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ENCLOUT

Bring API to People

API Ecosystem Gap

Business Analysts Good with spreadsheets Limiting scripting or SQL skills

API Developers Knowledge about own data Focus on serving other systems

API Ecosystem Gap …

What data is available? How to get the data from APIs? Which provider should I use for my

inputs? How to chain multiple APIs together

for advanced usage?

How to reach business analysts? How to promote my APIs? How do my APIs rank against others?…

EnClout Ignite – v1

Main features Data extraction from APIs

With GET, POST and HTTP header parameters With XML, JSON or Text outputs Mapping between Custom Function inputs and API

inputs and outputs Custom Function available for

Excel Ignite for Microsoft Excel With additional support for APIs in local environments.

Cloud Ignite for Google Sheets Data extraction can be run online to support cloud

based spreadsheets

EnClout Ignite – v1…

Main features Same way to invoke the custom function regardless of

the underlying APIs Very easy to include additional APIs with XML based API

description files. Multiple APIs supported out of box

Binlist.net Issuer Identification Numbers (IIN) API Edmunds VIN lookup APIs EnClout domain APIs FreeGeoIP.net APIs GeoNames.org APIs Google Geocode MyWOT (Web of Trust) API ...

Microsoft Excel – Screen Shot

Google Sheet – Screen Shot

EnClout Ignite – How does it work API Developers

Provide XML based source files to describe their APIs

Deployment Install Excel Ignite or Cloud Ignite add-ons

Business Analysts Call =Ignite function to retrieve data from

APIs.

EnClout Ignite – Example

API Description Snippet

Usage

EnClout Ignite – Roadmap

Support more platforms API search engine Cloud based source files

Support matrix inputs and outputs API marketplace for business analysts API suggestion based on input columns Automatically API selection based on

ranking and inputs. …

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Bring API to People