We have rolled out a new API call which retrieves metadata for any slideshow on Slideshare. By passing the slideshow ID or the Slideshare URL, the API call can return slideshow details such as

- The slideshow ID, Title, Description, Embed Code, doc (passed to player), Total number of slides

- Slideshow Language, Complete URL of the slideshow, User ID of Slideshow owner, Login of slideshow owner

- Comma separated list of Related slideshow id’s, URL of the slideshow’s thumbnail and the slideshow’s tags.

For complete details and documentation, visit the Developers Documentation page

We are hopeful that this new call will make it easier for developers to write better applications using the Slideshare API. We would love to hear your feedback about this new API call and suggestions about any new addition you would like to see on the API front.

We have just released a Slideshare API wrapper in C#.NET to make it easier for Microsoft .NET developers to build mashups using the Slideshare API. This also contains a sample code to illustrate the usage of the API library.

We are planning to release similar API wrappers for other languages like Ruby, VB.NET, Python etc. A PHP library is already available for download.

You can also use Slideshare’s content-rich RSS feed to make cool applications. Some sample mashups built by the community have been showcased at http://www.slideshare.net/developers and www.slidesharetoys.com.

To see your application listed on these pages, make a really cool app (using the API/RSS) and send us the URL.

To stay up-to-date with the latest on this front, join the Slideshare-Developers Google group!