What if the IRS had an API?
Posted February 5, 2010 
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Comments(0) GET /people/123456789/year/2009/balance HTTP/1.1
Host ssl.irs.gov
Accept application/json
Secret-Api-Key f24b35a8f2e1dda6ca5a5166a5530b96
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{"ssn":123456789, "balance":"12345.00"}
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POST /people/123456789/year/2009/payments
Host ssl.irs.gov
Accept application/json
Secret-Api-Key f24b35a8f2e1dda6ca5a5166a5530b96
amount=12345.00&card[number]=1234567890123456&card[exp]=0112&card[name]=kev%20burns
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HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: /people/123456789/year/2009/payments/1
{"ssn":123456789, "amount":"12345.00", "created_at":1265432844}
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GET /people/123456789/year/2009/balance HTTP/1.1
Host ssl.irs.gov
Accept application/json
Secret-Api-Key f24b35a8f2e1dda6ca5a5166a5530b96
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{"ssn":123456789, "balance":"0.00"}