data from the banks? Did they go and talk to each bank and convinced the bank to open a API for them? Or do banks have this API already that they are using and you can...

API Bank Account

asked Mar 13 '12 at 01:20

Ryan
147 points

My company is developing a web application and we are about to release a developers API soon. We would like to promote our API to 3rd party developers so that they develop their own applications...

API

asked Feb 23 '12 at 20:32

Ita
81 points

I have an API that I would like to launch as an MVP, to gauge market interest. It extracts keywords from text. Goals: Acquire users on my mailing list, so I can market other products and...

API Market Research Demo MVP

asked Jan 8 '12 at 18:22

Joseph Turian
895 points

My company provides a set of API for accessing telecommunication services (kind of like Twilio). The target customers are web developers. They could be indie developers, or companies. What are...

Marketing API

asked Dec 14 '11 at 14:00

Samwize
106 points

I am thinking about building a service around some other company APIs. However, prior of diving into some code, I would like to evaluate all the strategic aspects of such a "one way...

Strategy API

asked Sep 16 '11 at 09:38

Leonid Mirsky
25 points

Can I give Google Analytics data from the API as a free gift feature to my customers that are paying for a monthly subscription service? Or would this be outside of Googles terms of service.

API Analytics Google Business Services

asked Jul 30 '11 at 21:36

Daxon
111 points

We're a small startup company in the web security space. In a nutshell, we have developed a unique approach to scan and detect web threats. After much consideration, we have decided to welcome the...

Monetization API Saas

asked May 3 '11 at 22:32

Marek.B
9 points

We have a web service and offer APIs for customers to integrate and create other customizations. Since following ReSTful design, we found our design eventually are so much alike our competitors. If...

API Intellectual Property

asked May 5 '11 at 08:06

Steve
16 points

Where do the many hotel booking websites get their hotel data? ie. # of free rooms within certain dates, price per night, etc. Is it possible to get the data somewhere and handle booking myself,...

API Data Travel

asked Dec 21 '10 at 09:32

Ben
118 points

My Tax Exempt 501(c)(3)non-profit organization is launching a new web application. We will be generating large amounts of emails between our users. We estimate that we will be sending and receiving...

Non Profit API Email Web Services Free

asked Oct 16 '10 at 11:43

John Kramlich
108 points

recently more and more apps appear that retrieve data from Facebook and store it in some form for further processing...

API Facebook Terms And Conditions

asked Feb 19 '10 at 20:25

Michal Slocinski
28 points

My new build package features a link with Google maps. However, having had a look at their terms and conditions, I am unsure exactly where I stand with integrating their tools within my chargeable...

Marketing Legal API Google

asked Jan 31 '10 at 04:45

Dr. Phil
86 points