The phrase "allowing developers to access" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing permissions or capabilities granted to developers in a technical context, such as software or systems.
Example: "The new API is designed with security in mind, allowing developers to access only the data they need."
Alternatives: "enabling developers to reach" or "permitting developers to utilize".
In addition, many of BREW Mobile Platform's APIs will be accessible via Flash/Actionscript, allowing developers to access phone functionality through their Flash applications — however, the exact APIs that will be supported have not been announced.
The real challenge here is Facebook was allowing developers to access data of people who hadn't explicitly granted that.
Recently Nvidia releases common unified device architecture (CUDA), allowing developers to access to the processing power of Nvidia graphical processing units (GPUs), in order to perform general purpose computations.
But even more interesting may be the other data GeoAPI is now allowing developers to access.
Database.com offers enterprise search services, allowing developers to access a full-text search engine that respects enterprise security rules.
CEO Rodney Moses says that FatSecret is allowing developers to access the API for free, in the hopes of turning FatSecret into the reliable and accurate resource for nutritional information.
"APIs are not a book, not a play, not a song, not a poem," he said – just a functional element that allows developers to access source code.
Background: Baidu has a platform for self-driving cars called Apollo, which allows developers to access training data and autonomy software for free.
Tensions around privacy practices have risen since it was discovered that Facebook had allowed developers to access users data, and that 87 million users had their data compromised by political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.
The software bug also may have allowed developers to access photos they weren't supposed to on Marketplace, a Facebook hub for users to buy and sell goods, and some posted in Stories, where users can share short photo or video updates that appear for 24 hours.
