Referencing the APIs
The Live Connect APIs include the JavaScript API (Windows 8 and web), the Managed API (Windows 8 and Windows Phone), the iOS API, the Android API, and the Representational State Transfer (REST) API. The following sections guide you to info about how to reference these APIs:
- Referencing the JavaScript API (Windows 8 and web)
- Referencing the Managed API (Windows 8 and Windows Phone)
- Referencing the iOS API
- Referencing the Android API
- Referencing the REST API
Referencing the JavaScript API (Windows 8 and web)
Instructions for Windows Store apps using JavaScript
To reference the APIs in a project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 for Windows 8, see the "Referencing the Live Connect APIs from your Windows Store app using JavaScript" section in Windows Store apps.
Instructions for client-side websites and scripts that use JavaScript
To reference the API, for client-side websites and scripts that use JavaScript, set a reference to a web-based version of the wl.js file from your code, like this.
<script src="//js.live.net/v5.0/wl.js"></script>
A web-based debugging version of wl.js, called wl.debug.js, is also available. It is an uncompressed version of wl.js. To call it, substitute wl.debug.js for wl.js, like this.
<script src="//js.live.net/v5.0/wl.debug.js"></script>
Web-based localized versions of the APIs are available for JavaScript. You add a URL segment that specifies the culture-name string for the localized version that you want to use. For example, to load the web-based Japanese version, your app uses a URL, like this.
<script src="//js.live.net/v5.0/ja/wl.js"></script>
For a complete list of supported localized versions, see Supported locales.
Referencing the Managed API (Windows 8 and Windows Phone)
To reference the API for Windows Store apps with C#, see the "Referencing the Live Connect APIs from your Windows Store app using XAML and C#" section in Windows Store apps. To reference the API for Windows Phone apps with C#, see the "Referencing the Live Connect APIs with C#" section in Windows Phone apps.
Referencing the iOS API
To reference the API for Objective-C, see the "Referencing the iOS API with Objective-C" section in iOS apps.
Referencing the Android API
To reference the API for Java, see the "Referencing the Android API with Java" section in Android apps.
Referencing the REST API
Use the info in Server-side scenarios to learn about available REST calls and their syntax. To learn how to make REST calls for your specific platform and programming language combination, see your documentation.