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"Product Hunt, the increasingly popular website that helps you discover new apps and services, is about to grow its presence on the Web after it began allowing other\u00A0services to plug into its treasure trove of information.\r\n\r\nFounder Ryan Hoover last month\u00A0announced plans for an API, which allows other developers and software makers to build services that make use of Product Hunt's data. Now the switch has been hit, letting the first services in.\r\nWe just started giving people access to the @ProductHunt API. &amp;amp;gt;100 requests/minute on avg and climbing. pic.twitter.com/G0woWAlMZw\r\n\r\n\u2014 Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) August 17, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\nHere are 11 of the initial group that\u00A0you can tinker with -- many of these previously scraped the site for information, so will perform\u00A0better using\u00A0the API:\r\n\r\n\tHuntlytics: simple Product Hunt analytics for products\r\n\tProduct Hunt Roulette: a\u00A0StumbleUpon-like discovery service for navigating ProductHunt\r\n\tProducthunter Chrome Extension: serves up the most recent entries\u00A0in a new tab\r\n\tThe News: an iOS app that combines\u00A0Hacker News, Designer News, and Product Hunt\r\n\tPanda: lets you browse\u00A0Hacker News, Designer News, Product Hunt, and other resources in a single place\r\n\tThe Scoop: like Panda, this brings\u00A0Hacker News, Designer News, and Product Hunt together in one place\r\n\tYo PRODUCT HUNTED: sends\u00A0a Yo update when an\u00A0entry clocks 150 upvotes\r\n\tRoost for Product Hunt:\u00A0sends a notification when an entry hits\u00A0100 upvotes\r\n\tProduct Hunt Alert: sends an SMS if a specific domain is mentioned on Product Hunt\r\n\tHunterData: a Product Hunt leaderboard\r\n\tSpear:\u00A0Product Hunt command line interface\r\n\r\nThe API isn't open to all at this point, but around 300 developers have gotten access. Others\u00A0who are interested are invited to request early access\u00A0here.\r\n\r\nIn his post, Hoover admitted that the move is scary. &amp;quot;I worry people will abuse the site or create something that \u201Csteals\u201D engagement... we also lose the ability to measure how people are using Product Hunt,&amp;quot; he wrote, though\u00A0he recognizes opening up enables huge\u00A0opportunities since &amp;quot;Product Hunt\u00A0is all about inspiring creation and entrepreneurship.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nProduct Hunt actually hired the developer behind the Chrome Extension -- so it's fair to say that this is a good way to catch the companies eye. The company is planning its first hackathon, which Hoover tells me will take place in the coming weeks. That's more evidence that the team is passionate about working closely with the developer community.\r\n\r\nThe company\u00A0is currently going through the hallowed Y Combinator accelerator program. That, coupled with its intention to work with the developer community and its existing successes, suggests that its service has a bright future.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Product Hunt\r\n\r\nRelated:\u00A0The 7 (mostly free) tools Product Hunt used to build its early-stage community\r\n\r\nAnd also:\u00A0The 7 best Product Hunt lists you didn\u2019t even know existed"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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