Ask HN: What service should have an API, but doesn't?

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I often have ideas for fun projects that hit a brick wall when I discover that a popular service I _assumed_ had an API in fact does not.

Examples: Netflix, Kindle, ClassPass, OpenTable.

Often these services do have _some_ kind of API—but it's super limited and/or only available to huge enterprises.

I'm curious if other people on HN run into this problem—and if so, what's the #1 service you wish had a powerful, startup-friendly API?