Pearson APIsDeveloperWeek Hackathon SF, February 2013

Gregg Alpert

@PearsonAPI -- @alpsgm

Why Use Pearson APIs?

• Build and enhance your mobile or web apps with great content related to education, food, travel, business information, high res images, classic novels, health care and more…

• Add high quality, curated content (text, images, audio) to your apps

• Easy to use RESTful APIs (JSON, XML, HTML)

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1. Travel2. Food3. Literature from Penguin4. Images5. DictionariesGuides related to:Business, Life Skills, Healthcare, Technical

Topics

Pearson APIsBuild apps with content from Pearson

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Travel Content

• Award-winning guides of top tourist cities• Geo-located attractions• High quality images• Detailed tourist information

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Food Content

• Over 3,000 Recipes from top-selling Pearson Books

• Includes Images and Nutrition analysis

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Dictionary - Longman

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Penguin Classics – Literature Content

• A collection of 48 of the best novels ever created written in the English Language

• Titles include Jane Eyre, Dracula, Great Expectations

• Keyword search across all titles

• Retrieve your favorite passages and chapters

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Maptouria.com – Mobile Travel Guide Demo

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Maptouria Demo

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Maptouria Demo

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Winning: $350 in Amazon gift cards for Best Use of a Pearson API to be divided up b/n winning team

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Pearson API Breakout Talk

• Saturday, 2pm – Room 2• Learn more detail about Pearson APIs

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Applications created with Pearson APIs

Appendix

Pearson APIs: developer.pearson.com

DK Images

• 90,000 high-resolution images

• Wide range of images

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FT Press

• 300+ inspiring short publications and articles

• Topics cover business, marketing, and science

• Essential insights from the best business books and editorials from leading business thinkers

Nursing & Health Survival Guides

• Best-selling quick reference guides for students and professionals

• Developed by experts in topical areas of health and social care

• Topics include: Cancer Care, Diabetes, Dental Nursing, and more!

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Peachpit Visual QuickStart Guides

• Proven tutorial and reference format with over 15 years of success

• Concise, straightforward tutorials

• Step-by-step guides developed by teachers and experts in the field

• Hand-picked topics include: Wordpress, PHP, HTML5, CSS, Photoshop, and more!

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Our Newest API: Brilliant Series

• Educational titles to help readers build skills in business, finance, careers and other professional development areas.

• Concise, straightforward tutorials

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