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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
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xml:id="language-specific-api-bindings">
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<title>Language-Specific API Bindings</title>
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<para>A set of supported API bindings in several popular languages are available from the
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Rackspace Cloud Files product, which uses OpenStack Object Storage code for its
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implementation. These bindings provide a layer of abstraction on top of the base REST
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API, allowing programmers to work with a container and object model instead of working
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directly with HTTP requests and responses. These bindings are free (as in beer and as in
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speech) to download, use, and modify. They are all licensed under the MIT License as
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described in the COPYING file packaged with each binding. If you do make any
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improvements to an API, you are encouraged (but not required) to submit those changes
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back to us.</para>
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<para>The API bindings for Rackspace Cloud Files are hosted at <link
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xlink:href="http://github.com/rackspace">http://github.com/rackspace</link>. Feel
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free to coordinate your changes through github or, if you prefer, send your changes to
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cloudfiles@rackspacecloud.com. Just make sure to indicate which language and version you
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modified and send a unified diff.</para>
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<para>Each binding includes its own documentation (either HTML, PDF, or CHM). They also
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include code snippets and examples to help you get started. The currently supported API
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binding for OpenStack Object Storage are:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>PHP (requires 5.x and the modules: cURL, FileInfo, mbstring)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Python (requires 2.4 or newer)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Java (requires JRE v1.5 or newer)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>C#/.NET (requires .NET Framework v3.5)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Ruby (requires 1.8 or newer and mime-tools module)</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>There are no other supported language-specific bindings at this time. You are welcome
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to create your own language API bindings and we can help answer any questions during
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development and give you full credit for your work.</para>
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</section>
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