My former co-worker Matt Croydon cleverly looks under the hood of NFL.com’s in-game update Flash app, and finds it’s powered by JSON-formated versions of the data — meaning it’s there for the taking. Makes me wonder how many “accidental APIs” are out there, if we check out the source XML and JSON files for various Flash widgets.
http://www.postneo.com/2007/09/09/accidental-apis-nfl-edition
001 // Baxter // 09.10.2007 // 1:11 PM
I know I’ve got a few. Definitely. I love feeding flash with XML. Easy and effective.