Hello, world!
We have an awesome announcement to make today!
Before I spill the news, let’s take a moment to acknowledge that we developers are an extraordinary pack of caffeinated forms of life. We roam the interwebs sieving through copious amounts of resources, and appreciating our diverse spectra of thoughts and experience, while battling deadlines, side projects, and cousins with ‘can you fix it for me?’ requests.
In other words, if there’s a living, breathing animal that can truly understand a developer, it’s another developer.
Since the inception of Signeasy API, the team at Signeasy, a humble pack of devs ourselves, have been partnering with other developers around the world to be an integral part of their development and business process—right from onboarding, solutioning, exploring the APIs, testing, deploying the live integration, and maintaining it.
When one of our comrades is about to integrate an eSign API like Signeasy into their product, we know they’re embarking on a voyage. An expedition through an uncharted territory that includes onboarding, exploring, learning, testing, spending a lifetime troubleshooting that one semicolon they missed, finally pushing it to production, and closing all the tabs to attain inner peace for the day with a face that looks like this!
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We are also mindful that deadlines are inevitable when developing products. Time is a luxury for developers, especially when it comes to discovering, evaluating, exploring, and integrating an API. Be it a proof of concept or a full-fledged solution, there is always a voice in your head or Slack DMs asking, “Can we go live already?”
And that set us on a journey! A six-month adventure of meticulously crafting and designing a developer experience that makes everyone’s life and everything about integrating eSignature APIs … easier.
First things first, it’s all about the first API request Creating an application, setting up the right scopes, and going through the OAuth rituals to obtain an access token—all for that first test API request—is needless work for a developer who just needs a quick glance at how the API works. So, when a dev signs up, what if these steps are automated, and they’re already taken to the start line of their expedition?
Quickstart — An experience where devs not only get a test API access token within seconds but also a ready-to-test payload that puts them right at the heart of Signeasy APIs to get them exploring API eSignature workflows instantly.
Self-paced testing to going live at lightspeed It’s not just you; every living being across the multiverse hates time limits! When a developer is testing an API, the last thing they need is another deadline to worry about. So why not get rid of the trial period once and for all?
Explore and go live — A self-paced sandbox environment where the developer gets to play around with the Signeasy API … and when they are ready, go live at a flick of a toggle.
A minute spent organizing is an hour saved Creating OAuth applications is easy. But it takes obsessive commitment from a developer to organize and maintain them, say, based on test or live usage. What if this is taken care of too?
App Management — A breezy self-organized interface for the developers to create and manage their OAuth credentials, access token, and webhooks.
A helping hand Troubleshooting an issue without access to the API usage and logs is more like finding one’s way out of the woods without a torch. Let in a hungry bear, and that pretty much sums up a developer’s situation when troubleshooting a production issue.
API logs (upcoming) — A log of all API requests and responses to make troubleshooting a walk in the park.
Usage metrics (upcoming) — Application and global level interactive usage metrics on signature requests and API health.
Based on this vision, we built a portal where anyone can kickstart their API voyage with us in a few clicks, with access to everything they need. From sandboxed environments, apps, webhooks, usage metrics, and logs to evergreen dynamic documentation. All under one roof to evaluate and complete an eSignature API solution with valuable time to reclaim—the Signeasy way.
And ta-da!
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We present to you ‘Signeasy for Developers’, our first version of the Developer Portal! Gone are the days of getting lost scrolling through the deepest trenches of email threads for keys and resources. Sign Up for a free developer account to get your free API access token. Create your app, make your first API call, and start exploring APIs v3.0. View the changelog to know more about the v3.0 changes and other API-related announcements.
Psst! If you find a bug in the wild, want help with the APIs, have feedback, or just want to wave ‘hi!’, reach out to us at [email protected] .
