Future plans include expanding the scope to Clova skill development and more to promote various types of development

 

TOKYO – February 1, 2018 – LINE Corporation announced that it certified 22 members from 4 countries for its "LINE API Expert" program, which is an initiative from the company for developers to become better versed in its APIs and to certify, provide perks to, and support engineers with strong technical skills and who are influential within their communities.

■ LINE API Expert website: https://developers.line.me/en/expert/ 

LINE is opening up, and promoting the use of, its APIs and other systems to allow external engineers and service providers to develop and provide a variety of services over the LINE platform, such as through the use of its "Messaging API" – which allows for the open development of LINE chat bots – and "LINE Login" – which enables websites and apps to easily register or log in users by using their LINE account information.

 

The LINE API Expert – an initiative from the company for developers to become better versed in its APIs and to certify, provide perks to, and support engineers with strong technical skills and who are influential within their communities – is a part of its initiatives to promote use. Specifically, applications from external engineers are evaluated and certified based on their active participation in activities such as speaking about related information at events, providing information through social media or blogs, giving feedback on APIs/SDKs, etc. In addition to supporting such activities, LINE provides to those certified access/use rights to closed-access and beta programs, free access to for-pay services, and more.

* Press release announcing LINE API Expert: https://linecorp.com/en/pr/news/en/2017/1883 

 

After reviewing the applications submitted by the end of 2017, LINE certified 22 members from four countries (Japan: 5; Thailand: 4; Taiwan: 7; Indonesia: 6) as the initial LINE API Experts.

 

■Certified LINE API Experts

Japan: Nobisuke Sugawara／Hiroyuki Hiki／Naohiro Fujie／Masao Wakasa／Hirotada Kobayashi

Thailand: Winn Voravuthikunchai／Teerachart Kortrakul／Suphakit Annoppornchai／Annop Kobkij

Taiwan: Cheng-Lung Sung／Wolke Lin／Richard Lee／David Tung／Will Huang／Caeser Chi／Kuan-Hung Kuo

Indonesia: David Su／Habibi Mustafa／M Gilang Januar／Michelle Neysa／Soesapto Joeni Hantoro／Nur Rohman

 

* More information about those certified can be found on the "LINE API Expert" website mentioned above, or on the LINE Engineer Blog.

　https://engineering.linecorp.com/en/blog/detail/248 

 

LINE plans to expand its public APIs/SDKs to include its AI assistant Clova and add these to the scope of the LINE API Expert program. Further certifications and announcements will be made at each quarter.

 

LINE will continue to be guided by its corporate mission "Closing the Distance" in its active pursuit of strengthening its alliances with external companies, partners, and even external developers and undertake various initiatives in order to bring users closer to a wide variety of information, services, and products, thereby creating a more comfortable relationship. 

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