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The Plings wiki is a place for anyone interested in developing applications using Plings data via our APIs.

The Plings project takes data about activities for young people, aggregates, filters, enhances and then republishes it.

Developers can

• use the Plings Output API to interrogate and use the data for their own purposes
• Build applications to display the data
• Build tools to supply activity data via the Plings Input API

Developer API Resources API Keys (updated 23/07/09) -- You'll need an API key to work with the data. Find out how to get one. Plings Input API (updated 06/08/09) -- API reference for supplying data to Plings, including code snippets (see Example Code HTTP POST, Example Code SOAP). Plings Output API -- (updated 17/11/09) How to use Plings data for your own purposes. Full API documentation and links to Free Software projects using the API. Plings Brand Guidelines -- If you wish to use Plings branding these are the guidelines. (Updated 02/02/10) Plings Graphics -- High quality Plings Graphics for use in your applications.(Updated to include Boredometer 27/07/09) Spreadsheet -- Spreadsheet template for collecting plings data. Generic Activity Descriptions -- generic descriptions of popular positive activities. Essential Information Contact Us - Plings is headed up by Substance, contact details here. API Releases - details of changes to the API, and any plans we may be considering.

Community Community - We run a Google Group for developers Developer FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. Building an Application? Developer Resources - (updated 30/09/09) If you're building something, then we've got a few things that might be useful for you. There are fully working applications such as Webplings, and collections of Code Snippets (new 30/07/09), and also Third Party Software that we can point you towards. ShowMyPlings - (new 30/07/09) A PHP project, aimed at developers who submit data to Plings. This application makes it easy to see the data you have supplied. (uses the Plings Output API) Tag Getter - (new 17/08/09) This is a php implementation of the http://tagthe.net webservice that generates tags from blocks of text. May be useful for developers that need to auto tag content. Webplings - A PHP project to visualise data from the API on the web (uses the Plings Output API) Simple Plings In - A Ruby on Rails project that aims to make it easy for people to publish activity data. The plan is enable them to easily generate XML data with enough detail to be called a Pling. Boredometer - An application for use in Bebo and Facebook Research Research - As part of the Plings project we have commissioned and carried out key research: including research into Safe Social Network Site Applications, the Information Behaviours of Young People and Youth Participation and Plings