# Other API News I Did Not Get a Chance to Write About

**Author:** kinlane  
**Canonical:** https://apievangelist.com/2011/09/10/other-api-news-i-did-not-get-a-chance-to-write-about/

Here are a couple news stories from the week that I didn't get a chance to write about.

*   **[Google APIs Client Library for PHP](http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-apis-client-library-for-php-beta.html "Google APIs Client Library for PHP")** - Google launches a new set of PHP Client LIbraries that work across multiple Google APIs including Buzz, Books, Latitude, Page Speed, Tasks and URL Shortener.
*   **[Breaking Down E-Commerce APIs](http://blog.programmableweb.com/2011/09/09/breaking-down-e-commerce-apis/ "Breaking Down E-Commerce APIs")\-** An amazing breakdown of E-Commerce APIs by Marc Mezzecca,, founder of NextGen Shopping, over at ProgrammableWeb.
*   **[Madison Transit API Homebrew](http://www.gregtracy.com/56599543 "Madison Transit API Homebrew")** - A great story about hacking together an API for the Madison Transit, by scraping their website site and abstracting an interface that developers can really use.  
*   **[Google+ API Not Close …Unless You’re “Trusted”, Then It’s Ready](http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/08/google-plus-api/ "Google+ API Not Close …Unless You’re “Trusted”, Then It’s Ready")** - Techcrunch let us know that their is a Google+ API, and if you happen to be what Google considers a “Trusted Tester”, you could be getting access to the API much sooner. 
*   **[Infochimps Acquires Keepstream](http://blog.infochimps.com/2011/09/07/infochimps-acquires-keepstream/ "Infochimps Acquires Keepstream")** -  Infochimps purchase of social media curation and analytics company, Keepstream.

Wish I had more time in each day.

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