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Tuesday 22 May 2012

59 New APIs: Intuit, StumbleUpon and FireText

This week we had 59 new APIs added to our API directory including a StumbleUpon URL utility, semantic text analysis service, SMS marketing service, financial analysis, planning, and reporting service, Intuit hosted payments service and a data analysis and management service. In addition we looked at how the Screenr API can help support your systems. Below are more details on each of these new APIs.
AdaptivePlanningAdaptivePlanning API: The service provides a suite of financial analytics and planning functions, including annual budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and consideration of what-if scenarios. It integrates with with many familiar general ledger (GL) systems, as well as customer relationship management (CRM), and human resource (HR) planning systems. It can meet analytical needs of many enterprise resource planning (ERP) functions.
API methods support importing data from integrated systems to perform analysis, then processing by spreadsheet-like row and column structures. Methods export results of data analysis back to integrated systems in similar formats.
Appointment-PlusAppointment-Plus API: Appointment-Plus is an online reservation software provider. Business can embed Appointment-Plus links onto their websites or use Appointment-Plus as a standalone booking service as their website. It also provides POS functions for businesses to accept payment through the appointment-making interface. Their RESTful API provides functionality for integrating scheduling making software, and replies in JSON and XML formats. Developers must request access to the API and its documentation.


FireTextFireText API: FireText is an online SMS marketing platform that lets users send and receive instant SMS text messages with their customers. In addition to sending texts, users can schedule and receive messages, manage their contacts, report on deliveries and more. The FireText API gives users access to the functionality of the platform while allowing them to integrate it into their own applications including those from Magento development and Zendesk. The API uses RESTful calls. Developers can contact the provider for full documentation.

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