APISamples

This is a repository of code samples for the Associated Press APIs. For more information about the APIs, visit AP Developer portal.

AP Media API

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For the complete documentation of the API methods, refer to the AP Media API developer's guide.

Concepts demonstrated in the code samples

• Issuing a search request
• Transitioning from /search to /feed
• Issuing a feed request
• Saving a search or feed response payload
• Long polling on a feed request
• Downloading and saving renditions
• Following redirects
• Downloading priced renditions (disabled by default)
• Fetching associations
• Processing associations: saving metadata, fetching and saving renditions
• Basic error handling

Concepts NOT demonstrated

• Handling quota violations
• Complete handling of pricing exceptions
• Caching concepts with ETags (some mentions in comments)
• Anything with meta {} block; for example, pricing and products
• /account/* calls

AP Metadata Services (APMS) APIs

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For the complete documentation of the API methods, refer to the APMS developer's guide.