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Drawing The Meta Line: Reference Information In APIs

Andrew NoonanSoftware Engineer at Gnip

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Who is this guy?

What is he talking about?

Why should I care?

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Who Is Gnip?

Social Data

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Inbound APIs

Publisher Firehoses (Streaming)• Twitter• Tumblr• …

Public APIs• Facebook• Instagram• …

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Outbound APIs (Products)

REST• Search• Rehydration• Historical PowerTrack

Streaming• PowerTrack• Replay

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Payload Growth

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Enrichments• Klout Profile

• Language Classification

• Profile Location

• Url Unwinding

Gnip’s Additions

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Referential Data Fields• Profile data• 10K Users• 90 Days• 40MM activitiesOutcome• 27% profile changes• 4.3% user changes

People Are Boring

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Solutions and Expectations

Expectations• User• ConsumerSolutions• Service model• Push updates• ?

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Questions?