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Professional Web APIs with PHP eBay Google Paypal Amazon FedEx plus Web Feeds
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by Paul Reinheimer (Author)
Product Details
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Wrox (July 31, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764589547
ISBN-13: 978-0764589546
Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
Book Description
- Offers hands-on tips and numerous code examples that show Web developers how to leverage content and feeds from today’s top Web sites-including Google, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Yahoo!, and FedEx
- Introduces APIs (Application Program Interfaces) in general and uses real-world examples that show how to produce and document them
- Explains how to use the popular scripting language PHP to create APIs that interact with unrelated applications over the Web
- Examples take readers through each stage of the API process, from basic test implementations to integration with existing sites
From the Back Cover
As the only book that details how to integrate different APIs and web feeds in PHP so websites can leverage content from eBay, Google, PayPal, Amazon, and FedEx, this hands-on guide takes you step by step through each stage of the API process. Experienced PHP programmer Paul Michael Reinheimer walks you through the production and consumption angles of web feeds and discusses XML-feeds so that you can access one of the fastest growing trends on the web. With real-world examples covering everything from basic test implementations to integration with existing sites, you’ll learn how to produce and document your own APIs, which will allow you to expand your sites and may even prompt you to re-examine how you structure your code.What you will learn from this book
- How to add a third party API to your site or program one of your own
- Ways that a small ISP can use the Yahoo!® XML feed to publish recent technology on a site
- Why APIs are the preferred method for disparate applications to interact over the web
- Differences between the functions of APIs and web feeds and the benefits each has to offer
- The basic structure for REST and SOAP APIs
Who this book is for
This book is for programmers who have a strong understanding of PHP and are looking for detailed coverage of multiple APIs in PHP.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job. Read more
May
14
Pro PHP XML and Web Services
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by Robert Richards (Author)
Product Details
Hardcover: 936 pages
Publisher: Apress (March 27, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590596331
ISBN-13: 978-1590596333
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.1 x 2 inches
Book Description
— Nathan Smith, Godbit Project
Pro PHP XML and Web Services is the authoritative guide to using the XML features of PHP 5 and PHP 6. No other book covers XML and Web Services in PHP as deeply as this title. The first four chapters introduce the core concepts of XML required for proficiency, and will bring you up to speed on the terminology and key concepts you need to proceed with the rest of the book. Next, the book explores utilizing XML and Web Services with PHP5. Topics include DOM, SimpleXML, SAX, xmlReader, XSLT, RDF, RSS, WDDX, XML-RPC, REST, SOAP, and UDDI.
Author Robert Richards, a major contributor to the PHP XML codebase, is a leading expert in the PHP community. In this book, Richards covers all topics in depth, blending theory with practical examples. Youll find case studies for the most popular web services like Amazon, Google, eBay, and Yahoo. The book also covers XML capabilities, demonstrated through informative examples, in the PEAR libraries.
About the Author
Robert Richards, currently an independent contractor, has worked in various fields including Medical Information, Telecommunications, Media and E-Learning. Having been exposed to XML since its inception and used for various projects during his career, his most extensive work with the technology was within the E-Learning space. He helped created a proprietary XML based application server which used XML for data publishing, defining application business logic as well as data querying. He was also the lead engineer for the company’s involvement in SCORM (Shareable Content Object Reference Model), used for Web based learning, established by the Department of Defense through its Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative.
After becoming the latest casualty of the “dot-com” implosion in 2001, Rob had his first taste of PHP and began contributing code to the domxml extension in 2002. Since then he became one of the authors of the DOM extension for PHP 5, contributes to the other XML based extensions and has authored the xmlReader, for PHP 5, and xmlwriter, for PHP 4.3+, extensions. Also on occasion, he contributes bug fixes to the libxml2 project found during the development of these extensions. Read more
