Hi weblunar,
I think what you're probably going to want to do is use the YAP PHP SDK to capture your user data, and you can also use the SDK to run YQL. YQL will allow you to create the mashup that you're looking for by accessing the social data as well as an external data feed (in the case of shopping I believe it's an XML feed).
So, here are your starting points:
- Get a Y! shopping API key and read the API documentation: http://developer.yahoo.com/shopping/
- Get the YAP PHP SDK and read the documentation on how to use it
- Read the documentation on how to use YQL (in your case with the SDK) - http://developer.yahoo.com/yql
- You can also run YQL tests on the console at: http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/, including accessing external data feeds such as XML.
- Create your application at: https://developer.yahoo.com/dashboard/
Please let us know if you have any questions along the way.
Jonathan LeBlanc
Senior Software Engineer
Yahoo! Developer Network
hi
i need some idea on getting started.first i want to develop a mashup site
that gathers information from yahoo shopping and also integrating yahoo social API
so to give easy access to users on yahoo network.
can someone give me some ideas or show me where to start
thank you
