Lithium Technology Corp. announced the availability of the Community REST API v2 and Community Bulk Data API for customers, partners and developers. The new APIs are built with the latest, most modern development environments in mind and will make developing for the Lithium platform easier and more efficient.

While others take a template approach to community development, Lithium believes a more flexible, custom approach with more control is the best way to enhance the ultimate experience. The Community REST API v2 includes Lithium Query Language (LiQL), an open sourced query language inspired by SQL, and is the most flexible API in the industry for community development on both desktop and mobile platforms. The Community API v2 with LiQL allows brands to enable personalization, greater content discoverability and related content customizations with less overhead. It gives developers increased flexibility and control to customize and extend Community into a brand's already established business and marketing initiatives.

With LiQL, developers can choose exactly the data they need and how it is delivered. LiQL also highlights Lithium's commitment to using and making open source contributions. The Community Bulk Data API allows for greater reporting flexibility and expands the analytics capabilities of Lithium Social Intelligence (LSI).

It gives brands the option to build custom reports using Lithium community data with their own business intelligence tools. The new Data API automates bulk data extraction from LSI to a brand's data store, enabling brands to mine Lithium data at a granular level or join Lithium data with their own to derive new business insights.