Where are all the APIs and Web Services? Build APIs to any web site in minutes using openkapow.com Andreas Krohn Product Manager Kapow Technologies

Agenda Building Mashups Openkapow.com Demo Enteprise Mashup Use Cases

Building Mashups

Openkapow.com

Demo

Enteprise Mashup Use Cases

Building Mashups “ Mashup (web application hybrid), a web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source” Wikipedia Web application that combines data and/or functionality.... IBM QEDWiki MS Popfly Serena Mashup Composer BEA AquaLogic Pages Google Mashup Editor JackBe Excel C# Java Flex Ruby on Rails PHP JavaScript Etc...

“ Mashup (web application hybrid), a web application that

combines data and/or functionality from more than one

source”

Wikipedia

Web application that combines data and/or functionality....

IBM QEDWiki

MS Popfly

Serena Mashup Composer

BEA AquaLogic Pages

Google Mashup Editor

JackBe

Excel

C#

Java

Flex

Ruby on Rails

PHP

JavaScript

Etc...

Building Mashups “ Mashup (web application hybrid), a web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source” Wikipedia ... data and/or functionality from more than one source Where is this data? Databases - only 15-20% data is structured! Proprietary APIs - Classes, Web Services Programmableweb.com Feeds

“ Mashup (web application hybrid), a web application that

combines data and/or functionality from more than one

source”

Wikipedia

... data and/or functionality from more than one source

Where is this data?

Databases - only 15-20% data is structured!

Proprietary APIs - Classes, Web Services

Programmableweb.com

Feeds

Openkapow.com Free Mashup Community Based on Kapow Mashup Server (kapowtech.com) Used by Audi, Bank of America, SimplyHired, Vodafone and 100’s of other Enterprise customer Build ”robots” to automate what can be done in a browser Share with the community Use in your Mashups Create REST services or RSS/Atom feeds to almost any website in minutes XML, CSV, JSON, HTML

Free Mashup Community

Based on Kapow Mashup Server (kapowtech.com)

Used by Audi, Bank of America, SimplyHired, Vodafone and 100’s of other Enterprise customer

Build ”robots” to automate what can be done in a browser

Share with the community

Use in your Mashups

Create REST services or RSS/Atom feeds to almost any website in minutes

XML, CSV, JSON, HTML

Difficulties with the Web as a data source Unstructured data Dynamic data HTML Tag Soup Navigating multiple pages JavaScript Cookies, Sessions, Authentication etc Stability Scalable solutions (quick to build, easy to maintain)

Unstructured data

Dynamic data

HTML Tag Soup

Navigating multiple pages

JavaScript

Cookies, Sessions, Authentication etc

Stability

Scalable solutions (quick to build, easy to maintain)

Demo Overview People Search Demo built in Flex Searching LinkedIn & Spock via Kapow Robots Flex calls these robots as REST services and gets XML back The robots interact with LinkedIn.com and Spock.com directly, not via a predefined API Flex App openkapow LinkedIn Spock Robots REST XML

People Search Demo built in Flex

Searching LinkedIn & Spock via Kapow Robots

Flex calls these robots as REST services and gets XML back

The robots interact with LinkedIn.com and Spock.com directly, not via a predefined API

Enterprise Mashup Use Cases Opportunistic Applications Situational Applications Mashups-on-the-fly Example: Audi Repurposing Portal Enablement Mobilising Applications Example: Deutsche Post Web Automation Content Migration Swivel-chair automation Example: GMX Data Collection Competative Intelligence Reputation Management Example: SimplyHired

Opportunistic Applications

Situational Applications

Mashups-on-the-fly

Example: Audi

Repurposing

Portal Enablement

Mobilising Applications

Example: Deutsche Post

Web Automation

Content Migration

Swivel-chair automation

Example: GMX

Data Collection

Competative Intelligence

Reputation Management

Example: SimplyHired

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