15 APIs in 15 Days - Grant Winney

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May 04, 2019

Running Windows XP in VirtualBox

Just got an MSDN account, which always comes with some old treasures (hey, beauty's in the eye of the beholder). Take a trip back with me, to the days of Windows XP, the beginning of the .NET Framework, and even further... ;)...

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Jan 01, 2018

Accessing game data with the Internet Game Database (IGDB) API

Wrapping up my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, I found (completely randomly) the IGDB API. The Internet Game Database is a community-driven site that collects and shares information about games and game-related data....

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Dec 31, 2017

Accessing book and author data with the Penguin Random House API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, today I'm writing about the Penguin Random House API. Penguin is a book publisher, and their API (free and doesn't even require authentication) can be used to get data about books, authors and events....

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Dec 30, 2017

Accessing census, demographic, and housing data with the US Census Bureau API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, today I'm writing about the US Census Bureau APIs, which provides free access to geolocation data, as well as American census data, demographics, housing stats, etc....

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Dec 29, 2017

Accessing current and historical weather data with the OpenWeatherMap API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, today I'm writing about the OpenWeatherMap API. OpenWeatherMap provides free access to extensive weather data - current conditions, 5-day forecast, uv index, weather alerts, etc....

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Dec 28, 2017

Discover where the ISS is, where it will be, and who's on it with the ISS Notify API

The ISS Notify API (or is it the Open Notify API?) was written by Nathan Bergey for a Science Hack Day competition, then released to the public. You can use it to find the location of the ISS, or to find when it'll pass over a location! Check it out....

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Dec 27, 2017

Managing your boards and cards with the Trello API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, today I'm writing about the Trello API. If you're unfamiliar with Trello, it can serve as a kanban board... or a nice to-do list if you're going solo. Anyway, I like it, maybe you will too, and their API makes nearly all areas accessible to developers....

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Dec 26, 2017

Access space-related media, for the Hubble and other NASA mission, with the HubbleSite API

When I stumbled across this API, I thought it might just be an amateur site, but the Space Telescope Science Institute works closely with the Hubble telescope and its operation. They've made available, through their API, tons of photos, videos, and other data....

Experience gets you far, but good tools and services keep you moving in the right direction. Here are some of my favorites:

DigitalOcean is a versatile, affordable cloud provider. You can serve up a blog (like this one!), deploy a wiki, try out ansible, or do something much bigger. They host the annual Hacktoberfest too.

Backblaze offers an affordable, unlimited, set-and-forget backup service. They saved me from the click of death a couple years ago, and I've been a grateful customer ever since.