barcampla_boss_yql
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Barcamp LA presentation on Yahoo! BOSS and YQL (including open data tables & execute)TRANSCRIPT
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Yahoo! Open TechnologiesJonathan LeBlanc – Technology Evangelist
Yahoo! Developer Network – Partner Integrations
Blog: www.nakedtechnologist.com
Twitter: jcleblanc
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Build Your Own Search Service
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How Do I Use It?Development and Stuff
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BOSS – Requesting Data
http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/{service}/v1/
{query}?appid={yourBOSSappid}&[params]
Params
• start • format
• count • callback
• lang • sites
• region
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What Can I Build With This Thing? BOSS Examples in Practice
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New Presentation Models
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Client / Browser Integrations
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New Ranking Models
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Vertical/niche search products
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Yahoo! Query Language (YQL) SELECT * FROM Internet
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SELECT * FROM Internet
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SELECT myColumn, myTitle
FROM myTable(0, 50)
WHERE myColumn = 'value' AND myTitle = 'title‘
LIMIT 3 OFFSET 10 |
sort(field='myColumn') | reverse()
YQL – Query Structure
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YQL Command: SHOW tables (77 Standard / 147 with community)
YQL – Available Tables
<table>atom</table><table>csv</table><table>feed</table><table>flickr.photos.exif</table><table>flickr.photos.info</table><table>flickr.photos.interestingness</table><table>flickr.photos.recent</table><table>flickr.photos.search</table><table>flickr.photos.sizes</table><table>flickr.places</table><table>flickr.places.info</table><table>geo.places</table><table>geo.places.ancestors</table><table>geo.places.belongtos</table><table>geo.places.children</table><table>geo.places.neighbors</table><table>geo.places.parent</table><table>geo.places.siblings</table><table>geo.placetypes</table><table>gnip.activity</table><table>html</table><table>json</table><table>local.search</table><table>microformats</table><table>music.artist.id</table><table>music.artist.popular</table><table>music.artist.search</table><table>music.artist.similar</table>
<table>music.release.artist</table><table>music.release.id</table><table>music.release.popular</table><table>music.release.search</table><table>music.track.id</table><table>music.track.popular</table><table>music.track.search</table><table>music.video.category</table><table>music.video.id</table><table>music.video.popular</table><table>music.video.search</table><table>music.video.similar</table><table>mybloglog.community.find</table><table>mybloglog.member</table><table>mybloglog.member.contacts</table><table>mybloglog.member.newwithcontacts</table><table>mybloglog.member.newwithme</table><table>mybloglog.members.find</table><table>mybloglog.stats.find</table><table>rss</table><table>search.images</table><table>search.news</table><table>search.siteexplorer.inlinks</table><table>search.siteexplorer.pages</table><table>search.spelling</table><table>search.suggest</table><table>search.termextract</table><table>search.web</table>
<table>social.connections</table><table>social.contacts</table><table>social.presence</table><table>social.profile</table><table>social.updates</table><table>upcoming.category</table><table>upcoming.country</table><table>upcoming.events</table><table>upcoming.events.bestinplace</table><table>upcoming.groups</table><table>upcoming.metro</table><table>upcoming.state</table><table>upcoming.user</table><table>upcoming.venue</table><table>uritemplate</table><table>weather.forecast</table><table>xml</table><table>yahoo.identity</table><table>yap.setsmallview</table><table>yql.admin.blockedips</table><table>yql.admin.blockedscripts</table>
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YQL Command: DESC social.connections
YQL – Table Contents
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YQL - Running a Query
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/yql?[params]
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?[params]
Params• q=[QUERY]• format=[xml / json]• callback=[function name]• diagnostics=[true / false]
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YQL – Output Types
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YQL Open Data Tables Structure the internet
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YQL – Open Data Tables
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YQL – Using an Open Data Table
USE ‘{TABLE URL}’ as digg;SELECT * FROM digg WHERE topic=‘apple’;
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YQL Execute Augment the Internet
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End Result What’s this data going to do for me?
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Getting Started
BOSS Main Pagehttp://developer.yahoo.com/boss
YQL Main Pagehttp://developer.yahoo.com/yql
YQL Consolehttp://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console
Developer Forumshttp://developer.yahoo.com/forums
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Thank You Questions?