Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.

Riot Games just announced an API for its Valorant game. Through the Valorant API, developers will be able to call access to match history and content data. At launch, Riot Games is restricting access to the API to approved use cases. The company wants to strictly control access at this time.

The Chicago Reporter has claimed that the Chicago Police Department has shut down an API that had been used to provide access to arrest records in the city. The publication is contending that the removal of access to the API is in direct retaliation to an article they published that was critical of statements made by the CPD that were allegedly inconsistent with the data freely accessible via the API.

Thimble, the insurtech startup that helps small businesses succeed on their own terms, has released a new API for partners who serve the small business and professional services communities. With the Thimble API, partners can offer flexible insurance policies, available monthly or on-demand, to businesses within their own user experience.

Google has released the beta version of Android 11. Developer previews for Android 11 have been around since February. Now, Google has officially opened up the beta release with three themes: people, controls, and privacy.

Dynamic Yield, a company that offers personalization services for the marketing industry, has expanded its portfolio of APIs in order to streamline server-side implementations. The company is hoping to faithfully translate its entire portfolio of services into an experience that excels in a more diverse set of environments. 

Vericred, a data services company simplifying the exchange of information between health insurance and employee benefits carriers and InsurTech companies, today announced the immediate availability of level-funded plans through its Group Rating API. With this new functionality, Vericred is facilitating the distribution and quoting of these attractive alternatives to fully insured group plans.

Over the past four years, NSW Health Pathology invested heavily in API-led connectivity.

Microsoft has expanded its Text Analytics offering within Azure Cognitive Services. It's new offering, Text Analytics for Health, allows users to extract and analyze unstructured medical data. To create the feature, Microsoft trained its Text Analytics engine with a broad range of medical data sets including clinical notes, clinical trial protocols, and more.

Apple has announced new capabilities that are now available for the App Store Connect API. Using the API developers will now be able to better manage app store product pages, update app versions, and monitor performance. 

The announcement of the update included an overview of all the changes: