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# Alex Bosworth's API tips
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/alex-bosworths-api-tips/
- Published: 2006-08-23T20:20:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:43:07.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: microformats, Open source, Web building

[Alex Bosworth](http://www.sourcelabs.com/blogs/ajb/?ref=chrismessina.me) has some [great pointers on building web APIs](http://www.sourcelabs.com/blogs/ajb/2006/08/how%5Fto%5Fprovide%5Fa%5Fweb%5Fapi.html?ref=chrismessina.me). [We've](http://citizenagency.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) been advising many of our clients on building out or planning APIs for their products and this advice is very much in line with our advice (we're also partial to OpenID and microformats). Oh, and if you forget your API or microformats at the door, [Sebastian](http://pixelsebi.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) has developed a way [retrofit your site with microformats](http://pixelsebi.com/2006-08-24/does-tim-burners-lees-blog-support-microformats/?ref=chrismessina.me) [using Dapper](http://www.dappit.com/dapp-howto-use.php?dappName=MicroformatsTestPixelsebi&ref=chrismessina.me). How cool!