Frequently Asked Questions

These are the questions I get asked the most when people are getting up and running using my APIs. I try to provide answers to most of the challenges you will face, to encourage you to do everything on your own.

General

• Who is Kin Lane? - I am the API Evangelist, an analyst and engineer who focuses exclusively on the world of APIs.
• Why do you have APIs? - Everyone should have APIs, not just the Twitters of the world. I have APIs to help practice what I preach, and make my research open and accessible to everyone.
• What can I build with the APIs? - That is up to you. I have APis to empower you with access to my research, what you build should benefit your world, as well as the wider API community.

Support

• What is the best way to get support? - The best way is to submit a Github issue for the master API stack, or via the Github repository for each API. I try to keep API specific issues local to each API, and wider conversations via the portal.
• Why did it take a couple days to get response? - I am a one man show, and sometimes I can get to issue immediately and sometimes it takes me time. If it is mission critical, I will make time, but otherwise I queue things up.
• Can I email you? - Sure you can, but remember that I do not always check email each day, as sometimes I tune it out to be more productive in my research. I priotize Github issues and Tweets a little differently.
• Can I talk to you on the phone? - I take calls on Thursday, and have open office hours. Schedule something ahead of time and I'm happy to carve ou the time.

Legal

• Can I use your images? - All of my content is licensed CC-BY-SA. All I ask for is attribution when it makes sense.
• Can I use repost your stories? - All of my content is licensed CC-BY-SA. All I ask for is attribution when it makes sense.
• How is your code licensed? - All code I produce tends to live in Github repository, and usually post licensing within each project--which is usually Apache 2.0.
• Can I use your API designs? - All of my APIs are licensed CC-BY-SA as well using API Commons--feel free to re-use all my designs.

If you do not find the answer you are looking for, head over to the support page, and hit me up via one of the supported channels. I encourage you to use the Github issues for this repo, so we can keep the history for others to learn from.