Here is my first one

apiblog.com

Crap, I wish I gave some of you more time on this one since a $1000 giveaway is included. But a Virtual Earth API for commercial use is available and it is free to use for all.

http://www.viavirtualearth.com/vve/Dashboard/Default.ashx

http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/applications.html
For those of you interested in developing a map based panel for traffic and directions.

http://www.microsoft.com/speech/techinfo/apioverview/
MS Speech API SDK

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/103-8...3?node=3435361&
Amazon's Web Services

http://developer.ebay.com/windows/
Ebay Windows Develope Center.
Can interface nicely with .NET. Needs (free) signup. API is free for a number of limited API calls per month (after that it will just deny the calls).
To get started, look at the checklist on the righthand side of the page.

Indian_Mayhem - as a panel developer, I can tell you that just posting the list of API sites will not help developers. You might want to add information about what to do with that API. For example, I have no idea what is your idea regarding the Speech SDK.

The ideas are endless. Just figured it would be nice to have a thread that atleast captured some of the current APIs so the developers have an idea of what is available.

Yeah but an API without anything to do with it is useless. JMHO.

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/gmailagent.asp

Gmail API for anyone that wanted to redo the Gmail panel since I can't contact McP.

Microsoft Telephony API: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....apitspimspi.asp

Uses... well a caller ID panel would be nice

rdv

Note that the eBay API is free as of today.
http://developer.ebay.com/programs/marketing/gregsosemail/

Quick question, can't we "borrow" the widgets that are being made for Yahoolator?

Yahoolator ? You mean Yahoo Widgets Engine? How do you want to borrow the Widgets? It's impossible to add them to DS.

BTW, I saw a new Yahoo Maps Widget for Yahoo Widgets Engine (formerly Konfabulator) - that probably means that a Maps Widgets is possible using the Yahoo API - that can be interesting.

More like porting some of the ideas to DS panels.

Oh, OK. Most of their Widgets are similar to the existing DS panels. I'd like to see a maps panel like the maps Widget - maybe I'll do one once.

EDIT:
Yes - it's possible to get the map's image using the Yahoo API: http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/rest/V1/mapImage.html That should be really easy to create a panel for that

Quintessential Player DevZone
http://www.quinnware.com/devzone.php
Plug-in Development Kit (for C++), Direct Link. Note - Plugins FOR the player itself, need IPC for DS panel.
http://www.quinnware.com/downloader.php?fi...gins/qcdpdk.zip

AIM has JUST released an SDK using COM!!! You can now write custom clients using the AIM network.

I might take this one up (if another dev wants to get going right away, just let me know so I don't start it), but here is a link to the site:
http://developer.aim.com/

A whole list full of APIs:
http://www.programmableweb.com/apilist

Yahoo Messenger (will need IPC, C++ only?):
http://developer.yahoo.com/messenger/
http://www.programmableweb.com/api/YahooMessenger

Yahoo Mail has opened up. Usable in .NET (C# etc.)
http://developer.yahoo.com/mail/
I tried to find out if it's usable in JavaScript too, seems not without a lot of integration work. I'd have done it, otherwise (JavaScript panels are much easier and quicker to code).

Windows Live
Microsoft Windows Live web services