First and foremost...

We owe thanks to several open-source projects and libraries:

• CentOS Linux
• Fedora Core Linux
• MySQL Database
• GlassFish Java EE 5 Application Server
• SOCR Statistics Online Computational Resource
• SSJ Stochastic Simulation in Java
• Base64 Encoder/Decoder
• Dojo JavaScript Toolkit (hosted on AOL's CDN)
• JavaScript SOAP Client

...and now, the good news

Rimzu provides a rich API to all its services.
In fact, the Rimzu web site itself uses that same API, and nothing else!

The API is exposed as a standard SOAP Web Service.
Modern development frameworks (e.g. Java, .NET) should support it natively.
For AJAX web developers, we provide a small JavaScript library that wraps the Web Service calls.

The Web service itself listens on http://www.rimzu.com/RimzuService (wsdl here).
We'll soon post here the complete API documentation.

What is it good for?

For the first time, you can access a Social Network's data, without the need to build one yourself. Rimzu's API lets you write programs, plugins and web sites that utilize this data. For example:

• Outlook plugin that automatically synchronizes your friends' email addresses.
• eMule plugin that gives your friends higher download priorities.
• WinAMP plugin that shows you which music your friends are listening to.
• ...and so much more!

Using the API is free, of course.

We'd love to hear of cool things you've done with it, and link to them here.
Feel free to drop us a line at api@rimzu.com!