General Overview
The Truveo video search engine is an index containing millions of video files that are available on the Internet. This index is continuously updated, cleaned and expanded to include the latest videos from the most popular video destinations on the Web. The Truveo video search APIs provide a programmatic interface to access this index and build applications that feature video search results. The rich functionality of these APIs enables you to build a wide variety of video-based web applications.
Features
The Video Search API allows you to:
- Turn your website into the ultimate destination for online video by putting millions of videos at your users' fingertips. Our APIs make it easy for you to create search functionality that will let users find video located either in your own video library or on thousands of websites across the Internet.
- Enhance your existing website with relevant video clips. Our APIs can be used to identify videos relevant to a particular topic. Links to these videos can be placed alongside other content on your website to build a more engaging experience.
- Build an online community for sharing video. Our APIs provide a range of features that allow users to easily save and share favorite videos and watchlists. These personalization features provide a simple and powerful framework for building a thriving online video community.
The Truveo Video Search APIs come in four flavors: XML, AJAX, Flash, and Ruby. The XML API allows users to submit REST-style queries and receive XML-formatted results to standard HTTP GET requests. The AJAX API runs in the browser and lets client applications access video search results directly from JavaScript. The Flash API runs in Macromedia Flash and allows Flash applications to access video search results. The Ruby API is a mapping of the XML API for use in Ruby programs.
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Open House On Demand, Part 2: A Video Open House Powered by OpenAuth, Video Uploads, Truveo, and the AOL Video Player
By John Fronckowiak
February 19, 2008
The goal of the Open House On Demand project is to provide an online virtual open house, supported by AOL technologies. Open House On Demand provides real estate brokers with a mechanism to upload videos of properties for sale to the AOL Video web site and to specify attributes of those properties--for example, property type, number of bedrooms, or year built. In addition, potential buyers will be able to search the property videos and view a virtual open house right in their web browsers. This article is presented in two parts: part one discusses the implementation of the video upload for property brokers, and in part two, which you are reading now, I discuss how potential buyers can search and view the videos. More...
Open House On Demand, Part 1: A Video Open House Powered by OpenAuth, Video Uploads, Truveo, and the AOL Video Player
By John Fronckowiak
January 18, 2008
The goal of the Open House On Demand project is to provide an online virtual open house, supported by AOL technologies. Open House On Demand provides real estate brokers with a mechanism to upload videos of properties for sale to the AOL Video web site and to specify attributes of those properties such as property type, number of bedrooms, or year built. In addition, potential buyers will be able to search the property videos and view a virtual open house in a web browser. This article is presented in two parts. In part one, which you are now reading, I will discuss implementing the video upload for property brokers. In part two, I will discuss how potential buyers can search and view the videos. More...
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More About Truveo
Enhance your web site with video searchThe Truveo APIs are a great tool for adding video to your web site. These APIs give your users access to millions of videos and are available in a number of flavors:
- The XML API delivers XML-formatted video search results.
- The AJAX API lets any browser access video search results using JavaScript.
- The Flash API lets Flash applications access video search results.
- The Ruby API is a mapping to the Truveo APIs for Ruby.
Truveo operates one of the largest video search distribution networks, reaching over 40 million unique visitors every month. As a result, Truveo can put your video in front of millions of users across many of the most popular web destinations:
- If your video is already on the web, you can submit a feed to our search engine by signing up for a Truveo Director Account.
- If your video is not yet on the web, you can upload your video to AOL Video and it will become searchable across the Truveo video search network.
The rich functionality of the Truveo video search service lets you build a variety of video applications like
- an online community for sharing and discussing video,
- a next-generation video browsing and searching portal, or
- an online video guide personalized to your tastes.
See more examples in the Truveo video search application gallery.
Share your favorite videos with othersThe personalization features of Truveo video search let you
- keep track of all your favorite videos,
- build watchlists to discover video you might like, and
- get personalized suggestions for cool new video.
All of your video favorites can be shared on your homepage or blog using the helpful modules available in the application gallery.