1. Erik Eldridge Slideshare.net/erikeldridge Yahoo!Kimo Introduction to the Yahoo! Query Language

5. The YQL statement to run The YQL statement to run

6. Yahoo! starts us off w/ several pre-defined “tables” Predefined YQL data tables

7. XML response from a public data request Public URLs do not require OAuth Raw XML output

9. Anyone can create a table for yql. Seeing the community tables in the console Now showing community tables Pulling table defs from datatables.org

10. Anatomy of a simple table showing table url, base api endpoint, and input definitions Tables can be very simple Input definition Native YQL query E4X

11. Using a custom table in the console Specifying table w/ “use” Transcript HTML output

12. All community tables in the console are open source and available in githubDefault behavior of the Yahoo! Weather table Community tables shown in YQL console Hack idea: Plurk table

14. YQL is great for mobile apps (1 request to yql for the heavy lifting results in faster apps). This app finds the locations of nearby bars: YQL is great for mobile apps

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