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Alexa Web Search Platform Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-that-make-you-api dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "Amazon's Alexa is releasing their search index (the same that powers the Wayback Machine) to developers via their new Alexa Web Search Platform. The Alexa framework is not for the weak of heart -- expect to learn how to use their C API, and expect to pay micro-amounts for requests and CPU cycles used -- but it also seems to be more powerful than the rival APIs from Yahoo and Google."

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  1. Shell access? Arbitrary C code? by glinden · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As part of the package, it appears the AWSP offers ssh access to the Alexa cluster where you can write arbitrary C code.

    That seems a little dangerous, doesn't it?