Windows Live Client Extensibility APIs

The APIs in this section allow you to extend the functionality of Windows Live Client software.

Windows Live Photo Gallery SDKs — The Windows Live Photo Gallery SDK includes the following components:

• The Windows Live Photo Gallery Publishing Plug-in Platform enables the creation of photo and video publishing plug-ins.
  
• Windows Live Photo Gallery Simple Extensibility Points provide ways to extend, customize, and integrate with Windows Live Photo Gallery.
  

Windows Live Writer SDK — Three sets of APIs are provided in this SDK:

• Application API, for launching Writer to create new posts or "Blog This" items for links, snippets, images, and feed items.
  
• Content Source Plugin API, for extending the capabilities of Writer to insert, edit, and publish new types of content.
  
• Provider Customization API, for customizing both the capabilities of Writer as well as adding new capabilities to the Writer user interface.