Re: drumbone api

Yes, it's a classy web framework: http://www.sinatrarb.com/

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Mike Norton <xsideofparadise@yahoo.com>wrote:

> What's the Sinatra framework?  Is that named after Frank?
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> Michael A. Norton
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> *From:* Ed Summers <ehs@pobox.com>
> *To:* public-egov-ig <public-egov-ig@w3.org>
> *Sent:* Mon, June 14, 2010 7:49:38 PM
> *Subject:* drumbone api
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> Of potential interest to egov folks that haven't already seen it announced:
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> http://services.sunlightlabs.com/docs/Drumbone_API/
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> Drumbone is a RESTful JSON API over data about legislators, bills, and
> roll call votes. Unlike the Sunlight Labs Congress API, all data is
> taken from existing APIs and data sources (especially GovTrack); there
> is no original data here.
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> The name "Drumbone" is taken from the name of an instrument created
> from PVC pipes whose length can be adjusted as needed to create
> various sounds and music. Accordingly, the purpose of Drumbone is to
> pipe in data from disparate sources, and redistribute it in the
> simplest and most flexible format possible.
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> Drumbone is designed to serve thin clients, and applications where
> bandwidth is at a premium. It was originally built to serve a mobile
> app, the Congress Android app), and a widget service, Sunlight's
> Politiwidgets. The idea is to give you all the information you need to
> fill in a user interface in one HTTP call. It is not meant to serve as
> a bulk data repository. Drumbone uses GovTrack for that, and so should
> you.
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> Drumbone is written in Ruby, with the Sinatra framework, and uses
> MongoDB for data storage. The code for this service is available on
> Github.
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