In Which Extent are APIs a Strategic Tool for a Global News Agency?
summary
AFP opens an external RESTful API (JSON/XML, GET/POST) to serve its entire news production except live broadcasts, launching an official offer after a startup trial and automation work earlier in the year. Clients move from FTP to CMS integration, startups automate text generation and image retrieval, and mapping apps pull geo‑tagged feeds. The API exposes cluster/feed/search endpoints, supplies 35 editorial metadata facets (IPTC categories, named entities, locations) and delivers measurable impact — 50% of API users are new to AFP.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25APIs and news agencies
- 0:53What is AFP
- 1:43What does AFP cover
- 2:19Why an API
- 2:46The mission of the agency
- 3:45Why APIs
- 4:04Accessing content via APIs
- 4:23Diversification of customers
- 5:54How do you go
- 8:14Anoushka
- 10:59WeMap
- 12:13Partnerships
- 13:30Tracking consumption
- 14:42Metadata
- 16:22Conclusion
- 17:15API Portal
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