local APIs

[Ben Biddington]

Would you mind replying with all of the local web APIs you can think of?

Might be handy for hack day.

Here're the ones I know of:

* xero
* powershop
* trademe
* ponoko

[Nahum Wild]

Powershop api access is manually activated by powershop, so if you want to hack on that I'd recommend signing up days before the hack day.

I'm not 100% certain I'll be there, but if someone was going to hack on our API (Ponoko) I'll def be there to answer any of your questions, help out etc...

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[Henry Maddocks]

http://digitalnz.org/developers

Henry

[Gordon Anderson]

hi Ben

Some more

EventFinder

http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/api/index

FixMyStreet

http://fixmystreet.org.nz/api

National Broadband Map

http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/rest-api/

There are also some here, http://data.govt.nz/sitesearch/SearchResults?Search=api&x=0&y=0

Regards

Gordon

[Ben Biddington]

Actually on that, what is the general opinion on data.gov.nz?

Any good? Or outdated lip service to open data?

For example, there's a thing in the paper about crime hotspots - is that data public?

[Jared Armstrong]

Add MinuteDock to that, we have a beta API 

http://minutedock.com/apidocs

[Cameron]

My own site Mashblock.co.nz has a undocumented data api available (I can email anyone the details on request).

Plus NZPost has a few APIs for their services: http://www.nzpost.co.nz/products-services/iphone-apps-apis

Also I should probably mention AddressFinder's APIs: http://addressfinder.co.nz/docs

[Glen Barnes]

On Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:26:45 UTC+12, Ben Biddington wrote:

Actually on that, what is the general opinion on data.gov.nz?

The data.govt.nz service is getting better. 

 

Any good? Or outdated lip service to open data?

There is a real push for open data in govt. In fact it is now mandated and although the wheels of government move slowly we are seeing a lot more data being opened. I was one of the founders of open.org.nz and there has been a lot of progress over the last 3 years.

 

For example, there's a thing in the paper about crime hotspots - is that data public?

We just don't have the granular data available to do the crime mashups. I suggest moving along and finding something more interesting ;-)

You might want to ask here for other links. That list includes those within Govt and outside. One dataset I just thought of is The Charities Commission which has an API.

 

[Nigel Ramsay]

If people are interested in Geospatial APIs, here's a few:

NZ Post Locator API

Contains a searchable list of NZ Post's assets - Mailboxes, Postshops, ATMs, etc. Requires a free license key. Note: Abletech built it. 

http://api.nzpost.co.nz/locator

MayMySites

Another site for storing geospatial assets. Requires a free account. Note: an Abletech site

http://mapmysites.com

AddressFinder

Searchable API of all NZ addresses, and their coordinates. Free accounts, but calling the API directly requires a paid account. Note: an Abletech site. If you're keen, we could give you a pro account for a while.

https://www.addressfinder.co.nz

On Saturday, 18 August 2012 10:04:56 UTC+12, Ben Biddington wrote:

[shoaib shaikh]

I am the person/developer behind data.govt.nz.

It has a built in Silverstripe API available as well, if some one needs a key. I can provide.

http://data.govt.nz/api/v1/Dataset/.json

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[Ben Biddington]

Great list, thanks everyone!