Dance-Tunes wishes to anounce the following: One of our members has used our Public API to create a PHP client library

Here is his part of his post:

“Although I’d normally write this article in Romania I expect a wider audience for it, so I will post it in English.

If you don’t want to read the entire article here are some shortcuts:

* Download the Dance-Tunes Client Library
* See the code
* Download Zend Framework

Dance-Tunes is a music online store, located in the Netherlands, where one can buy their favorite … dance tunes, of course. Organised in eight main genres (Downtempo, Dance, Techno/Minimal, Hardcore, Breaks, Electro/House, Hardstyle/Jump and Trance) Dance-Tunes has an extensive database of tunes, artists and labels.

The Public API

On the 22nd of February 2010, Dance-Tunes released their 1.0 version of the API. The main purpose of the API is to help create rich internet applications that are based on the information of tunes, artists, labels or charts. Developers are encouraged to use the public Dance-Tunes API to get creative and use the extensive library of labels, artists and tracks in their sites or applications.

Dance-Tunes has created a special page for developers where one can find all information about the public API. Each individual API call is explained and examples are given to show the correct structure of the calls and response. One can request an API key by logging in using the Dance-Tunes account details. The API key will be sent to the developer’s email address. One can download the API documentation in pdf format for printing and off-line viewing.

The PHP Client

The Dance-Tunes PHP API Client that I am releasing today, was written with intention of integrating into a Zend Framework application. As of this it follows the PHP File Formatting, Naming Conventions and Coding Style recommended by the Zend Framework Team.
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These classes can be modified or extended in order to deal in a specific way with the XML response.

All the code and download files can be found at the Google Code Project“

We urge PHP developers and enthusiasts to go and check out the full article here!

Feel free to leave a comment when you are planning on working with the API or the PHP library.