1. Pearson APIs
DeveloperWeek Hackathon SF, February 2013
Gregg Alpert
@PearsonAPI -- @alpsgm

3. Why Use Pearson APIs?
• Build and enhance your mobile or web apps
with great content related to education, food,
travel, business information, high res images,
classic novels, health care and more…
• Add high quality, curated content (text, images,
audio) to your apps
• Easy to use RESTful APIs (JSON, XML, HTML)
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4. Pearson APIs
Build apps with content from Pearson
Developer.pearson.com
1. Travel
2. Food
3. Literature from Penguin
4. Images
5. Dictionaries
Guides related to:
Business, Life Skills, Healthcare,
Technical Topics

5. Travel Content
• Award-winning guides of
top tourist cities
• Geo-located attractions
• High quality images
• Detailed tourist information
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6. Food Content
• Over 3,000 Recipes from top-
selling Pearson Books
• Includes Images and Nutrition
analysis
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7. Dictionary - Longman
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8. Penguin Classics – Literature Content
• A collection of 48 of the best
novels ever created written in
the English Language
• Titles include Jane Eyre,
Dracula, Great Expectations
• Keyword search across all titles
• Retrieve your favorite passages
and chapters
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9. Maptouria.com – Mobile Travel Guide Demo
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10. Maptouria Demo
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11. Maptouria Demo
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12. developer.pearson.com
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13. Winning:
$350 in
Amazon gift
cards for Best
Use of a
Pearson API to
be divided up
b/n winning
team
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14. Pearson API Breakout Talk
• Saturday, 2pm – Room 2
• Learn more detail about Pearson APIs
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15. Stay in Touch / Feedback

16. Applications created with Pearson APIs

17. Appendix

18. Pearson APIs: developer.pearson.com

19. DK Images
• 90,000 high-resolution
images
• Wide range of images
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20. FT Press
• 300+ inspiring short publications
and articles
• Topics cover business, marketing,
and science
• Essential insights from the best
business books and editorials from
leading business thinkers

21. Nursing & Health Survival Guides
• Best-selling quick reference
guides for students and
professionals
• Developed by experts in
topical areas of health and
social care
• Topics include: Cancer
Care, Diabetes, Dental
Nursing, and more!
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22. Peachpit Visual QuickStart Guides
• Proven tutorial and reference
format with over 15 years of
success
• Concise, straightforward tutorials
• Step-by-step guides developed by
teachers and experts in the field
• Hand-picked topics include:
Wordpress, PHP, HTML5, CSS,
Photoshop, and more!
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23. Our Newest API: Brilliant Series
• Educational titles to help readers
build skills in business, finance,
careers and other professional
development areas.
• Concise, straightforward tutorials
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