http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/firehose/default.aspxTags: firehoseenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2010/04/13/yahoo-firehose-released.aspxWed, 14 Apr 2010 00:04:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:13306Pete Prestipino0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=13306http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2010/04/13/yahoo-firehose-released.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><b>The Yahoo! Developer Network announced the release of the Yahoo! Updates Firehose service, a Web service for accessing and searching the full, real-time index of Yahoo! updates and a stream of activity from various Web services like Flickr. </b>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Yahoo! Firehose is accessed via Yahoo! Query Language (YQL), an SQL-like query language that is used as the primary vehicle for accessing Yahoo! data and services. It allows developers to call, update, and combine data from across Yahoo! &nbsp;for use on sites and within applications.&nbsp;</p> <p>Using YQL, you can now query the Updates Firehose for common keywords used across all updates, updates from a specific application, all updates of a specific language, updates associated with a location, updates associated with a specific URL, or updates of a specific type (including status updates, ratings, comments, and reviews). The latter caused a small stir in the comments of the official announcement.&nbsp;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13306" width="1" height="1">yahoodevelopersfirehoseYQL41310