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Outbound Blogs Background

Over the past few months, I've ([WWW]David) gotten a lot of requests from people who wanted to be able to use the Technorati database for a variety of purposes - everything from social network research to mini-applications that would send them a page or an IM whenever someone posted a link to their website.� I created the Technorati API order to help foster these creative ideas and developers. I've also got a whole bunch of other work going on, so I didn't want to become a bottleneck between you and the data.

Please note, this is beta-level software right now.� Nothing is set in stone, but the code is working, and a number of people have already given some great feedback that has led to changes in the API that make it significantly more portable and forward-compatible than I originally designed it.� I'm planning on adding additional attributes and functions to the API.

Btw, if enough people clamor for it, I can do a [WWW]SOAP or [WWW]XML-RPC interface, but REST-ful is easier for me to do, and I don't think people need the multiple-way communications channel that something like XML-RPC or SOAP gives them in addition to the REST interface.� In other words, each API call will be stateless, AFAICT. Besides, I have never written a [WWW]WSDL file :-)

Formats

GET: http://api.technorati.com/outbound?url=BLOGURL&key=APIKEY

POST: [WWW]http://api.technorati.com/outbound

This call will list for you all of the blogs that are pointed to by a blogger (well, most of them anyway).� Simply give the URL of the weblog and it will return for you a list of weblogs that are linked to by that blog. (The database is currently a bit old on this one, I'll move it into production status over the next few weeks).

For example, it is a relatively simple call to iterate and get a 2 degrees of separation function from this, which I'm working on... ;-)

Comments / Suggestions
API Use License
API calls are free for personal, noncommercial use, currently capped at 500 queries a day. The draft terms of service is up on the website.� We would like to get some attribution, e.g. a hyperlink back to Technorati for people who use and republish the information, sort of like a Creative Commons non-commercial and attribution license. People interested in a commercial license, at some monetary cost, will get to use the data without these restrictions.� If you're interested in licensing Technorati data for commercial applications, or if you want more than 500 queries per day, please send an email to partners@technorati.com .