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IP Geolocation and Threat Intelligence API: ipdata
An IP address is a simple, numeric piece of information that gets passed to a server, but that IP address can provide a wealth of information with ipdata. With ipdata you can learn user location, language, currency, and much more!Quick Hitsipdata is an...
Fantastic Flight API with aviationstack
I didn't fly until I was 25 years of age -- I was hopeless in knowing I had to be there early, the process of security, and the whole gate structure. Now that I've flown dozens of times for Mozilla, I feel much more comfortable...
Real-Time Google Search Results API with serpstack
In my early web days, I was interested in scraping and collecting data based on the results of Google searches. Scraping Google was easier in those days but now Google search results are so dynamic that you can't rely on getting the same HTML or data...
Simple Scraping API with zenscrape
So many developers believe that scraping a URL's content is easy -- just a simple
curl
and you're done, right? Nope. CAPTCHAs, rate limitations, origin-specific limitations -- they make getting content off the web a nightmare. Luckily we now have services like zenscrape...How to Use JPEG 2000 (JP2) for a Faster Images on iPhone
Images Slow Down WebsitesImages slow down the page-loading performance of many websites. Audit tools like Google’s Lighthouse can quickly tell you how many seconds you can save by optimizing your images. When you are delivering to desktops or android devices running Chrome browser, a quick solution...
Scrape the Web with scrapestack
I first grew to love Firefox not as a web developer but as user, and what drew me to this amazing new browser was its add-on ecosystem. The add-on I used the most? Web scrapers. Piracy had just hit mainstream and I also need imagery...
Get Total Address Information with Geocode API
Getting address information is vitally important. Whether shipping a package, tailoring a user experience to location, or using that data to help localize language on a website, getting location information wrong can lose a sale or brake feature. Let's take a look at an API...
Easy Google Search Result API with Zenserp
No matter how much experience I gain in this industry, one task I continue to fail at is building an accurate, flexible, and maintainable scraper for site search. As soon as sites change their HTML structure, my scrape is borked. When looking to build my own...
Stylish Sites Made Simple with AnyMod
Amazing-looking websites often have specific patterns, and for a reason -- they work. Whether it's a slideshow, a parallax effect, or more traditional design, there's a service that makes total designs and widgetry simple: AnyMod allows web experts and beginners alike to create...
weatherstack: an Amazing Weather API
One of my first tasks each day is checking the weather; it's a necessity for knowing what my children and I should wear, if I'm going to need to water the lawn or need to shovel snow, and if I can take meetings out on my...