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YQL, now with no-auth

Today we pushed the latest version of YQL live, and it now supports a new “public” endpoint:

http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=show%20tables

Unlike the oauth entrypoint, that requires oauth signing and so on, this one needs no signing, no app id, no nothing – just your query. Its that easy.
So you can just run it in a browser: show tables
… and [...]

Run YQL from your Javascript

We’ve been asked about this a few times: How can I run YQL from javascript with all this oauth stuff, I just want it to work!?
For real day-to-day use, the answer is you shouldn’t as any Javascript only technique inevitably exposes your shared secret. As with most secure APIs you should go via your own [...]

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