Getting Started with the Windows Live Presence API

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Getting Started with the Windows Live Presence API

The Windows Live Presence API is an HTTP-based API that returns a user's presence using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), or an image.
Requirements

You must have the following resources to use the Windows Live Presence API:

    * The ability to send requests using the Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP 1.1)
    * The ability to parse JSON

The following browsers are supported for use with the Windows Live Presence API:

    * Internet Explorer 6 or greater
    * Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0 on Windows
    * Firefox 1.5, Firefox 2.0 on Mac OS X

A Windows Live ID is also required to use the Windows Live Presence API.

Source : MSDN