The BeenVerified API Has Arrived!
We spent the last week or so enjoying working normal hours and just relaxing after the past four months of re-building BeenVerified. Today, we felt it was time to jump right back into mix and kick things into high gear again.
We are very happy to announce the official launch of the BeenVerified API. The API provides an easy and secure way for developers to integrate BeenVerified directly into their own website or application’s look and feel. The authentication process follows the Oauth protocol and is meant to give our users control over who can access what parts of their information without having to give up their username and password. The process we use is similar to how a third-party website and the end-user interacts with a website like Flickr or PayPal.
When we first started BeenVerified, we had a very clear idea of where we wanted to go. The initial concept was that there had to be a better way for online users to secure their privacy and yet increase transparency at the same time. By increasing transparency, we knew that in turn would also make them more successful at whatever they were trying to do online (dating, job seeking, etc.). Also, there were some standards that we personally wanted to adhere to. Exactly how we were going to accomplish all of that, was what took all these months to work out. The feedback we got from “smart money” , fellow entrepreneurs, initial partners, friends in the identity space, and most importantly our users, gave us a very good guideline for what we needed to build.
This new API gives us a great platform for us to grow BeenVerified in terms of scale and also service users in many different ways. We look forward to seeing how the developer community can use BeenVerified within their own applications. While at the moment our API is read only, we are looking for partners that feel they could add value to having their users import data to BeenVerified as well.
You can learn more here or if you have any questions you can check out our API Forums and feel free to pester our development team.You can read up on the API Documentation HERE and get a developer key HERE.
Check out this ScreenCast to see how BeenVerified interacts with third-party applications.
