| After the security review finished last summer, our previous owners promised routine updates on the development progress towards a new public API. These updates stalled and, several months later, MyAnimeList was acquired by our current owners, Media Do. Since the acquisition, we have been in constant talks with Media Do, discussing the unfortunate events of last year and the importance of a public API for the community. Media Do has strongly agreed with this and has been planning the release of a public API as a first priority of development, even while we've been in a "transition stage" from our previous owners. At the end of June, we began discussing the legal agreement terms for a public API with a closed group of 3rd party developers—many of which are the creators of some of your favourite (long lost) applications. We believe we are fairly close to a final version of this agreement, and immediately after approval, a closed beta phase for the API will begin. During this closed beta phase, the closed group of consultant 3rd party developers will be able to test the API and make any necessary modifications to their applications for compatibility. We estimate this phase to take approximately 2 months from its start. After closed beta, we will enter an open beta phase. Our closed group of developers will be able to make their applications available to the whole community; however, new developers will not be able to request approval to use the API yet. The open beta phase will last until MyAnimeList's development team is confident we can technically support a public API for any and every interested 3rd party developer to join. At that point, we plan to open the API to the public. TL;DR: Applications you already love should hopefully be able to return during the open beta phase (depending on their creators), but new applications will not be able to use the API until at least half a year from now. We will announce the beginning of the open beta phase for the API once it starts (currently estimated for sometime in September) and will discuss the plans of our closed official Android app at that time as well. We would like to deeply thank the 3rd party developers and community for your incredible patience over the last year—your class has been upgraded to saintly levels. From here, we sincerely hope to progress toward a public API that our 3rd party developers can feel positive about. Thank you for never giving up on us. |
| I'm super excited to see the community get involved with our new API and I can't wait to use (and re-use) the unique and creative applications and tools that will be developed! Please be patient just a little while longer! |
XinilJul 30, 2019 3:44 PM
| Finally we can customize our list again. |
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| FINALLY! I wouldn't mind the official MAL app, but it's severely lacking and I had a favorite one before that. I can't wait! Though 2 months sound like an eternity haha. Hopefully things will turn out well :D |
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| now people that use this feature will get their hopes up (again) |
| It's about damn time. |
| Hell yes! |
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| That's great, I hope my fav apps come back soon |
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| Yay, hoping for Pocket MAL to return! That one was my favorite <3 |
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| i hope myupdater will get working again so it can autoupdate my list so i dont forget to update an episode |
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| Oh wow great news! I really hope Taiga starts working with MAL agian. I don't know of any other program like it that automatically updates my watched shows. |
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| Great news! Good to finally hear some progress with one of the site's most essential components. |
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| That's great news! Thank you for working on bringing it back |
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| What do you mean by "unfortunate events of last year?" |
| Oh, that sounds great! Certainly looking forward to it! Thanks for all the hard work! |
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| Nice! Relying on the Jikan API hasn't been too great as it's really buggy using .NET Framework. Looking forward to the official public API! :) |
SamHandwich said: What do you mean by "unfortunate events of last year?" The site went down for three months last year due to an unforseen major maintenance. The event is commonly referred to as the MALpocalypse. |
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| Whew, finally some well-needed change! After the fiasco that was around end of Spring and well into mid-Summer last year. Thanks DBs for the hard work! |
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| I'll be excited to see what I can do with this. I already have some ideas. Will there be any oversight as to who can use the API for what? Or is it a free-for-all? |
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| This is pretty good |
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| That's really great news! |
| Looking forward to it. |
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| About damn time! Welp, let's see what happens. I really hope this problem gets settled once and for all! |
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| So, is MAL going to shut down for 2 months again? |
Ca6l said: Not directly. It means that Taiga will be able to participate in the closed and open beta, if its creator chooses to. erengy may decide to wait until all the functionality he needs is in the new API, or he may decide he's lost interest in MAL altogether. All we're doing is trying to make the choice available to the 3rd party developers, compared to one year ago when they were not given any choice or notice.does this mean that Taiga will work? Personally, I've always enjoyed speaking with erengy and hope to see more of him again. However, time doesn't stand still, so we'll need to see what he decides is best for him. Zei33 said: There will be terms that you'll need to agree to which outline what you can and cannot do with it.Will there be any oversight as to who can use the API for what? Or is it a free-for-all? sasalx said: I like to know if there will be a limit for "request per minute/hour". Kineta said: It depends on this ^The open beta phase will last until MyAnimeList's development team is confident we can technically support a public API for any and every interested 3rd party developer to join. At that point, we plan to open the API to the public. AnimeFluxeo said: No?So, is MAL going to shut down for 2 months again? ClickBaitBuster said: Taiga isn't developed by us. Not sure if this is a serious question, but in short, it's not possible.Guys.. we only need Taiga, can you make that available now and deal with other crap later? |
KinetaJul 31, 2019 4:24 AM
| So we need to wait at least 2 months. Isn't it too early to announce this now? |
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Yukkicchi said: Yay, hoping for Pocket MAL to return! That one was my favorite <3 Agree.. Pocket mal was definitely my first application to open when I was updating anime. Although there are a few other apps with their own API, which replaces pocket mal. I am still hungry to use it and for it to come back ㅠㅠ |
| I have no idea what any of this means. |
Cnon said: So we need to wait at least 2 months. Isn't it too early to announce this now? MAL has been silent for long enough, this is better than nothing i don't need the API myself, but hopefully after this is done they can move on to other things |
| FINALLY! Soon everything will be in order. Great job to you! |
Skittles said: SamHandwich said: What do you mean by "unfortunate events of last year?" The site went down for three months last year due to an unforseen major maintenance. The event is commonly referred to as the MALpocalypse. I called it MALfunction... On to the topic great news I've been waiting for this, going to MAL website just to update my episode count is a pain |
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| yes, a mobile app would be so good, I hope it comes on iOS too as I have an iPhone. |
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grandy_UiD said: Finally! someone who shares the same Cloud of confusion as me!I have no idea what any of this means. Antagonized said: "MALfunction" lol!Skittles said: The site went down for three months last year due to an unforseen major maintenance. The event is commonly referred to as the MALpocalypse. I called it MALfunction... On to the topic great news I've been waiting for this, going to MAL website just to update my episode count is a pain Mod Edit: Please do not double post. |
KinetaJul 31, 2019 10:50 AM
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| Mixed feelings. Kineta said: The open beta phase will last until MyAnimeList's development team is confident we can technically support a public API for any and every interested 3rd party developer to join. At that point, we plan to open the API to the public. Basically it means that new/other developers won't be able to use the API for another X months (if not a year)? Ah nvm Kineta said: but new applications will not be able to use the API until at least half a year from now. |
Y_TZJul 31, 2019 10:23 AM
| my official android app still works. whats there to talk about with that? just let me use MAL updater again and ill be happy |
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