One of our frequent feature requests for Shareflow is a public API. Today we’re making a beta version of the API available.

Why is the API in beta?

• We’re still working on documenting the actual wire protocol for the API.
• We want your feedback on more useful features to add.

Getting started

Head over to Zenbe’s Github page and grab Will’s flareshow library for Ruby or my pyshareflow library for Python. These libraries will allow you to start scripting Shareflow operations like:

• Adding and editing flows and posts
• Uploading files
• Inviting users
• Searching

A few tips

We recommend using the API against a non-critical account before going nuts with it on your critical data. You can always sign up for a free Shareflow account to test with.

If you find an issue with one of the libraries, please use Github’s Issue Tracker (click the ‘Issues’ tab) to report it.

Some Inspiration

Need an example? Check out our script for posting Google Docs to Shareflow.

Let us know how you’re using the API. If you create something cool and useful to the Shareflow community we’ll hook you up with a Shareflow Plus account (a $40/month value) for free!

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