Uber update API to provide new functionality to open to third party apps

"TechWeb Report" March 18, Uber updated its taxi platform API to provide a new feature called "Request endpoints" and opened the API to Third-party apps.

First of all, according to the required vehicle function integrated into the 11 cooperation app, respectively, Expensify, Hinge, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Momento, OpenTable, Starbucks, Tempo, Time Out, TripAdvisor, TripCase and United Airlines.
For users, they can book a vehicle without leaving a third-party application in use, including a private car rental service and carpool service, even without jumping to Uber, all operations and feedback such as time and expense estimates are done in third party applications.
Uber's first release API for a taxi platform was last August, but the release only allowed developers to send information such as "destinations" to Uber official apps. So opening up third party access is a major move by Uber.
Uber Asia operations director Allen Penn said last October that "the partners in the early API were primarily for the U.S. market, and now Uber also wants to extend its API ports to global markets." "and said that Uber is looking for API open partners in China, the future will be the first to open to the Chinese market API."
At the time, Allen Penn revealed that it had been talking to China's partners about API projects, but it was clear that the 11 apps released were not Chinese. (rain)