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Release of Version 0.3 of the APaPi – Amazon Product API library

Yesterday saw the release of version 0.3 of the APaPi library. This PHP Wrapper of the Amazon Product Advertising API now supports the BrowseNodeLookup operation. In addition convenience methods have been implemented that allow for users to quickly perform product searches without having to set all required parameters. For an example, if you wanted to

APaPi – development version 0.2 released

Today we have released the second development release of the APaPi library version 0.2. In addition to numerous bug fixes and code cleanup efforts we have provided support for a number of new features in this release. The most note worthy change is that we have implemented an Iterator that will query Amazon as needed

New Project – APaPi – The PHP Wrapper Library of Amazon Product API

Development has just begun on the new APaPi library. This library is to be used for obtaining information from the Amazon Product API. Currently basic support exists for performing the ItemSearch and ItemLookup operations of the API. The project is still in it’s infancy with support for full pagination and all operations to be forthcoming.

HaPi – Bug Fix Version 1.1.1 released

Many thanks to Warren Sherliker for identifying a bug in version 1.1 of the HaPi library. The underlying missing query parameter caused the getClientProjects method to fail. This issue has since been resolved and version 1.1.1 is now available which corrects the issue allowing for the method to function as expected. Version 1.1.1 can be

HaPi Library Version 1.1.0 released : supports new updated_since options

Today we have released Version 1.1.0 of the HaPi Library. This enhancement release of the library enables support for the new updated_since option that was added for Clients, Projects, Contacts, and Invoices. The full details of the Harvest API changes can be found on the Harvest Forum Announcement. For HaPi users this change means that

HaPi Bug Fix Version 1.0.1 released

Many thanks to John Vitelli for identifying a bug in version 1.0 of the HaPi library. The underlying typo caused the assignUserToProject method to fail with a 404 error. This issue has since been resolved and version 1.0.1 is now available which corrects the typo allowing for the method to function as expected. Version 1.0.1

Release 0.4.1 of PHP Wrapper Library for Harvest API

Release 0.4.1 is now available of the Harvest API PHP Wrapper Library. This release is a Bug Fix for those accounts that have SSL support enabled. When utilizing the 0.4 version of the library you may notice that if you set SSL to true that you will not get any results back from the server,

Version 1.2 released of YahooFinanceAPI – new option constants

Today (March 12th, 2010) I released Version 1.2 of my YahooFinanceAPI PHP Wrapper Library. This version adds constants defining the Stock Options available from Yahoo Finance. A minor change to be sure, but one that can come in handy to those new to Stock Quotes and the available options. All the constants are defined in

Understanding the robots.txt file and its purpose

The robots.txt file is a file that you place at the root of your domain to notify web robots what content of your site should be excluded(e.g. what content they should not index or access). However please understand that robots do not need to follow the instructions you place in this file. Therefore do not

What is the main difference between MIT and GPL licenses?

When writing applications, libraries, or other source code we often want some control over how it is used by the community. Licenses allow us developers to protect our rights to the source code while defining the terms in which others may utilize it. Two of the most common licenses used in open source software are