Apparently #Twitter sent some ridiculous #API pricing to academics ($42k/month).

In other news: #twint got un-archived. https://github.com/twintproject/twint

Watch Philip's talk at #FOSDEM, where he covers the API and prototypes for 'connectbyname', a library function that takes as input a DNS name and returns a TLS connection, as well as a new EDNS(0) option called Proxy Control option that allows stub resolvers to send requirements to a local proxy.

We're developing an #API in #rustlang that can internally use asynchronous #DNS lookups, implement Happy Eyeballs, support #DANE, SVCB/HTTPS, encrypted client hello, etc.

https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/dns_connectbyname_and_the_proxy_control_option/

Twitter is ending free access to their API tomorrow, so Easy Chirp will be dead. ☹️ Two resources about the API:
https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1621026986784337922
https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/01/twitter-to-end-free-access-to-its-api/
#twitter #apps #api #a11y

Apparently, #elmo wants to bring #API usage at the #birdsite down by forcing #developers to pay for consuming it. What a #jerk move - but it does not really surprise me...

https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/01/twitter-to-end-free-access-to-its-api

A good reason not to target the #android #api level 31 or higher unless you really have to:
https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-hibernation

Your app runs at risk to be put into hibernation by the system, as always depending on only vaguely explained criteria.

The Contact Picker #API brings easy access to contacts for #WebApps #timetogiveinput #FPWD https://www.w3.org/TR/contact-picker-1/

This API is only avail. from a secure top-level browsing context and considers the sensitivity and #privacy of contact data. Also, a user gesture is needed to initiate the API.

The API is available in #Chrome on Android, and behind a flag in #Safari on iOS. Try it with this demo: https://contact-picker.glitch.me

Feedback is welcome in the related #GitHub repo: https://github.com/w3c/contact-picker/issues

Just create a plugin for #filerun to check a file for a virus via #Virustotal. Goes only to the beauty work. Thanks to @IzzyOnDroid for his #php #virustotal #api class.
Helps a lot

Question for mastodon devs:
If you write an application targeting multiple instances, when do you call POST /api/v1/apps?
The first visit from that instance and then persist the data?
Per session (is that even possible? lol)
#dev #api #mastodon #mastodondev #oauth

Had a great first #OpenPodcastAPI meeting yesterday. Initial focus: allowing users to sync their subscriptions & listening activity between podcatchers, webapps & sync servers.

Many thanks to the folks from @AntennaPod, @funkwhale, @kasts and @martin from Podfriend and @JonOfUs from the gPodder Nextcloud app.

Further discussions taking place here: https://github.com/orgs/OpenPodcastAPI/discussions Anyone interested in creating & implementing this open spec is welcome.

#podcasting #interoperability #API