Hacker News with Generative AI: API

Rethinking the C Time API (oliverkwebb.github.io)
Out of all the components of C, its time API is probably the one most plagued with legacy cruft.
Programming, Time Management, API
67 points by oliverkwebb 4 days ago | 78 comments
How (not) to sign a JSON object (2019) (latacora.com)
Last year we did a blog post on interservice auth. This post is mostly about authenticating consumers to an API. That’s a related but subtly different problem: you can probably impose more requirements on your internal users than your customers. The idea is the same though: you’re trying to differentiate between a legitimate user and an attacker, usually by getting the legitimate user to prove that they know a credential that the attacker doesn’t.
Security, Authentication, API, JSON
54 points by maple3142 11 days ago | 43 comments
Show HN: An API that takes a URL and returns a file with browser screenshots (github.com/US-Artificial-Intelligence)
This project was made to support Abbey, an AI platform. Its author is Gordon Kamer.
API, Web Development, Screenshots, Artificial Intelligence
208 points by gkamer8 14 days ago | 100 comments
Microsoft Proposes Web Notifications API Support for Incoming Calls (neowin.net)
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced a new proposal to allow web applications to send incoming call notifications via the Notifications API.
Web Development, Notifications, Microsoft, API, Web Applications
6 points by bundie 15 days ago | 0 comments
Citations on the Anthropic API (anthropic.com)
Today, we're launching Citations, a new API feature that lets Claude ground its answers in source documents.
Generative AI, API, AI
177 points by Olshansky 28 days ago | 61 comments
AI Agent Builder from Postman (postman.com)
AI, Software, Tools, API
11 points by a85 29 days ago | 5 comments
Announcement: S3 Default Integrity Change (github.com/aws)
In AWS SDK for JavaScript v3.729.0, we released changes to the S3 client that adopts new default integrity protections. For more information on default integrity behavior, please refer to the official SDK documentation. In SDK releases from this version on, clients default to enabling an additional checksum on all Put calls and enabling validation on Get calls.
AWS, Security, Software, Cloud Computing, API
5 points by snide 31 days ago | 5 comments
Libvirt 11.0 Released for Open-Source Virtualization API (phoronix.com)
Libvirt 11.0 was christened today as the newest version of this open-source Virtualization API for managing VMs on Linux and other platforms while supporting KVM, QEMU, Xen, VMware ESX, LXC, Bhyve, and other hypervisors.
Virtualization, Open Source, Linux, API, Hypervisors
7 points by LinuxBender 36 days ago | 0 comments
Scaling LLMs with Golang: How we serve millions of LLM requests (assembled.com)
While the LLM ecosystem is overwhelmingly Python-first, we've found Go to be exceptionally well-suited for production deployments. Our Go-based infrastructure handles millions of monthly LLM requests with minimal performance tuning. Beyond Go's well-documented advantages (see Rob Pike’s excellent distillation of Go's benefits), three capabilities have proven particularly valuable for LLM workloads: static type checking for handling model outputs, goroutines for managing concurrent API calls, and interfaces for building composable response pipelines.
Go Programming, Performance, Infrastructure, API
17 points by johnjwang 37 days ago | 0 comments
Making Beautiful API Keys (agentstation.ai)
Since developers are our customers, we wanted them to have beautiful API keys.
API, Design, User Experience
63 points by savannahkc 41 days ago | 103 comments
Say Goodbye to Outdated Footer Years, Forever (getfullyear.com)
Service degradation: Our API is occasionally returning 2024 instead of 2025. Our intern is investigating and working on a fix. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Software, Web Development, Programming, Bugs, API
6 points by threepointone 48 days ago | 5 comments
There's no good reason for signing webhooks (speakeasy.com)
Interesting fact: 80% of API producers sign their webhook requests with HMAC-SHA256 (opens in a new tab).
Webhooks, Security, API
18 points by mfbx9da4 49 days ago | 3 comments
Say Goodbye to Outdated Footer Years, Forever (getfullyear.com)
Service degradation: Our API is occasionally returning 2024 instead of 2025. Our intern is investigating and working on a fix. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Software, Web Development, Errors, API
25 points by mvelbaum 50 days ago | 13 comments
Stripe V2 (brandur.org)
I happened to notice by way of a Slack bot today that Stripe released a V2 version of their API. I thought this must’ve been a soft launch right before the holidays, surely to be followed up by a more formal blog post, but the Way Back Machine clocked the page in early October, making it three months old. It’s been there all along, I just hadn’t seen it before.
Software, API, Payments
101 points by surprisetalk 53 days ago | 53 comments
Ask HN: Embeddable Browser Alternatives to Browserling? (ycombinator.com)
I'd love to use them, just they won't reply to any emails about their Live API. I can't seem to find any reasonable alternatives to https://www.browserling.com/api
Web Development, Software, Alternatives, API, Browser
4 points by MarcelOlsz 63 days ago | 9 comments
OpenAI WebRTC Audio Demo (simonwillison.net)
OpenAI announced a bunch of API features today, including a brand new WebRTC API for setting up a two-way audio conversation with their models.
OpenAI, WebRTC, Audio, API
8 points by duck 64 days ago | 1 comments
Go Protobuf: The New Opaque API (go.dev)
We created the new Opaque API to uncouple the Generated Code API from the underlying in-memory representation.
Go, Protobuf, API, Programming, Software
287 points by secure 66 days ago | 212 comments
ChatGPT Down (openai.com)
We have reports of API calls returning errors, and difficulties logging in to platform.openai.com and ChatGPT. We have identified the issue and are working to roll out a fix.
ChatGPT, Downtime, OpenAI, API
80 points by hnarayanan 71 days ago | 30 comments
Advanced OAuth2: Refresh Tokens and Token Expiration Strategies (igventurelli.io)
OAuth2 has become the backbone of secure authorization in modern applications, enabling applications to access resources on behalf of users. While the initial implementation of access tokens is relatively straightforward, managing their expiration and handling refresh tokens efficiently is critical for a seamless user experience and robust security. In this post, we’ll explore advanced concepts of OAuth2, focusing on refresh tokens and token expiration strategies, with practical examples using Java and Spring Boot.
OAuth2, Security, Java, Spring Boot, API
11 points by mooreds 77 days ago | 0 comments
Webhooks Are Harder Than They Seem (svix.com)
At first glance, webhooks seem simple. You take an event in your system—a user signs up, a file gets uploaded—and you send an HTTP POST request to a URL provided by your customer. Done. Easy. Or so it seems...
Webhooks, Software Development, API
30 points by KenRuf 79 days ago | 10 comments
I was wrong about GraphQL (wundergraph.com)
I've been building GraphQL tools and writing about the technology since 2018. Over the years, I've shared my thoughts on various aspects of GraphQL. From best practices to controversial opinions—I've covered a lot of ground.
GraphQL, Web Development, API, Software
3 points by wundegraphTeam 79 days ago | 0 comments
Vulkan 1.4 Streamlines Development, Deployment of GPU-Accelerated Applications (khronos.org)
SIGGRAPH Asia, Tokyo, Japan – December 3, 2024 – Today, the Khronos® Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies dedicated to creating advanced interoperability standards, has announced the release of Vulkan® 1.4, the latest version of its cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API.
Graphics, Software, Open Standards, API
9 points by jlpcsl 80 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla releases API pricing, dev says would cost $60M/year to run his app (electrek.co)
Tesla has released API pricing for third-party apps and this developer says that it would cost them $60 million per year to run their third-party Tesla app under these new pricing.
Tesla, API, Pricing, Software Development, Automotive
6 points by heisenbit 84 days ago | 3 comments
Spotify cuts developer access to several of its recommendation features (techcrunch.com)
Spotify will no longer allow developers building third-party apps with its Web API to access several features within the music streaming platform, such as song and artist recommendations, the company announced in a developer blog post on Wednesday.
Spotify, Music Streaming, API, Development, Recommendations
7 points by cannibalXxx 84 days ago | 1 comments
Show HN: Neon-PostgREST – Build a Supabase-Like API/SDK DevX over Neon (github.com/zuplo-samples)
Are you using/considering Neon (or your own hosted Postgres) - but wish you had the ability to interact with your database via API/SDK like Supabase? Look no further! This project shows you exactly how to recreate the Supabase API and developer experience. Try the Demo.
Databases, API, Open Source, Software Development, Postgres
8 points by DataOverload 87 days ago | 2 comments
Model Context Protocol (anthropic.com)
Today, we're open-sourcing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, including content repositories, business tools, and development environments. Its aim is to help frontier models produce better, more relevant responses.
Open Source, AI, API
872 points by benocodes 87 days ago | 259 comments
Show HN: Autotab – Programmable AI browser for turning web tasks into APIs (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, we're Alexi and Jonas the co-founders of Autotab (https://autotab.com). Autotab is a chrome-based browser you can teach to do complex tasks, with a simple API for running them from your app or backend.
Web Development, Chrome Extensions, Artificial Intelligence, API
159 points by jonasnelle 92 days ago | 82 comments
Using gRPC for (local) inter-process communication (2021) (mpi-hd.mpg.de)
Using a full-featured RPC framework for IPC seems like overkill when the processes run on the same machine. However, if your project anyway exposes RPCs for public APIs or would benefit from a schema-based serialisation layer it makes sense to use only one tool that combines these—also for IPC.
Software, Inter-Process Communication, gRPC, API, Serialization
121 points by zardinality 92 days ago | 93 comments
Show HN: Vratix – Open source API Modules that simplify backend development (github.com/vratix-dev)
We created this library of reusable API modules to simplify API development because we were wasting too much time setting up basic functionality and researching the latest backend best practices.
Open Source, API, Backend Development, Software
4 points by ivan-ivanov 93 days ago | 3 comments
Hyrumtoken: A Go package to encrypt pagination tokens (github.com/ssoready)
hyrumtoken is a Go package to encrypt pagination tokens, so that your API clients can't depend on their contents, ordering, or any other characteristics.
Go, Encryption, Security, API, Pagination
65 points by noleary 94 days ago | 56 comments