This document proposes a centralized database and API for carpooling websites to allow users to search for available rides and access trip details. The API would support authentication, searching for rides by location and date, and fetching individual trip information. This would make it easier for multiple carpool sites to share ride listing data and for applications to access ride availability programmatically.

1. Pooling the CarpoolBy Anand Subramanian

2. Who Am I?Anand Subramanian TheAnandCOO, ayruz Blogger & MarketerTheAnand.com

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8. END USERCarpool WebsitesCentral Database with API

9. The Carpool APIJSON basedAuthentication using OpenID or Facebook ConnectSupports search, insert, delete and more…

10. API Searchsearch.php?from=PLACE1&to=PLACE2&datetime=DATE&format=json[{ "id":1548, "description":"Ride from cochin to trissur.", "date":"2009-01-08", "time":"17:00:00", "seats_available":5, "contact":{ "username": "theanand.com", "name": "Anand", "email": "theanand (at) theanand (dot) com", "phone": "Not disclosed" }, "sounce": "carpool.mytechnopark.com", "url":"http://carpool.mytechnopark.com/index.php/lift/tripdetail/p_id/23"},{ ... },{ ... }]

11. API Trip Fetchtrip.php?id=ID&format=json{ "id":1548, "description":"Ride from cochin to trissur.", "date":"2009-01-08", "time":"17:00:00", "frequency": ["mon","tue","wed","thu","fri"], "preference": ["males", "smoking"], "seats_available":5, "contact":{ "username": "theanand", "name": "Anand", "email": "theanand (at) theanand (dot) com", "phone": "Not disclosed", "url": "http://carpool.mytechnopark.com/user/theanand" }, "sounce": "http://carpool.mytechnopark.com", "url":"http://carpool.mytechnopark.com/index.php/lift/tripdetail/p_id/23"}

12. API UsageUser profilesTrip InformationAnd more…..- Coded by Binny V A - www.BinnyVA.com

13. Have a safe ride…..A Proposal for TEN India