Uber Trip Experiences & Unlocking Your Platform's Potential

Building an API for your business is the new hotness and with good reason, APIs are awesome! While an API that is at feature parity with your core product is a good place to start, discovering resources to expose beyond that is when you can truly unlock the full potential of your developer platform. In this session I will walk you through the evolution of the Uber Developer Platform, our launch of Trip Experiences, and where I see the Uber platform heading from here.

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1. Developers Uber Trip Experiences & Unlocking Your Platform’s Potential Andrew Noonan, Partner Engineer, Uber MARCH 1, 2016
2. API != Platform
3. Maarten Van Damme
4. Wikimedia
5. Why build an API?
6. Why build a platform?
7. Developers
8. Dilbert © Scott Adams
9. ProgrammableWeb Growth in web APIs 2005-2013
10. When to open up APIs?
14. Vertical Growth
15. Developer platforms provide: Utility Revenue Distribution
16. The Uber Logistics Network
17. MILLIONS 60+ COUNTRIES 350+ CITIES 1M+ DRIVER PARTNERS OF RIDERS
18. POINT A POINT B
19. RIDE NOW Ride Request Button Deep Links /request /reminders /products /estimates/price /estimates/time /requests/[id] /history /me Ride Details Ride Options Ride Request POINT A
20. Citymapper /products /estimates/price /estimates/time
21. Citymapper Deep Links
23. The Uber Developer Platform
24. BUILD MOVING EXPERIENCES
25. BUILD MOVING EXPERIENCES Working with Developers Forging Partnerships Providing Tools Uber Cultural Value: Let builders build
26. BUILD MOVING EXPERIENCES Products that bring joy Getting people from A to B Features for people while they move Making daily life easier: Saving time & Money Uber Cultural Value: Make Magic
27. Trip Experiences API
28. POINT A POINT B 1,000,000,000 TRIPS THE TRIP
29. POINT A POINT B 20 MINUTES PER TRIP ~ THE TRIP
30. POINT A POINT B 20,000,000,000 MINUTES OF FREE TIME ~ THE TRIP
31. The ultimate car entertainment system is the device in your hand.
32. GET /v1/requests/current all_trips scope Uber Trip Experiences { "request_id":"17cb78a7-b672-4d34-a288-a6c6e44d5315", "status":"accepted", "location":{ "latitude":37.7886532015, "bearing":135, "longitude":-122.3961987534 }, "pickup":{ "latitude":37.7872486012, “longitude":-122.4026315287, "eta":5 }, "destination":{ "latitude":37.7766874, “longitude":-122.394857, "eta":19 }, "driver": { "phone_number": "(555)555-5555", "rating": 5, "picture_url": "https:\/\/d1w2poirtb3as9.cloudfront.net\/img.jpeg", "name": "Bob" }, "vehicle":{ "make": "Bugatti", "model": "Veyron", "license_plate": "I<3Uber", "picture_url": "https:\/\/d1w2poirtb3as9.cloudfront.net\/car.jpeg" }, "eta":5, "surge_multiplier":1.0 }
33. POINT A POINT B CONTEXT MATTERS This API can tell you… When the rider has free time How much free time they have Where they’re coming from Where they’re going
34. Gamification Earn points or rewards for moving around your city
35. Local guides Insights for, and offers around, your destination
36. The Future
37. Developers Andrew Noonan Partner Engineer, Uber @noonisms Thank you