intended audience business owners looking to streamline their business operations
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Intended Audience
• Business owners looking to streamline their business operations
Who is this not intended for?
• The tech crowd• Don’t worry, you can talk to me too
What is an API?
• An application-programming interface (API) is a set of programming instructions and standards for accessing a Web-based software application or web tool. A software company releases its API to the public so that other software developers can design products that are powered by its service.
GunBroker.com REST APIWhat can the GunBroker.com REST API do for me?
Tired of your manual processes? With REST API you can:
• Programmatically list your items• Connect to your inventory system• Search and manage the items you are selling• Connect and manage your order fulfillment process• Integrate the multiple systems that run your business
Enough talking!
• Demo
• New features are being added regularly– Continued active development of new features
• Detailed API documentation– http://api.GunBroker.com/User/Help
• Built on modern security structure• The SOAP API is being deprecated• Faster development time than SOAP
– Modern development practices align with current developer skill sets• Improved technical support process
– [email protected]• Dedicated testing system / sandbox for development
– http://www.sandbox.GunBroker.com• It’s what GunBroker.com uses internally!
– Our mobile applications run on the REST API
Why should you use the REST API?
Why should you use the REST API? (continued)
• Robust feature set– List items– Search for items– View item details– Search and view GunBroker.com’s FFL network– MyGunBroker features
• Monitor your sales and purchases
– Your saved searches– Plus much more!
• http://api.gunbroker.com/User/Help/Urls
How to get started
• You’ll need to request a REST API DevKey– http://api.GunBroker.com
• Understand how you want to leverage the REST API to improve your business practices– Integrate your business with ours
• A software developer who is familiar with REST
Resources
• Detailed information– http://api.GunBroker.com/Help
• Request a DevKey– http://api.GunBroker.com
• Email– [email protected]
