{"id":8889,"date":"2023-02-07T12:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/techscape-why-twitter-ending-free-access-to-its-apis-should-be-a-wake-up-call\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T12:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:37:45","slug":"techscape-why-twitter-ending-free-access-to-its-apis-should-be-a-wake-up-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/techscape-why-twitter-ending-free-access-to-its-apis-should-be-a-wake-up-call\/","title":{"rendered":"TechScape: Why Twitter ending free access to its APIs should be a \u2018wake-up call\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: The social media network is putting its APIs \u2013 the under-praised tool that keeps the internet as we know it going \u2013 behind a paywall. And the ramifications are huge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/ss\/c\/TBl-lE0k4WbTlFRn6v-lQXxTpTslqnvUsR2ofAkC00vqkHXqakTSxrykj9mrdACFo11SPMvm9ONAti2JcHBqUgcduObToxycReEYHcTAh6nov_u_7l464yKkl5CZpPeg-CqG3ueb-8UiDZ4dOkhK_xu6BZysaGtGOA-w2_0KTqLsMBLqZrcGelEg-7T5C6DRfMSsX1Wcyrv2RlHjbzIGx0ePxMD7meIXmznkqCFxtrflV_YvxDV9cqXgzdq7c2-9qYTW0MyIMCG7p9sc7wIKCg\/3ha\/N7031ZxvS8Cv2AmB8PHP-g\/h27\/towm4HqYM1UtQe3kzAkaoAWT_zh9HyZuTvPyJCk6JeE\">Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>APIs may not seem like the sexiest thing to write about in a tech newsletter, but bear with me. Because APIs \u2013 or application programming interfaces \u2013 are important. They\u2019re the synapses of our digital world: without them, our current ways of living wouldn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<p>For example, when you visit a website that requires you to log in, and you choose to connect with a Google or Facebook account, you\u2019re utilising an API. That click of a button that links your existing account on one platform with a new account on another is enabled by an API. They spring into action whenever one type of work interacts with another, working to bridge that gap. APIs are the overlooked and under-praised army that keeps the internet as we know it going.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/feb\/07\/techscape-elon-musk-twitter-api\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/71787554583655149422797a44430da33a4b7c7e\/0_376_5730_3438\/master\/5730.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fb11a0f53f4a452f1d51a0613881f973\" title=\"TechScape: Why Twitter ending free access to its APIs should be a \u2018wake-up call\u2019\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: The social media network is putting its APIs \u2013 the under-praised tool that keeps the internet as we know it going \u2013 behind a paywall. And the ramifications are huge<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nAPIs may not seem like the sexiest thing to write about in a tech newsletter, but bear with me. Because APIs \u2013 or application programming interfaces \u2013 are important. They\u2019re the synapses of our digital world: without them, our current ways of living wouldn\u2019t work.<br \/>\nFor example, when you visit a website that requires you to log in, and you choose to connect with a Google or Facebook account, you\u2019re utilising an API. That click of a button that links your existing account on one platform with a new account on another is enabled by an API. They spring into action whenever one type of work interacts with another, working to bridge that gap. APIs are the overlooked and under-praised army that keeps the internet as we know it going. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: The social media network is putting its APIs \u2013 the under-praised tool that keeps the internet as we know it going \u2013 behind a paywall. And the ramifications are huge Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here APIs may not seem like the sexiest thing to write about &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/techscape-why-twitter-ending-free-access-to-its-apis-should-be-a-wake-up-call\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TechScape: Why Twitter ending free access to its APIs should be a \u2018wake-up call\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8889"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}