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Re: Marvel Comics API

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Post by crabasa »

turtle4 wrote: post #14

While having access at all is nice, the terms of use are prohibitive and somewhat heavy handed. They basically say you can make something, but can't charge for it in any way, you can't create a mash-up (no augmentation of data) and if it works out, Marvel will probably implement it for themselves anyway. Not really as 'open' as you might hope. The following default rules apply to all Apps: Advertising. No advertising…

When you upload, submit, store, send or receive content to or through our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.

That's from Google's TOS [1], which applies to GMail. So Google can, in theory, publicly display your email.

I guess that's my way of saying that I'm much more interested in the fact this API is available for exploration and experimentation and much less interested that it doesn't meet an impossible standard that no one here can actually articulate or provide an example of.

[1]: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/

Re: Marvel Comics API

#52

Post by jbarrow »

This is really cool, however I found one major flaw that will prevent me from using this: I have a marvel.com account and forgot my password, so I went to "Forgot my Password" to get a new one.

I was emailed with my email and password in plain text, meaning that Marvel stores the passwords in plain text. Knowing that, I'm not sure how comfortable I would be building something on top of this API.

Re: Marvel Comics API

#54

Post by egypturnash »

Dotnaught wrote: post #38

Bah. Create your own IP. If you piggyback on the work of others you'll just get taken for a ride.

Good luck spreading the word about your own IP. You'll have to either be that one in a million viral hit, or sink a lot of money into advertising.

Re: Marvel Comics API

#55

Post by franze »

crabasa wrote: post #36

For anyone who has enjoyed Timehop, I put together an app I call Marvelhop [1]. It simply picks a random comic that was issued on this week in the past 20 years. I am surely biased, but it's a pretty fun way to rediscover comics you might have forgotten about. [1]: http://marvelhop.jit.su/ UPDATE: The code that queries the API (while messy) is entirely written in client-side JQuery, so feel free to view the source.

just wanted to say: i love it, cool!

Re: Marvel Comics API

#56

Post by nly »

jbarrow wrote: post #52

This is really cool, however I found one major flaw that will prevent me from using this: I have a marvel.com account and forgot my password, so I went to "Forgot my Password" to get a new one. I was emailed with my email and password in plain text, meaning that Marvel stores the passwords in plain text. Knowing that, I'm not sure how comfortable I would be building something on top of this API.

While concerning with regard to their stance on security, you should really assume all web services store their passwords in plaintext. Passwords have always been kept in confidence on the web, without any guarantee of secrecy. Until web standards improve and address this with client side hashing this is an uphill battle, like trying to get people to use prepared queries instead of escaping. Use a password manager with a random per-site generator and just accept it.

Re: Marvel Comics API

#58

Post by userbinator »

turtle4 wrote: post #14

While having access at all is nice, the terms of use are prohibitive and somewhat heavy handed. They basically say you can make something, but can't charge for it in any way, you can't create a mash-up (no augmentation of data) and if it works out, Marvel will probably implement it for themselves anyway. Not really as 'open' as you might hope. The following default rules apply to all Apps: Advertising. No advertising…

> or make any public statement about the Marvel API[...]or these API Terms of Use

What, is this an NDA? (If it is, you just broke it. Along with everyone else in this item that says they did something with their API...)

Re: Marvel Comics API

#59

Post by cfjedimaster »

Back when this was announced, I blogged about it and built a demo. This demo simply finds a random cover over the past 50 years. It updates every - 30 seconds - I think. Anyway, here it is:

http://marvel.raymondcamden.com/

And the code: http://www.raymondcamden.com/index.cfm/2014/2/2/Examples-of-...

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