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Specification
The FilesAnywhere SOAP API (FAWAPI) provides a simple web services interface to your FilesAnywhere account. The API (Application Programming Interface) enables your FilesAnywhere account to be integrated with applications and web sites using the standard web services protocol.
SOAP is a simple, XML–based protocol for exchanging messages between a client and a web service. SOAP is independent of any particular operating system, hardware platform, programming language or development environment.
The API is freely available for commercial or non-commercial use by anyone having a FilesAnywhere Account.
The API is designed for use by Programmers. If you are not a programmer, you will probably want to involve a programmer in your review of the FilesAnywhere API, since topics are described in technical terms.
The API will involve some software programming, to make it work in your environment, for your application. If you are not interested in doing any programming, the API is not the solution you are looking for. See the "Simple Alternative" section below.
You can also implement a custom website interface using the API and the sample web interface we have made openly available. This API-driven web interface can be customized without changing much code, but you would need to be familiar with web publishing and you may need to maintain the website code if there are changes published to the API functions in the future.
For non-programmers:
To automate file transfers without programming (without the API), there
are a couple of alternatives we recommend. You
can schedule file uploads or downloads, synchronizations, even folder
deletions, all without the API.
Please refer to this expanded help page for limited ways to automate
your account without programming:
Automating FilesAnywhere the Easy Way
The API enables programmers to perform most of the common FilesAnywhere
functions remotely, with no user interaction. This
includes:
Account Login
Basic File Uploads and Downloads
Streaming Uploads ("AppendChunk" method)
Basic Folder Management, like viewing folder contents and creating new folders
Basic File Operations, like renaming and deleting files/folders
Advanced File Operations, like copying and moving files/folders
Advanced Folder Management, like viewing advanced folder properties
Share Management, like creating new shares and managing existing shares
Online Viewer Operations, like requesting page images for supported file types
The FAWAPI continues to evolve. In the future, you will also be able to create new accounts and manage user accounts remotely. Watch for updates in this Help file and in the downloadable FAWAPI Specification.
Alternatives: Automating the Easy Way
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