Calling all developers! we’ve just launched the Open API to saynotopremium (beta). With a developer key you can now search our database for numbers using either a name or a premium number, (the same functionality as the front page of the site). The API responses are in JSON or XML. Check out the API tab for more info.
If you’re interested in developing software that makes use of the API, send a mail to [api at saynotopremium.co.uk]
I popped over to “mobile geeks london” last night and bounced some ideas of a few folks regarding saynotopremium. The overall impression was pretty positive and I got some really useful suggestions about the types of interfaces/API calls people would like to see. Also thanks to a conversation I had last night with a regular user of the saynoto0870 site, I might build the ’search by name’ function straight into the mobile app along with the ’search by number’ option if there’s room in the mobile java application (of course both methods are available via the API).
After having been on the message boards at saynoto0870.com these last few days I now realise that it’s imperative to have an open API to the numbers database. There are so many developers on the saynoto0870 message boards who are desperate to use the data to create all sorts of wonderful applications - often offering to do it in their own time for free, and they are all getting flatly ignored by the site admin.