Guitar Tab API?

Question

I was just curious if anyone has heard of any sort of API for guitar tabs? The thought passed through my mind that it would be really neat if I could grab guitar tabs from the internet to bring into my C# app, but haven't been able to find anything.

Thanks, Chris

Answer 1

You can use System.Net.WebRequest to read the repository of your choice.

You can also use System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed to read RSS feeds.

EDIT: Try scraping http://www.mxtabs.net/guitar_tabs/ using WebRequest.

You can write code that sends requests to the pages of that (or any other) website and parses the responses to extract information.

However, you might want to get their permission first. They might even offer you an API.