k+ open api for 2009 yahoo! open hack day by sc@20091017

Yahoo! 2009 TW Open Hack DayK+ Open API

S.C. Lin@2009/10/17shichung@yahoo-inc.com

Outline

•What’s K+?

•Who are using K+ Open API?

•How to use K+ Open API?

•K+ Open API Methods

•Reference/Resources

•Q&A

What’s K+?

S.C. Lin@2009/10/01shichung@yahoo-inc.com

What’s K+?

http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/

http://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/

What’s K+?

What’s K+?

知識 +

Knowledge Plus

What’s K+?

Yahoo! Q&A Service

What’s K+?

•TW知識數：14,995,550 •TW問題數：490,708

•TW平均回答數：2.8

•TW發問完成率：97%

•Data From Here-2009/10/01 Data

Who are usingK+ Open API?

S.C. Lin@2009/10/01shichung@yahoo-inc.com

K+ Open API’s Customers

Yahoo! 奇摩生活 +http://tw.lifestyle.yahoo.com/search/srp_combo.html?p=%E4%B9%BE%E6%9D%AF

K+ Open API’s Customers

104人力銀行 - 工作知識http://www.104.com.tw/area/yahoo/index.htm

K+ Open API’s Customers

Plurk Bot - 羊羊騎貘姿勢佳http://taoyangtrivia.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

http://www.plurk.com/sheep_knowledge

How to use K+ Open API?

S.C. Lin@2009/10/01shichung@yahoo-inc.com

K+ Open API’s Doc

http://tw.developer.yahoo.com/knowledge/

Before using K+ Open API…

Get an Application ID (appid) First!https://developer.apps.yahoo.com/dashboard/createKey.html

http://tw.developer.yahoo.com/knowledge/

While accessing users’ private data…

Authentication First!

http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/

OAuth Authentication Model

OAuth Easily with SDK

Yahoo! Social API SDK

http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/

K+ Open API’s URL

http://knowledge.yahooapis.com/v2/[Method Name]/[Required Arguments]

K+ Open API’s Methods

S.C. Lin@2009/10/01shichung@yahoo-inc.com

K+ Open API’s Methods

•qack page:-qack/question-qack/answer-qack/comment-qack/article

K+ Open API’s Methods

•search result page:- search

8 Special Arguments: scope, tab, mc, sc, catid, prate, kf, .intl, etc

K+ Open API’s Methods

•dir page:-dir/listing

8 Special Arguments: scope, tab, mc, sc, catid, prate, kf, .intl, etc

-category/listing

K+ Open API’s Methods

•my page (profile page):-profile/detail-profile/record/answer-profile/record/point

8 authentication required-profile/tracing/tag-profile/tracing/tagging

K+ Open API’s Methods

•qack actions (authentications required)-qack/question/Create

8 Special Arguments: notify, etc-qack/answer/Create-qack/comment/Create-qack/article/Create

8 Special Arguments: notify, etc-qack/tracing/Create

K+ Open API’s Methods

•theme page:-theme/list-theme/latest

•live page:-live/evaluate-live/trace

Reference/Resources

S.C. Lin@2009/10/01shichung@yahoo-inc.com

K+ Open API

•http://tw.developer.yahoo.com/knowledge/ (Yahoo!奇摩知識 + API)-http://tw.developer.yahoo.com/knowledge/api.php (Yahoo!奇摩知識+ API 方法列表 )

Application ID

•https://developer.apps.yahoo.com/dashboard/createKey.html (YDN -> My Projects -> Request Key)

OAuth

•http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/ (OAuth Authentication Model)-http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/ (OAuth / OpenID Guides)

-http://developer.yahoo.com/oauth/guide/oauth-auth-flow.html (OAuth Authorization Flow)

Easier Oauth with SDK

•http://developer.yahoo.com/social/sdk/ (Yahoo! Social API SDKs)

Q&A

S.C. Lin@2009/10/01shichung@yahoo-inc.com