My You’re Looking Dapper

March 20, 2007 |

In somewhat of a variation on Yahoo! Pipes (though they’ll probably hate me for saying so), the new Dapper allows you to easily build website APIs by mashing together different sources of content.

With Dapper (Data Mapper) you can use any web content to create an RSS feed, a Yahoo Widget, or a Google Gadget for a site. Consider using your site’s content on an Ajax based map, receiving an email alert when your store’s Alexa ranking reaches your goal, or create a mashup of your favorite team’s game dates and a hotel reservation website to organize your roadtrip.

Dapper takes you through an intuitive process after which you will have at your disposal an API with which you can interface to get the content in a format of your choice (XML, HTML, RSS, Google Map, etc.); one might say, a little more dapper.

Here’s an application from Guy Kawasaki which automatically tracks the Technorati rank of SEO’Brien as well as the number of links and the number of sites linking to the blog.

hmmm… not moving much… I’ll have to work on that

Unlike Pipes, Dapper is a little more complicated so I’m still working with it before I can share with you my own examples. If you create something of your own, let me know and I’ll post it here.

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Rick on March 21, 20075:11 am
So you know.. the link you have to Dapper goes to Dapper.com. The site you are referencing is Dapper.net.
Paul on April 27, 20075:12 am
Thanks Rick, I’ve edited the article

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