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Hunch API

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:22:47 -0500

RESTful API for programmatically accessing Hunch, a questions and answers service that harnesses collective knowledge to offer solutions to user-entered problems. Hunch is designed so that every time it's used, it learns something new. Query for questions, responses, topics, search results and categories as well as statistics pertaining to THAY (Teach Hunch About You) questions and responses. Returns results in JSON. API key required.

url: http://www.hunch.com/developers/

CorpWatch API

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:31:49 -0500

The CorpWatch API uses automated parsers to extract the subsidiary relationship information from Exhibit 21 of companies' 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, providing a free, well-structured interface for programs to query and process the data. By Skye Bender-deMoll and Greg Michalec.

A project of CorpWatch, funded by a grant from the Sunlight Foundation.

url: http://api.corpwatch.org/

New York City Subway Ridership, 1905-2006

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:28:57 -0500

Download a spreadsheet containing the annual registrations, or recorded entries, at each station in the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority subway system from 1905-2006. Posted by Michael Frumin.

url: http://frumin.net/ation/2009/05/spark_it_up.html

White House 2 API

Sun, 10 May 2009 18:21:22 -0500

Get XML feeds of the priorities suggested for President Obama by users of White House 2. The API is not fully documented but can be accessed by appending .xml to most pages on White House 2.

url: http://feedback.whitehouse2.org/pages/4667-make-white-house-2-awesome

Unofficial Chicago Transit Authority API

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:19:33 -0500

An unofficial, RESTful API for the Chicago Transit Authority. Get data for bus locations and routes. Results returned in XML. By Harper Reed.

url: http://chicagowiki.transitapi.com/Home

Etsy API

Sun, 10 May 2009 09:17:05 -0500

RESTful API for programmatically accessing Etsy, a global handmade marketplace. Provides access to data on users, shops, item listings, feedback, tags and categories, favorites and gift guides. Returns results in JSON. API key required.

Review the Etsy API Terms of Use.

url: http://developer.etsy.com

The New York Times Best Sellers API

Sat, 09 May 2009 19:56:51 -0500

Access data from all New York Times best-seller lists including rank history for specific best sellers. Four request types are available: get a best-seller list, search best-seller lists, get the history of a best seller and get the names of Times best-seller lists.

url: http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/best_sellers_api

Party Time Data Pack

Sat, 09 May 2009 18:41:13 -0500

Download a CSV of the data powering Party Time, the Sunlight Foundation's political partying database which tracks parties for members of Congress and congressional candidates.

url: http://politicalpartytime.org/data/all/

thingISBN

Sat, 09 May 2009 11:31:35 -0500

thingISBN is a simple API for discovering related editions from LibraryThing, which calls it a tool for "edition disambiguation." Give it an ISBN and it returns a list of other ISBNs—different formats, translations, and more in XML.

The entire dataset is also available in one feed at http://www.librarything.com/feeds/thingISBN.xml.gz.

For more information see the thingISBN category on the Thingology blog.

url: http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/06/introducing-thingisbn_14.php

Social Actions API

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:55:40 -0500

Social Actions is an open source database of actions people can take on any issue, from volunteer opportunities to micro credit loans. The Social Actions RESTful API returns data in JSON format and contains up-to-date information about actions from 50+ sources, including Care2, DonorsChoose.org, Idealist and Kiva.

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.

More Cloth

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:15:52 -0500

Browse fabrics by color range on Etsy, a global handmade marketplace. A simple application aimed at clothing designers. By Catherine Jones.

url: http://morecloth.com/

Gotta Etsy

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:45:22 -0500

iPhone OS 3.0 application for searching and browsing shops and listings on Etsy, a global handmade marketplace. Offers the ability to bookmark listings for future reference. By Jacob Yelizarov.

url: http://www.apptism.com/apps/gotta-etsy

ColorMatch

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:06:24 -0500

Upload an image and ColorMatch will search Etsy for items that match the colors in your image along with any optional keywords. By 26 Olive Street.

url: http://26olivestreet.com/colormatch/

CrocTail

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:49:22 -0500

Interface for browsing information about several hundred thousand U.S. publicly traded corporations and their foreign and domestic subsidiaries. Information from company Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings has been parsed and annotated to highlight specific corporate accountability issues. A project of CorpWatch.

url: http://croctail.corpwatch.org/

Handmade

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:16:35 -0500

iPhone application for searching and browsing categories, featured items, featured sellers and Gift Guides on Etsy, a global handmade marketplace. You can also search for items by color, using a color wheel or images from your iPhone camera or library. By Sleepy Bear Software.

url: http://www.sleepybearsoftware.com/Handmade/Handmade.html

NYC Subway Ridership Map

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:54:08 -0500

An interactive map of the New York City subway system showing ridership trends from 1905-2006. Ridership levels are indicated by subway line thickness, and you can use the slider in the lower right to navigate through time. Map powered by Modest Maps. By Sha Hwang.

More information here.

url: http://diametunim.com/shashi/nyc_subways/

Subway Sparklines

Mon, 18 May 2009 19:42:48 -0500

A map of the New York City subway system with sparklines showing ridership trends for each station from 1905-2006. By Michael Frumin.

url: http://transit.frumin.net/subway/spark.php

Where the Money Goes

Sun, 17 May 2009 09:47:38 -0500

A tool for visualizing the contributions that political action committees (PACs) make to members of U.S. Congress, and to each other. By Mark Goetz, Mike Harmala, Debra Lauterbach and Noah Liebman.

url: http://wherethemoneygoes.org/

Umbrella Today

Thu, 14 May 2009 19:30:16 -0500

Find out if you'll need an umbrella today, via text message, email or web.

url: http://umbrellatoday.com

Hello, Congress

Sun, 10 May 2009 18:37:42 -0500

Hello Congress creates a personalized dashboard that each member of the U.S. Congress can use to track what their constituents' priorities are, as recorded on White House 2.

url: http://hellocongress.org/about

USGovXML

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:45:34 -0500

Index to the publicly availably web services and XML data sources provided by the U.S. government.

url: http://www.usgovxml.com/

Data.gov

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:57:48 -0500

Catalog of public datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the U.S. Federal Government.

url: http://data.gov

Apps for America 2: The Data.gov Challenge

Thu, 21 May 2009 13:53:51 -0500

Development contest from Sunlight Labs rewarding developers that use any of the data sources on Data.gov to create applications. Judges include Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media and Chris DiBona, open source program manager at Google.

url: http://sunlightlabs.com/contests/appsforamerica2/

GovFresh

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:30:04 -0500

A live feed of official news from U.S. Government Twitter, YouTube, RSS, Facebook, Flickr accounts and more.

url: http://govfresh.com/

Circos

Sun, 10 May 2009 11:30:22 -0500

A GPL-licensed visualization tool that can help show relationships in data.

url: http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/circos/

Real-World Data Sets

Sun, 10 May 2009 11:12:32 -0500

A list of small real-world data sets collected from the web.

url: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/introcs/data/

Our Open Government List

Sun, 10 May 2009 10:28:27 -0500

Area to submit and vote on ideas for inclusion in U.S. President Obama's forthcoming Open Government Directive.

url: http://feedback.sunlightfoundation.com/oogl/

Hacking Congress

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:17:11 -0500

Hub for projects at the intersection of civics and technology, focusing on projects related to the U.S. Congress and state-level legislatures.

url: http://www.hackingcongress.org/

Yes We Scan

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:23:44 -0500

Website of the campaign to appoint Carl Malamud Public Printer of the United States, head of the Government Printing Office. Endorsed by Datamob.

url: http://yeswescan.org/

CloudMade

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:40:58 -0600

CloudMade provides a variety of resources to help developers build location-based apps using data from OpenStreetMap, including geocoding services and a mapping API with wrappers for Ruby, Python, and Java.

url: http://developers.cloudmade.com/projects