We are excited about the API, particularly because we are getting very strong response from the users on the new launch. In the first 3 days after launch, Glue users rated over 250,000 objects.
We are continuing to get a new rating every 3 seconds, and are now opening up meta data and links to over 3 millions books, music and movies stored in our database.
The API enables developers to read/write all aspects of Glue via REST. It offers access to Glue streams and collections, Social Graph, likes/comments and other actions, as well as ability to tap into AdaptiveBlue’s semantic engine.
Here are the highlights of what you will find under http://api.getglue.com/v2:
Authentication
The API uses token based authentication. The users are required to authorize the application via HTTPS login and after that everything can be done via a token. There are no developer keys, so its easy to get started using your own Glue user id.
Users, Objects and System
All API calls fall under 3 categories: /user, /object and /glue. /user are for accessing user-specific information such as profile, friends and interests per category. The /object API exposes the user activity around objects, exposes to similar objects and gives access to the semantic engine for meta data and links to this object around the web. The system API, located under /glue, enables the developers to fetch supported categories, search for objects and users, as well as fetch the recent stream of Glue activity.
User collections, activities, streams
With user permission, developers can read/write all user information from/to Glue. For example, /user/objects gives access to objects by category. The API also allows developers to submit likes, comments and replies on user behalf. /user/stream provides the access to personalized stream of suggestions and friends activity, while /user/guru gives listing of all things that the user is Guru of right now.
Object activity and semantics
The Glue object API enables developers to fetch the activity around a given object, for example /object/users returns the ordered stream of the user activity around a given object, and /object/replies returns the listing of replies to the given user. The API also enables fetching similar objects via /user/similar.
Another part of the object API lets the developers tap into AdaptiveBlue’s semantic technology and access meta data about millions of objects around the web. /object/get enables query by URL for rich meta information about books, movies, music, etc. from hundreds of popular sites. In addition, the API lets developers fetch links to the given object by calling /object/links and passing in Glue key.
Getting started
The API is free to be used for up to 5,000 calls per day. It is easy to get started, just create a GetGlue.com account and head over to read the documentation at http://getglue.com/api. If you have any questions please email support at getglue.com or visit the Glue developer Google Group.
We are excited to see what you are going to build.
We will be giving away books, music and movies associated with all of the 8 1/2 Queens. Everyone who solves the game will participate in the drawing of each prize - so you get many chances to win!
Are you game?
Here is your first clue:
Bonus Game
Want more? After you found all the 8 1/2 queens you are eligible to play the bonus game below. Solve these puzzles and then tweet:
But remember you can’t play the bonus game before you solve the regular game.
Bonus Clue 1: Michelle, shift all by 5 except for i, the i shall stay its stand: Sikjwyiyi
Bonus Clue 2: This queen lost her life because her cipher was broken. The book about her was also about an enigma and featured Alice, Bob and Quantum computing.
Bonus Clue 3: This queen tried to dethrone her predecessor in the circus. She asked to kill the lights and had the newsman introduce her as the new queen.
Hey everyone and thank you for playing the last week’s game! @glue_genie challenged you to find Deception and Lies around the web, to win books, music and movies. Congratulations to the 10 winners who solved all the puzzles and were eligible for this week’s drawing:
We used Random.org to select a winner for each question randomly. Here are the answers to the questions and the winners of each prize:
Today, we are announcing the public availability of Glue API.
The API enables 3rd party developers to build Glue applications that leverage the way people connect with things around the web. The applications can leverage information from individual users as well as a rich set of aggregate popularity information.
The API is entirely REST based and relies on HTTP authentication. The developers need a Glue account to start using the API, and don’t need to request any special keys. Currently the API is free and limited to 5,000 calls per day. For more usage developers should email support@getglue.com.
Expanding Semantic API Family
Glue API joins the growing family of Semantic Web APIs. Previously, OpenCalais from Reuters enabled developers to automatically identify People, Places, Companies, etc. inside unstructured text. Zemanta API, similar in spirit, automatically identifies appropriate tags as well as related content around the web. Dapper API enables developers to define the rules for extracting structured content out of the web pages. Freebase and Evri API’s enable developers to access dictionary topics in a structured way and to tap into relationships between the concepts.
Glue API compliments the existing Semantic Web API family in two important ways. First, it brings the exciting social dimension to the equation, revealing how people connect around things and concepts instead of pages. Secondly, Glue enables developers to get meta data and related links for books, music, movies, video games, topics, stocks, stars, artists, wine from hundreds of popular sites, turning these sites into databases.
Glue API Features
1. Individual Attention
Access user lifestream
For each user get the lists of recent books, music, movies and other things they are interested in.
User Profiles
Rich profiles with list of likes, claimed services as well as the lists of friends and followers.
Send in updates
Post visits, likes, comments and replies on behalf of Glue users from your application.
2. Social Attention
Find people around things
For any book, movie or an album lookup users interested in it.
3. Aggregate Attention
Get Popular Lists
Get the lists of popular books, movies, music - made fresh daily. Also, get top Glue users by category.
Stream Glue Activity
Get an instant stream of Glue activity to see what books, movies, and albums users are checking out right now.
4. Object Meta data
Web-wide meta data
Send in a link to an object on a Glue site and get back structured information about it.
Object index
Send in an object key and get back the list of links to this object on popular sites.
Glue API Examples: Stream and Quilt
For this launch we have built a few applications that show you cool things you can do with Glue API. They are live right now and lots of fun to play with. Glue stream shows you what is happening on Glue right now. Watching it is like watching the pulse of the web. Quilt is the opposite, since it displays the aggregate of what was popular on Glue in the last seven days. For each object you can see the rank and the people who made it popular.
Got an idea for a Glue App or how to integrate Glue with your service? Go for it! We are here to support you and to help you rock the world using our API. We look forward to seeing what you will build.
Use the clues that Glue Genie hides around the web to solve the puzzles and win books, music and movies. This week, watch out for deception and lies, as not all is as it seems in Glue Genie land.
We will be giving away books, music and movies associated with all of the Deception and Lies. Everyone who solves the game will participate in the drawing of each prize - so you get many chances to win!
Hey everyone and thank you for playing the last week’s game! @glue_genie challenged you to find 5 Kings around the web, to win books, music and movies. Congratulations to the 23 winners who solved all the puzzles and were eligible for this week’s drawing:
We used Random.org to select a winner for each question randomly. Here are the answers to the questions and the winners of each prize:
Clue 1:
At the end of the first season of this tv series, the king challenged the control of the catholic church.
Many of you have asked to see Glue more often on sites that you visit.
Today we are releasing Glue for topics - People, Places, Destinations, Art, Science - any topic that you’d find in an encyclopedia. You will now be able to connect and have conversation with friends and like-minded people around ANY topic you are interested in!
Want to know which of your friends went to Paris?
How about what your friends thought about Sistine Chapel?
What other Glue users are interested in Buddhism or Dali paintings?
Glue for Topics now makes it easy to discuss in context and find related links, images and video.
The topics launch is part of the broader push towards a smarter web. Earlier today we wrote about Common Tag - a semantic markup that allows publishers to put links to topics in their content. Glue will be supporting the markup shortly in both pages and links.
CommonTag.org is a new semantic markup standard that makes it easy for content publishers to markup topics. The core idea is that content inside blog posts, news articles and web site will point to topics on encyclopedias like Wikipedia. By marking up the content via semantic tags publishers will benefit from a set of tools semantic tools ranging from search engines to widgets and browser plugins.
Here is how the format is described on the CommonTag web site:
Common Tag is an open tagging format developed to make content more connected, discoverable and engaging. Unlike free-text tags, Common Tags are references to unique, well-defined concepts, complete with metadata and their own URLs. With Common Tag, site owners can more easily create topic hubs, cross-promote their content, and enrich their pages with free data, images and widgets.
The effort is the brain-child of Andraz Tori, CTO of Zemanta, who pulled together a group of companies to collaborate on the spec. The companies that participated in the standard are Zemanta, Yahoo!, Freebase, Zigtag, Faviki, DERI and AdaptiveBlue.
CommonTag is exciting because it is simple and pragmatic. The specification facilitates entire ecosystem that benefits publishers and consumers.
Zemanta makes it easy to markup text with tags. Browsing tools like Glue can take advantage of topics to connect like minded people and offer shortcuts. Search engines like Yahoo! can be more precise and also display the results to the user in the enhanced format.
For more coverage and discussion on the launch, please see post on ReadWriteWeb.
p.s. stay tuned for additional related announcement from AdaptiveBlue today.
Last week we announced the exciting new release of GetGlue.com. Today we are pleased to release the new version of Glue API.
Its a new week and a brand new Glue Genie Game!
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Many of you have asked to see Glue more often on sites that you visit.
