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Smartsheet Has an API? What Is

That, and Why Would I Want to Use

It?

Scott McAllister

Developer Advocate Lead

Smartsheet

Taylor Krusen

Associate Developer Advocate

Smartsheet

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What Is an API?

What Is an API?Messenger that sends and

receives requests for an application

UIAP

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What Can I Do With an API?

What Can I Do

With an API?

• Import/export data to other systems

• Automate processing

• Without user interaction

• On regular schedule

• Enforce standardization or compliance

What Can I Do

With an API?

• Read and update sheets

• Manage folders and workspaces

• Administer users and accounts

• Third-party applications

• Custom integrations

• Extend Smartsheet features

Designing Successful

Integrations

Planning Your

Data Integration

• What systems need to be connected?

– What APIs are available for the other systems?

• Which way(s) will the data flow?

– Which is the "system of record?”

• What is the data model in Smartsheet?

– Each "task" corresponds to a row?

– Each "project" corresponds to a sheet or workspace?

Planning Your

Data Integration

• When will the data flow?

– On a schedule

– On demand

• Poll sheet version

• Webhook

• Transfer everything, or just the changes?

– Where will you store history/previous state?

How Can I Use the

Smartsheet API?

Getting Started

• Industry standards

• Generate an access token

• Get Postman

• Make your first API call

API Industry

Standards

• HTTP

• REST

• JSON

• OAuth

• Webhooks

Smartsheet API

Feature Coverage

Feature CoverageItems with full coverage

• Sheets

• Rows

• Columns

• Cells

• Folders

• Workspaces

• Images

• Attachments

• Comments

• Formatting

• History

• Users

• Groups

• Sharing

• Update requests

• Send via email

Feature CoverageItems with read-only access

through the API

• Report contents

• Sight contents

• Sheet filters

Feature CoverageItems with limited to no

API support

• Advanced notifications

• Duration / end date on dependency-

enabled sheets

• Resource management

• Personal contacts

• Card view

• Sheet history

• Forms

Resources and Contact

SDKsFor the tools you already use

Languages

• Java

• C#

• Python

• Node.js

• Ruby

Benefits

• Native language object

models

• Logging

• Error retry

• Sample code

• Full reference

documentation

Resources

and Contact

• Smartsheet developers’ portal: https://developers.smartsheet.com

• Smartsheet API documentation: https://smartsheet-platform.github.io/api-docs/

• Smartsheet samples: https://github.com/smartsheet-samples/

• Smartsheet platform (tools, SDKs, etc): https://github.com/smartsheet-platform

• Stack overflow tag: smartsheet-api

• Smartsheet developer relations on Twitter: @SmartsheetDev

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