tunesBag.com API
Music Hack Day July 11-12, London, UK
Hansjörg Posch / Founder & CEO 11.07.2009

tunesBag
About the service
• Backup functionalities ensuring data security in a digital world
• Access functionalities allowing cross media and cross platform experience in an online
world (browser, HDTV, mobile)
• Legal Sharing functionalities supporting the media usage behaviour in a connected
world
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tunesBag
About the service
About tunesBag.com Ltd
• Founded 2008 by Hannes (Cooperations), Gerhard (Marketing) & Hansjörg (Technology), with
a solid network of Freelancers & Partners
• Located in Vienna, Austria
Status / Roadmap
• Closed beta for the last 9 months
• Featured on TechCrunch, Mashable, futurezone, Genbeta etc
• Official launch in late summer 2009 (new interface + out of closed beta)
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tunesBag
API Key features
tunesBag provides a full featured RESTful API with JSON/XML support.
– Complete library access
Get/Add items/Filter
– Work with sets (Playlists)
– Access media items
Manage streaming format / bitrate
– Social features
Rate, Share, Friendlist, Newsfeed, Recommendations
– Authentification
User has to confirm access to data (Remotekey system)
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tunesBag
Built using the API / Showcase
We're using the API everyday for our own stuff, results so far:
iPhone client (Objective-C), Desktop Radio (Adobe AIR), Uploader (Delphi), Boxee (RSS)
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tunesBag
Hack Ideas
Whatever comes to your mind ...
Some ideas:
• Widget based on Flex
• Android application
• SongBird Add - On
• Music quizz app
• Linux uploader
• Sync tunesBag Library with last.fm library
• Use the provided MusicBrainz IDs to establish link to other services (e.g. generate
personalized music magazine for the user)
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tunesBag
Important URLs
Documentation
http://code.google.com/p/tunesbag-api/wiki/ApiDocumentation
API tester
http://tunesbag.com/static/demos/apitest.cfm
Sign up for a tunesBag account
http://tunesBag.com  "Join" Use the keyword MHD (Music Hack Day)
Get an application key
http://tunesBag.com/rd/api/getappkey/
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Thank you, happy coding ;-)
hansjoerg@tunesBag.com