Akamai Integration

Question

I want to use Akamai to store files. I want to know whether Akamai provides any API (e.g. web services) for us to upload, download, list files? Appreciate if anyone could provide some documents for a newbie.

Another question is, if I upload video files to Akamai, does it provide video streaming capability?

Answer 1

Akamai provide an API to allow your customers to download files.

From their web site it is called "Client-side Downloads"

Client-side Downloads offers the ability to offload a significant portion of edge delivery onto a managed and secure network of clients - using client-to-client delivery - to provide a lower cost download solution that respects the clients. Good uses may include software downloads, patches, and updates, background software and drivers, and downloadable video and games used by about a thousand or more people.

http://client.akamai.com/misc/demos

Here is further detail on how to interact with their API

http://client.akamai.com/misc/demos/csd-index.html

I was at their presentation the other day and they spoke about a Video Stream product coming out mid to late 2012.

I ran into another company that did video hosting and streaming called Movideo