Posts Tagged Windows Azure
MS Tag REST relocation
Posted by suddenelfilio in .net, MSTagLib on 28/01/2010
UPDATE: The service has been relocated.
I will soon be moving the MS Tag REST API to my new server. Currently this is hosted at Windows Azure, but I don’t want to risk an unwanted and unexpected bill being served because I overused the azure service. Since I currently don’t track the usage I decided to move it.
I will announce the move on codeplex, getsatisfaction.com and the tag site at ning.com During the migration I will try to keep this painless as possible and with the minimum amount of download. It will be a matter of DNS propagation.
So if you are using the MS Tag REST API please leave a comment and I will inform you personally when the transfer will happen.
Release a new project: Microsoft Tag Java Library
Posted by suddenelfilio in MSTagLib on 22/11/2009
Remember the previous PHP library I released for the Microsoft Tag API, well this time I’m releasing a library for Java development.
Go check it out at codeplex: http://mstagjavalib.codeplex.com/
Release a new project: MSTagLib
Posted by suddenelfilio in MSTagLib on 02/11/2009
I recently started messing around with PHP development. Since I am a loyal .net fan it felt a little strange actually enjoying this newly discovered language php. I knew it existed but I never had an interest into it. Until now of course.
Since there is no better way to learn a language then actually working with it I decided I would create a PHP library to access the Microsoft Tag API. Problem with the API is that it was not really PHP friendly in that PHP soap-client could not parse the wsdl created for the API. I the tried a couple of other soap libraries out there but since I’m a newbie not much success was granted to me.
Also I saw that a REST interface to the MS Tag API was a popular demand over at the community site for MS TAG. I set off to create a REST interface for the API. To do this I used the WCF REST Starter kit preview 2 to create a sort of facade to the actual API service (which is also WCF, but just not REST exposed). It is nothing more than a service that forwards request to the genuine service and returns the result of that service in json. For more information on this facade service go to: http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net. The facade is hosted in the Windows Azure cloud.
Along side the development of the REST interface I also started implementing a PHP library that uses the facade service to interact with the MS Tag API. I put this library up at codeplex: http://mstagrestlib.codeplex.com
Currently I’ve implemented support for generating uri, dialer, vcard and freetext tags as well as requesting the generated tag from the MS Tag API. The codeplex project site also has some samples on how to use the library
I plan to implement the entire MS Tag API but the keyword is baby steps 
Feel free to download the PHP library a give me feedback on how to improve it because I’m pretty sure it can be better, but I’m limited by the little php knowledge I posses.