The Launch of the Yahoo! Address Book API
June 4, 2008
By: Drew Meyers
Author's Website: http://www.zillow.com
I just saw the news over at Mashable regarding the new Yahoo Address Book API. According to Charles Wu, the product manager for the Yahoo! address book platform, here are a couple things you can do with the API:
- Obtain unique identifiers (i.e., email addresses) to help build a social network.
- Look up phone numbers for mobile and SMS applications.
- Look up email addresses for content-sharing applications. For example, you can enhance the “share with friend” capability of your site. Make it easy for users to look up their contacts by combining the Address Book API with the YUI auto-complete widget.
- Make it a breeze for your users to send gifts easily. They can add addresses from their Yahoo! Address Book with almost no typing.
There are further details at the Yahoo! Address Book API landing page on the Yahoo! Developer Network.
Does anyone see any uses for this API in the real estate space?
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Nate Koechley on June 4, 2008 12:33 pm
Just brainstorming here, but it seems you could look into a clients address book and find if they* knew anybody in close proximity to the location of a listing.
*or perhaps even friends-of-friends