2.0 Release - OAuth + Private Data + Partner API  (Winter 2011)

• application registration, user app approval, partner app approval
• OAuth "1.5k" 
• authenticated data access (lender account balance, partner account balance, etc.)
• partner data uploads (new business drafts, borrower repayments)

Upcoming Features

Currently new development is currently on hold while we focus on system-wide improvements at Kiva.  Aside from the Roadmap above, the Backlog lists items that might make it into an upcoming release.

Backlog

• RSS Love

• more RSS feeds for many of our calls

• deprecation of all RSS feeds on www.kiva.org 

• some new feeds for access to aggregate statistics 

• stats for developers on app performance
• snapshots listing (API method exposing latest snapshots+date)
• more bulk data dumps  (pending community feedback)
• developer/app statistics
• interactive API Explorer
• "make a loan" API
• gifting API?  (gift certificates)  

Recently Released 

8/2/2009

• API documentation on site

• methods and methods/:name - documentation via the API

• lender/:lender_id/teams

7/19/2009

• teams/search  (search or list lending teams on Kiva)
• snapshots   (publication of current data snapshots available)

6/24/2009

• currency exchange risk
• bulk data dumps (beta downloads available on June 30)

Past Milestones

1.2

• live API documentation on build.kiva.org
• API methods to expose the API interface and documentation (self-documenting API)
• more API methods for Lending Teams
• internal improvements

1.1

• lender search
• journals search
• www.kiva.org/basket/set  and  www.kiva.org/myLenderId
• new methods for Lending Teams
• data snapshots
• video, currency exchange risk, and more...

1.0

• Kiva API launched
• build.kiva.org