Hi everyone!

Today we have released two new features for the Junar API which I would like to talk about.

First of all we have added a new output format of type XML for API´s invoke method. You can now enable the XML output for your calls just by adding the argument output=xml. This will return a standard XML document structure which then you can manipulate.

The other new cool feature we have added to our API is the ability to page through our Data stream invocation calls. This will enable you to properly manipulate and display big data sets with faster response times than requesting the whole dataset in one call.

We have added to following to parameters to our invoke method:

• page: Is of type Integer and represents the page number your requesting starting by 0.  
• limit: Is of type Integer and represents the amount of rows or records to be retrieved per page.

If your invocation call does not provide given parameters the whole dataset will be returned, if one of the above parameters is not provided the request response will be a 400 error.

Hope these new features come in handy in your applications and for any help or support on the new features please contact Junar support.

With our release some months ago of our API we hoped that we could be able to power up platforms, web services and even applications so they all could benefit from the open data on the web. For this task we developed several methods and technology that would allow others developers to connect into Junar's engine (more info here).

Our first partner to start taking advantage of our API was Startbull, a colombian startup aiming to bring investment education and knowledge where people could learn how to invest with others (crowd sourced) in Latin America.

As a startup, Startbull couldn't afford paying Bloomberg or other similar platforms for the data of Stock Markets, data that was available on the web but difficult to extract and use. Instead they turn to Junar to help them with the quest: Using our collection tool we where able to give them data streams they needed and use them through our API to get all market information for Chile, Colombia and Perú. This data is being pulled directly from the Stock Market websites and real-time (not with the 20min delay bloomberg has on LATAM stock market) into their own platform.

"  Junar has been crucial for us, not only because of the data they deliver, but also because of the excellent data management tool they have developed on their API.  " Santiago Pineda-Startbull

Today Startbull keeps growing it's platform, just completed the StartupChile program and just went finalist on Innova Brasil 2011.

Tomorrow, hundreds of hackers will battle for 30 straight hours in the Desarrollando America contest (hackathon) where developers compete to create unique and innovative applications around topics like education and security, using open data.

Junar will support the 'biggest hacker event in the region' with relevant and interesting data so they can power up their ideas. Also we will be through the entire event providing tips and support so they can unleash all our API's power. We have set a special place to review a sample of the data gathered for the event on the following site: http://www.junar.com/desarrollandoamerica

For those who want more information on the event you can visit:  http://www.junar.com/desarrollandoamerica (spanish)

We have open up channels for support such a Yahoo Group  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/junar-developers and of course our e-mail support@junar.com .

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Junar has now opened its Engine for developers to do some magic with it. We'll keep working on it such that you can always get the live data coming from different sites in the web or from different users publishing relevant data they own. We have a created a page with all the information and documentation so all developers can get started on how to use it: http://www.junar.com/developers/

Developers can now focus on creating interesting applications that we will promote as much as we can.

The Junar server API enables direct access to the Junar data catalog and engine from your application. It allows discovering Data Streams & dashboards, invoking Data Streams, and soon....collecting data and publishing it as Data Streams.  It uses a RESTful interface and returns data in JSON.

Data streams invoked through the API provide online and standarized  access to data contained in HTML pages, XLS and CSV files available on the web.

- What is a Data Stream? A Data Stream is a set of data collected by a Junar user from several sources in the web to even self-publishing of relevant data that Junar users posess and want to share. Junar keeps the Data Streams updated.

- What is a Dashboard? A Dashboard is a group of Data Streams that a Junar user creates. For some crazy reason Junar users like grouping data that together make sense.

If you are interested in playing with our API, please send us an email at Develpers@Junar.com or contact Joaco aka APIMan if you have any doubt.

Junar Team

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