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I want to create my own IM and I'm searching an open-source IM APIs. What do you think is the best open-source IM APIs. And what good front end to use?
Thanks.
If you are looking into making a client, check out libpurple. This is what pidgin and many other IM clients use to access multiple IM networks.
http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/WhatIsLibpurple
If you are just worried about one IM network, the easiest one to work with would be Jabber because it is an open sourced protocol
http://www.jabber.org/
XMPP... lots of documentation, libraries and so on. http://xmpp.org
Just to be comprehensive, telepathy is a rather good competitor to libpurple. It's secure, modular and robust.
You can use QXmpp. It is a free (LGPL) XMPP client library written in C++ and Qt. It's light and simple to use.
Project page: http://code.google.com/p/qxmpp
If you're interested in the OSCAR protocol (AIM), check out Open AIM. They have documentation on custom clients for C++/C#/Java as well as how to access Web AIM.
If you need server side to support IM, use OpenSIPS. For client side, pidgin and libPurple.
You can use Kik API to build your instant messaging mobile apps on top of Kik Messenger. This API lets your app to reliably transfer and store rich content and files between different mobile users using Kik's own transport and infrastructure. It is available on Android and iPhone and, in simple scenarios, can be integrated into your app with about 5 lines of code. There is more info here: http://www.kik.com/dev
Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers behind Kik API :)
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I'm developing an embedded platform and need to provide mechanisms to control and maintain the platform (file upload/download/delete and triggering various actions).
I need to be able to use those functions from a program running on a host machine and also via a simple website hosted on the platform itself.
I've never done this before and am wondering the best way to proceed, so looking for guidance as to what framework and system structure to use.
The platform is running Linux and all other services running on it are written in C/C++, so sticking to C++ seems like a good idea as it simplifies maintenance (no need to learn a new language, anyone in the team can use C++).
I do not want to consume too much CPU/RAM running frameworks, so a compiled language seems appropriate. I do not want to run Java for example.
I'm thinking to use lighttpd to host the website and Microsoft's cpprestsdk to implement the microservice in C++.
The benefit of cpprestsdk is that it's a C++ framework, implementing an HTTP server and with support for JSON. So it looks fairly straight-forward to use it to implement the micro-service.
The drawback of using lighttpd and cpprestsdk is that I have two HTTP servers running on the machine, which seems like a waste of resources.
Would I be better off using CGI with lighttpd to implement my micro-service?
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Is there a API for Google Keep? I want to make a windows 8 app for Google Keep, so that it synchronizes with your phone.
I looked into the Drive SDK because Google Keep is a extension of Google Drive, but I couldn't find it.
UPDATE: yes, Google released a public REST API for Keep. Here's the public documentation.
No there's not and developers still don't know why google doesn't pay attention to this request!
As you can see in this link it's one of the most popular issues with many stars in google code but still no response from google! You can also add stars to this issue, maybe google hears that!
I have been waiting to see if Google would open a Keep API. When I discovered Google Tasks, and saw that it had an Android app, web app, and API, I converted over to Tasks. This may not directly answer your question, but it is my solution to the Keep API problem.
Tasks doesn't have a reminder alarm exactly like Keep. I can live without that if I also connect with the Calendar API.
https://developers.google.com/google-apps/tasks/
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I have been looking for a C++ Web Framework that would allow me to build a GUI Control Panel directly into a .dll plugin. In the past I have used Nancy Framework for .NET Projects which was exceptional (was my first time with this type of framework). I have found some good candidates based off of other Stack Overflow questions, however I am having trouble figuring out which, if any, have embedded web servers.
C++ Server Pages - This Looked Exceptional, but runs off of IIS or Apache.
CppCMS - Constantly recommended, but does it have an embedded server?
TreeFrog - Also recommended, but seems to have very broken documentation?
Which one of these would be recommended for a completely embedded solution? Ease of use would also be a huge plus, but I am willing to take the time to get it working provided it does what is needed. Thanks!
cppcms has an embedded server and is very well supported in embedded solutions. The documentation is complete and the support is very good, so perchance the documentation is not enough, the developer is certain to help you through your problems.
Don't forget about Wt. It also comes with a built-in web server.
Both CppCMS and TreeFrog have a built-in web server.
Did you have a look at ffead-cpp, it has an embedded web server, apache module, host of features and can run on Windows-Cygwin/BSD/Linux/Solaris
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I'm in the position where I may be creating a new web service from scratch - without much pre-existing infrastructure to have to contend with. What resources are there that talk about the architectural aspects of deploying a web service? [Clarification: I'm not talking about an Enterprise SOA orientation here - rather setting up one family of services for the public.]
A first list of topics that I'd like to see covered are:
SOAP vs. REST
JSON vs. XML
Relational Database Backed vs. SimpleDB backed vs. ?
Scaling
Availability
Models for restricting access
Models for throttling access
What would you recommend?
I would recommend Restful Web Services. It's weel written, very complete and vendor agnostic. Also it has a fairly good coverage of both REST (with comparison to SOAP/WS-*), HTTP scaling, resource formats (JSON, XHTML, Atom, XML), security and service modeling.
If you have any specific scaling needs, then you might also want to read Building Scalable Web Sites. It will teach you everything worth knowing about etags, proxies, caching, edge computing and so forth. However if you are just starting out, then the Rest book I mentioned earlier will properly cover most people needs.
If you decide to use Microsoft technology (WCF) then you could check out the Microsoft Patterns and Practices group's online library of guidance.
They have a library located here as part of MSDN which deals with Web Service security, Enterprise Buses (obviously not applicable to you scenario) and PAG's own Web Service Software Factory.
Their main page is located here.
Otherwise, assuming you choose WCF it might be worth checking out further reading such as Juval Lowy's book on WCF, although I fear it may cover the implementation more than the theory and design facets.
Do you know roughly what technology platform you'll be working from?
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Is there a file sharing service akin to Dropbox or SugarSync that would offer an API? I would like to add a file sharing service to a website, but the full Dropbox interface is still too complicated for my users, so that I’d like an API to build a dead-simple list of files integrated to the website. There is a Dropbox API project on Google Code, but it seems to be dead.
Update: I need a service with a desktop client at least for Windows, so that the more technical website users could easily upload and organize the stored data. Extra points if the service has a free plan.
A quick search on ProgrammableWeb brings up about 50 API results.
Out of the lot, I could only say that I have had experience with the Box.net website. I've had no trouble in the past, and they have rather acceptable limits for the free account (25 MB per file; 1 GB of storage).
I'm sure that with a little poking around you'll find something that fits your needs, but I wouldn't expect to find something that offers you a business-scale solution for free, you might have to be prepared to make an investment, and in that case some of Amazon's Web Services might be better suited to your needs.
Edit: Since I answered this question 6 years ago, the landscape for storage solutions with APIs has changed somewhat. There are now free or affordable services with mature developer APIs offered by Dropbox, Google Drive, Amazon S3, Rackspace CloudFiles, Microsoft Azure and for mobile, iCloud.
We are a file sharing company that has recently released a fully functioning RESTful API. You can add users, groups, permissions, files, dynamic links and even searching in real-time. Unlike dropbox and sugarsync it was designed for business, thus giving you multi-user access.
We would love your feedback.
http://www.smartfile.com/dev/
smartfile
I used https://uploadcare.com and it works like a charm.