Best Practices

Use the recommended guidelines and tips in our Best Practices section for seamless and efficient integration with AP Media API.

General Guidelines

Whether you are using searches or feeds, follow our guidelines for:

• Identifying publishable content

• Staying under your quota limits

• Processing data elements and attributes

• Retrieving full item metadata using returned links

 

Important
Make sure that your request URIs are URL-encoded.

Additional Best Practices for Feed Users

If you are getting feeds, use these best practices in addition to the general guidelines:

• Getting content updates

• Managing revisions and duplicates

• Resetting ingestion time