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What are the implications of building an application on top of a "competitor's" API?

March 7th, 2016

We are considering building our product on top of the OpenTable and Yelp API.Has anyone been denied access to an API due to being a "competitor?" More

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API-based SaaS software: pricing?

Julia Entrepreneurial minded

February 20th, 2017

I have this idea, where I need an API-based SaaS built adapted for digital invoicing. Given I have no experience with software development, I am planning... More

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Anyone used a good free SMS service that can be used in a MVP for testing?

AJAY BAM Ceo and Co-founder at Vyrill Inc

January 31st, 2014

All,We wanted to test some consumer behavior for an experiment over mobile by sharing an invitation only opt-in mobile web page for some MVP testing. ... More

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Text (SMS) reminders API for scheduled appointments

Anonymous

November 20th, 2013

Hi everyone, I got such great advice last time, I'm back for more!Our site has an appointment function, where customers schedule 1-on-1 appointments... More

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Developers APIs: a good market?

Felix Menard

February 10th, 2014

I see more and more API making life of startups easier.Selling shovels to gold-diggers might sound like a safer business model, but I'd be curious... More

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Is requiring two forms of Oauth a bad idea?

Aaron Ellsworth

June 24th, 2013

I'd really appreciate your feedback here. I'm building a private video based platform in which users would gain access to exclusive content curated... More

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API based background check service?

Jamie Danielle Owner J Danielle & Co. Domestic Staffing

July 21st, 2013

Any suggestions for a high volume, low cost background screening service that can be accessed via an API?

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E-commerce engine and business model

Arun Joshi President / CEO Visulon Inc.

February 9th, 2014

We are developing an ‘e-commerce engine’ to publish (consumer goods client’s) products directly on to major ecomm sites from a cloud product database.... More

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LinkedIn API access tokens - under what circumstances have they been revoked for startups in the past?

Evelyn Hu -

September 18th, 2013

Does anyone have stories about LinkedIn's unpredictable revoking of their API access tokens? Any details about the circumstances around how and... More

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Does anyone provide an API for Hotel systems such as Micros - Opera?

Adam Szabo Co-Founder - O-Valet Inc

July 1st, 2015

Does anyone provide an API for Hotel systems such as Micros - Opera, Galaxy - Lightspeed, Agilysys - Visual One, Infor - Epitome, Infor - HMS? My... More

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