170,000+ Recipes and Grocery Lists In the Cloud: BigOven.com Launches API
First-ever REST-based API from a major cooking site gives developers easy access to 170,000+ recipes, and Grocery List services in the cloud
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 9, 2009 -- BigOven.com, the social network about food that makes you a better cook, announces the beta launch of the BigOven Application Programming Interface (API). This intuitive REST-based API lets any developer build applications featuring 170,000+ recipes, tens of thousands of photos and reviews. Broad uses include new cooking applications for mobile devices (such as Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile devices and more), "mashups" with existing web platforms (such as Facebook or Twitter), recipe/cooking enhancements to existing websites, and data for home automation "kitchen of the future" systems. Developers can register for the invitation-only beta at http://api.bigoven.com.
"BigOven is the first cooking website to open up our platform in this way to developers. We're excited to see what creative and useful applications emerge. We're interested in seeing BigOven services available on any device," said Steve Murch, CEO of BigOven.com.
Based on initial signups, BigOven.com predicts at least four major classes of applications benefit from this new API: (a) apps for the various mobile platforms, such as Blackberry, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, (b) apps for new in-home systems (e.g., home automation touchscreens, TiVO, XBox, Windows Media Center, the new tablet devices, Microsoft Surface, etc.), (c) integrated enhancements to existing websites with recipe and grocery list content (e.g. grocery stores might want to show recipes that consumers can make with their freshest ingredients), and (d) new interconnections ("mashups") with existing API's such as those from Facebook, Twitter, Amazon.com, Google and Microsoft.
With version 1.0 the BigOven API, developers can build applications that let users:
• Search 170,000+ recipes by title, keyword and more
• Display the recipes, including ingredients, instructions, and photos where applicable
• Get, display and post tens of thousands of recipe reviews and ratings from BigOven members
• Get public BigOven profile information
• Add to and edit grocery lists
During the beta period, use of the API is free for commercial and non-commercial use. Pricing is not yet finalized, but a modest and fair transaction-based license fee will be introduced at the end of the beta period to offset server hosting costs. Other details of the Terms of Use, Branding Guidelines and Documentation are available at http://api.bigoven.com.
About BigOven.com
BigOven.com is the social network about food that makes you a better cook. BigOven.com serves millions of unique users each month via its website and highly popular iPhone app. BigOven.com has over 600,000 registered members from around the world, with more than 1,000 new cooks joining each day. The highly popular BigOven.com iPhone App has been downloaded more than 2 million times in its first year of availability, and is used by tens of thousands of cooks every day to help decide what to put on the dinner table. BigOven.com lets people share recipes, reviews, photos and videos, and access them from anywhere. With innovative features like the Leftover Wizard(tm), "What's for Dinner?" foodie updates, a personal "Try Soon Queue" and Chef Medals, BigOven is a great place to discover and share the joy of cooking.
About Lakefront Software, Inc.
Lakefront Software Inc., makers of BigOven (http://www.bigoven.com), is focused building the leading social network in the food category and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. Founded by Steve Murch, a veteran technology executive from Microsoft, Expedia, and VacationSpot.com, Lakefront Software Inc. is profitable, and passionate about making great consumer software and services.
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Contact Information Steve Murch
BigOven.com
http://www.bigoven.com
(206) 849-0437
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