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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Lumerias.com embraces collaboration and the social web. We propagate the use of open standards and open source software. In part, Lumerias.com is also built on top of open source components. Thus we encourage our users to use Lumerias.com's data feeds and build fascinating applications and useful widgets.

Commercial Webservice API

Besides the free data feeds, Lumerias.com enables individual website owners and partnering website businesses to enhance their existing web pages and add a rich video meta-search tool to their site. After an easy integration in your backend (via JSON or XML-RPC) or even easier directly into your pages (via embedded frames), you present your visitors with the option to search for videos using Lumerias.com's expertise in online video retrieval.

Documentation of our commercial search webservice API, available as JSON or XML via RESTful API.

If you would like to use our commercial webservice API then contact us at: licensing [at] lumerias.com.

RSS

RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication, a web content syndication format. Using a feed reader software application or a similar web-based news aggregator like Bloglines or Google Reader it possible to subscribe to specific Lumerias.com video search results just like to blog feeds. This way there is no need to search Lumerias over and over again. Your feed reader will conveniently remember seen results and alert you when new results are available.

• Example: Subscribe to the RSS results feed for 'dog'

License
Our RSS feed is offered under a "non-commercial, for private use only" license. API calls are metered and we reserve the right to block peculiar requests. Please contact us at licensing [at] lumerias.com if you want to use our service for a commercial project.

OpenSearch Standard

The OpenSearch Standard was propagated and invented by A9.com, Inc., an Amazon.com company. It enables special aggregator websites and software clients to transparently query search-engines. For example, using the plug-in below it lets you search for videos from the search bar in the upper-right corner of OpenSearch compatible browsers (most browsers today are compatible).


Add Lumerias via the OpenSearch/JavaScript mechanism
• or do it manually: simply go to your browser's search-box, click on the drop-down icon and select "Install Lumerias"
• or view the OpenSearch description document in XML.

License
Our OpenSearch feed is offered under a "non-commercial, for private use only" license. API calls are metered and we reserve the right to block peculiar requests. Please contact us at licensing [at] lumerias.com if you want to use our service for a commercial project.

Sherlock Standard

Sherlock was an application developed by Apple Computer Inc. for the Mac OS X operating system. It enables users to get relevant information by providing channels of data. Lumerias still offers the legacy Sherlock format, as it enables some non OpenSearch enabled browsers (like Mozilla Firefox 1.5+) to install search plug-ins. But please note that Lumerias does not actively maintain this standard anymore.


Add Lumerias via the OpenSearch mechanism
Add Lumerias via the Sherlock mechanism
• or Look-up Lumerias on the Mycroft Project page.

License
Our Sherlock feed is offered under a "non-commercial, for private use only" license. API calls are metered and we reserve the right to block peculiar requests. Please contact us at licensing [at] lumerias.com if you want to use our service for a commercial project.