Data Source Handbook

✍ Scribed by Pete Warden

• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 39
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

If you're a developer looking to supplement your own data tools and services, this concise ebook covers the most useful sources of public data available today. You'll find useful information on APIs that offer broad coverage, tie their data to the outside world, and are either accessible online or feature downloadable bulk data. You'll also find code and helpful links. This guide organizes APIs by the subjects they cover—such as websites, people, or places—so you can quickly locate the best resources for augmenting the data you handle in your own service. Categories include:Website tools such as WHOIS, bit.ly, and Compete Services that use email addresses as search terms, including Github Finding information from just a name, with APIs such as WhitePages Services, such as Klout, for locating people with Facebook and Twitter accounts Search APIs, including BOSS and Wikipedia Geographical data sources, including SimpleGeo and U.S. Census Company information APIs, such as CrunchBase and ZoomInfo APIs that list IP addresses, such as MaxMind Services that list books, films, music, and products

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
WHOIS......Page 10
Blekko......Page 11
Compete......Page 12
Delicious......Page 13
People by Email......Page 14
Gravatar......Page 15
AIM......Page 16
Google Social Graph......Page 17
MySpace......Page 18
Rapleaf......Page 19
GenderFromName......Page 20
Search Terms......Page 21
Blekko......Page 22
Google Custom Search......Page 23
Google Suggest......Page 24
Locations......Page 25
SimpleGeo......Page 26
Google Geocoding API......Page 27
Geodict......Page 28
US Census......Page 29
Zillow Neighborhoods......Page 30
Natural Earth......Page 31
US National Weather Service......Page 32
CrunchBase......Page 33
Hoover’s......Page 34
MaxMind......Page 35
Google Shopping......Page 36
Netflix......Page 37
The Movie DB......Page 38
Freebase......Page 39