Professional Web APIs: Google, eBay, Amazon.com, MapPoint, FedEx

* Shows developers how to harness the power of services such as Google, eBay, PayPal, and Amazon from within an application, whether it is Web-based, Windows-based, or even a Microsoft Office application * After a quick review of the basics, readers will dive into more advanced techniques such as calling the APIs from mobile devices, Office VBA programs, Windows Forms and Web applications, and even how to integrate the various APIs together for a complete solution * Veteran Wrox author Denise Gosnell skillfully guides readers through the ins and outs of the various services, the anatomy of an API query, which features are available via the APIs, and how to get results from their own applications * Readers will build two fully functional applications to apply what they have learned-one a Windows program, the other a Web application

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Title of ebook: Professional Web APIs: Google, eBay, Amazon.com, MapPoint, FedEx
ISBN: 9780764597510
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Publisher: Wrox
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Pages: 336
Published: 03-2005
Released online for download: 03-18-2005
Author of eBook: Gosnell, Denise M.

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Chapter One

Anatomy of a Web API

In this chapter, you will learn the basic concepts of Web APIs that I use throughout the rest of the book. Web APIs are application programming interfaces that can be called over standard Internet protocols. Many companies are using Web APIs to expose functionality in their existing systems in a platform-neutral manner. Other companies are building applications from the ground up as Web APIs. Web APIs generally allow remote computers on different platforms to talk to each other using methods that were previously very difficult. This chapter will specifically cover the following:

What a Web API is and how it differs from a Web service

The current status of Web APIs in the industry

Calling a Web API using REST (HTTP-GET)

Calling a Web API using HTTP-POST

Calling a Web API using HTTP and SOAP

Web APIs versus Web Services

Web APIs are application programming interfaces that are available over the Internet. They are also sometimes referred to as Web services. It is helpful to think of a Web API as a series of Web services, each o ... read full excerpt from Professional Web APIs: Google, eBay, Amazon.com, MapPoint, FedEx ebook

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