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Re: Show HN: API Marketplace for Developers by Developers

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Post by timmm »

govindpatel wrote: post #20

what can I do with program Id. So when I click on it. it says that it copied text, where and how can I use that? I was here: https://askmacgyver.com/explore/program/general-optical-char... Also why all have different pricing? Also most of the things on website seems broken. Like there is a select dropdown on explore page But when selecting any item from the list, nothing happens. (Not sure whether that is intended)

You can demo the program, so for OCR if you want to run it against an image you can do that on the demo page.

Try this and see how well it fairs -

Program ID: 9t5A2G2a (General Optical Character Recognition)

Private Key: In your /account under "User Information"

Send Data:

{ "image_url": "https://askmacgyver.com/images/passport.jpg" }

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This will run the OCR program against the image below -

The image you are testing: https://askmacgyver.com/images/passport.jpg

https://askmacgyver.com/demo

Re: Show HN: API Marketplace for Developers by Developers

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Post by remy_ »

timmm wrote: post #19
lunactic wrote: post #14

As someone with a research interest in such services maybe you allow me to ask a few questions (you don't have to answer all of them) - What separates you from existing API Marketplaces (e.g. Algorithmia) - What kind of run time environments do you allow? - Do you have programmer APIs other than JS? - From your blog I am assuming you use docker for running the algorithms? Will the docker images be made open too? - Ho…

> - What separates you from existing API Marketplaces (e.g. Algorithmia) Macgyver differs from Mashape in that we host the program and actually run the program against the data (processing). This allows us to have more control over verifying the up-time as well as any changes to the program which might affect an end user's application (we do our own versioning so any new changes will be pushed as an incremental versi…

> - Do you have programmer APIs other than JS?

He probably means SOAP, Corba, etc. not just REST/JSON.

Re: Show HN: API Marketplace for Developers by Developers

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Post by timmm »

allthingsapi wrote: post #23

I see you joining the bands of "serverless" computing - this is no easy feat - can you speak to what is in your backend and how you plan to support heavy workloads?

It shouldn't be an issue - the API currently sits on Google's Cloud Platform which provides the infrastructure and tools to scale the service. IMO Snapchat's usage of the platform really speaks to the stability and capability of it.

Re: Show HN: API Marketplace for Developers by Developers

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Post by impostervt »

timmm wrote: post #15
impostervt wrote: post #2

I have a side project that I host on Mashape, and I wouldn't mind looking into an alternative. However, the first thing I tried to find out is, how much does Macgyver cost? Mashape takes a % of what I charge end users, is this the same? Also, isn't the name going to get you sued?

> how much does Macgyver cost? Mashape takes a % of what I charge users We allow you to name your own price and that is how much you will receive from those who use your program. However the client facing price will be higher as we tack on our additional processing overhead and a fixed percentage fee.

Right, and that's the cost information I'm looking for.
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