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7 years ago Some links for APIs and dev websites for messaging apps:
- WeChat: http://open.wechat.com
- Line: https://developers.line.me
- Messenger: https://developers.facebook.com/products/messenger
- Facebook: https://developers.facebook.com
- Viber: https://developers.viber.com
- WhatsApp: none
- Kakao Talk: https://developers.kakao.com
- Tango: https://www.tango.me/developers
- Kik: https://dev.kik.com
- GroupMe: https://dev.groupme.com
- QQ: http://open.qq.com
- Sina Weibo: http://open.weibo.com/wiki/API%E6%96%87%E6%A1%A3/en
- Twitter: https://dev.twitter.com
- Nimbuzz: https://developers.nimbuzz.com
- Between: none
- Zalo: http://developer.page.zaloapp.com
- Path: https://path.com/developers
- Chikka: https://api.chikka.com
- DeNA Comm: https://github.com/DeNADev, https://docs.mobage.com
- Pinger (Sideline, Textfree): none
- Hike: none
- BBM: https://developer.blackberry.com/
- Maaii: none, http://www.maaii.com/en/partner
- ChatON: dead maybe, http://developer.samsung.com/home.do
- Voxer: none
- iMessage: https://developer.apple.com/imessage/
- Skype: https://dev.skype.com/
- Telegram: https://core.telegram.org/
- Google Allo, Assistant: https://developers.google.com/assistant/sdk/, https://developers.google.com/actions/
- Slack: https://api.slack.com/
- Wire: https://wire.com/en/developer/
- Signal: https://whispersystems.org/docs/
- Matrix/Riot: https://matrix.org/docs/api/client-server/
- Snapchat: just ads, https://www.snapchat.com/ads/partners/
qiujuer
Research: What are the APIs available for messaging apps?
Create a list of links to the documentation for the commonly used messaging apps.
What are the different types of things you can do with messaging app APIs? Read the API documentation and compile a list of all the types of things possible.
Create a matrix showing all the types of things you can do and which are supported by which messaging app in their API.
What helper libraries already exist from 3rd party developers for using messaging app APIs?
It would be good to build out guides for the larger classes of integrations, such as payments, deep linking, direct chat.