cloudvox digits phone number location rest api (ecomm 2010)
DESCRIPTION
"Painless, Free, Open Phone Data": launched http://digits.cloudvox.com/ , a free REST API & service to find location, carrier, and metadata about any phone number or area code/prefix. Given at eComm 2010: http://america.ecomm.ec/2010/open-phone-data.phpTRANSCRIPT
Painless, Free, OpenPhone Data
digits.cloudvox.com
Troy Davis@troyd
@cloudvox@ifbyphone
PHONES+
AUGMENTED REALITY
=
AUGMENTED PHONE NUMBERS
425-210-1234
http://digits.cloudvox.com/4252101234.json
http://digits.cloudvox.com/2124561111.json (White House)
http://digits.cloudvox.com/6506929100.json (eComm Hotel)
<phone number you care about>
<phone number you care about>
http://digits.cloudvox.com/
<phone number you care about> <.json>
http://digits.cloudvox.com/
What I Wanted
FREE+
OPEN+
PAINLESS
Be lazy in what you send,and liberal in what we accept.
• 10, 7, 6, 3 digits
• Already parsed, or best guess
• Same reply format for all queries
• REST, DNS, browser
Let's Try It
What can I do?
• Get realtime number info from existing tools
• Augment phone number displays
• Analyze a group of numbers
• Customize call logic
Get realtime number info from existing tools
• Browser bookmarklet
• XMPP/Google Talk• Campfire• Command line
...• <Program or protocol you live in>
Augment phone number displays
• Google Spreadsheets
• Address books• CRM• Mobile apps
...• <App that displays phone numbers>
Analyze a group of numbers
• What US states call my phone app?
• Call detail records• Transaction history (where are SMSes going?)
...• <Collection of hundreds or thousands of numbers>
Customize call logic
• "We've got specials on flights to Seattle" - Adhearsion app to play music-on-hold promo by location
• Route calls to nearest retail location without asking caller
• Infer mobility by carrier name
DNS API
host -t TXT 2065460420.na.digits.cloudvox.com
DNS API
host -t TXT 2065460420.na.digits.cloudvox.com
What This Needs
• More countries
• Formatting
• Derivative info
• Users, feedback
@cloudvox@ifbyphone
digits.cloudvox.com
Docs & code samplesbit.ly/cvdigits
Phone API & Asterisk appscloudvox.com
Troy Davis@troyd