Optical Character Recognition (OCR) has many uses in the world today. Especially as we continue transitioning our communications from paper to digital forms. One common request for this technology is to solve captchas. Appropriate use for this is to automate the management of an account someone has online. For example, a seller wants to automate …
How to Build a Custom Search Engine with the Google Search API (with Ruby)
Google is nowadays the go-to default search engine for almost everyone (Sorry Bing!). Not only that, but their service offering ranges from email to web hosting, including AI services, maps, among many other things. You usually don't think of Google Search as being available to developers as an API. In fact, it's one of a plethora of APIs Google …
Top 8 Best Search Engines (of 2022)
Search Engines allow us to filter the tons of information available on the internet and get the most accurate results. And while most people don't pay too much attention to search engines, they immensely contribute to the accuracy of results and the experience you enjoy while scouring through the internet. Although you might think that Google is …
List of 20+ Search APIs You Can Use Right Now
What is a Search API? An API is a service that provides a set of sub-routines, functions, and procedures that application software can call to perform a specific task. A search API is a service that offers an API whose underlying features involve seeking through various data for a specific piece of data as instructed by application …
The Top 12 Analytics APIs (including Google Analytics API & Alternatives)
What are Analytics APIs? Analytics APIs are APIs that enable applications to perform a systematic analysis of data and provides insights into the meaning of the data to help in decision making. (Not to get confused with API Analytics). via GIPHY Analytics can be used to find trends and patterns, customer behavior and help in predictive …
Project Highlight: Explain & Send Screenshots Google Chrome Extension
Like most people who write for the internet, I find myself constantly taking screenshots. I hit the keyboard shortcut on my computer. I open the downloaded image in Preview. I add various arrows, text or shape annotations. I upload the edited image to Imgur or email to share. Done. I didn't realize how much this inefficient process bothered me …
Add Authentication and Billing for Your API on Google Cloud Platform [Tutorial]
Did you know the API solutions market is projected to quadruple to a value of $660 million by 2020? It's a good time to get your API up and running! In this tutorial, you will learn how to get your API ready and grab a piece of this rapidly expanding market. Today, we’ll talk about how to do the following with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and …
HackDavis Teams Shine with Google Translate Skill
This weekend, we were in Davis, California for the Hack Davis hackathon! This hackathon was centered around the idea of social good, and we were definitely feeling the warm and fuzzies. Here are two projects we were pretty impressed by: …
Google Flights API: Incorporate Travel Data into Your App
As of April 10, 2018, Google Flights API is now deprecated. Consider using Skyscanner Flights API instead (qpx express api alternative) as your travel api provider. Connect to API This edition of #12DaysOfAPIs, we're profiling the Google Flights API! Read on to learn how to add in-flight search into your script or start …
Amazon Alexa Tutorial: Build Google Translate Skill
We just got our hands on the Amazon Echo - a new Alexa-powered voice assistant device from Amazon. Let's see what we can do with it. The Amazon Alexa platform is based on skills. Amazon Alexa Skills are the equivalent of apps for this voice-powered platform. While there are countless skills we could potentially build for Alexa, today we'll …