I will have to play with this a little too see if I like it. Sounds interesting eh?
Create an API for any site with Dapper
Marshall Kirkpatrick
A new service called Blotter from startup Dapper (dappit.com) is getting some good coverage
around the blogosphere today. Blotter graphs Technorati data for any
blog over time. Most exciting to me though is Dapperís basic service,
just launched this week. The company says itís effectively offering an
easy way to create an API from any website. This might look like crass
screen scraping on the surface, but the company aims to offer some
legitimate, valuable services and set up a means to respect copyright.
The site is clearly useful now.
Dapper
provides a point and click GUI to extract data from any web site that
can then be worked with and displayed via XML, HTML, RSS, email alerts,
Google Maps, Google Gadgets, a javascript image loop or JSON. The site
could use a UI overhaul to make it easier for nontechnical users and
copyright issues will have to be dealt with. That said, Dapper is
pretty awesome.
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