Professional Web APIs: Google, eBay, Amazon.com, MapPoint, FedEx -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Who This Book Is For -- What This Book Covers -- How This Book Is Structured -- What You Need to Use This Book -- Conventions -- Source Code -- Errata -- p2p.wrox.com -- Chapter 1: Anatomy of a Web API -- Web APIs versus Web Services -- Web APIs as XML Web Services -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Using the Google API -- Google 101 -- Introduction to the Google API -- Anatomy of a Google API Query -- Five Creative Ways to Use the Google API -- Other Ways to Use the Google API -- Third-Party Google Extensions -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Using the MapPoint API -- MapPoint 101 -- Introduction to the MapPoint API -- Anatomy of a MapPoint API Query -- Five Creative Ways to Use the MapPoint API -- Other Ways to Use the MapPoint API -- Third-Party MapPoint Extensions -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Using the Amazon. com APIs -- Amazon 101 -- Introduction to the Amazon APIs -- Anatomy of Amazon API Queries -- Five Creative Ways to Use the Amazon APIs -- Other Ways to Use the Amazon APIs -- Third-Party Amazon Extensions -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Using the eBay API -- eBay 101 -- Introduction to the eBay API -- Anatomy of an eBay API Query -- Five Creative Ways to Use the eBay API -- Other Ways to Use the eBay API -- Third-Party eBay Extensions -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Using the PayPal API -- PayPal 101 -- Introduction to the PayPal API -- Anatomy of a PayPal API Query -- Other Ways to Use the PayPal API -- Third-Party PayPal Extensions -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Other Web APIs -- Faxing APIs -- The UPS API -- The FedEx APIs -- Bloglines Web API -- Locating Additional Web APIs -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Calling Web APIs from Mobile Devices -- What Devices Support XML Web APIs? -- Calling Web APIs from Pocket PC Applications -- Summary.

Chapter 9: Calling Web APIs from Microsoft Office -- Calling Web APIs from VBA Code -- Calling a Web API from Microsoft Office Using .NET -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Creating Your Own Web API -- Designing the API -- Creating a Web API -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Case Study 1 - Customer Relations Management Application -- Introduction to the Customer Relations Management (CRM) Application -- Building the Project -- Touring the Completed Application -- Summary -- Chapter 12: Case Study 2 - Executive Dashboard Application -- Introduction to the Executive Dashboard Application -- Building the User Interface -- Building the Code Modules -- Touring the Completed Application -- Summary -- Index.