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The Palmetto API makes it easy to transfer data between web services.

The Palmetto API is a crowd-sourced gateway for APIs across the internet, allowing any app to communicate with other apps in a compliant fashion through one central API, based on common data attributes. The Palmetto ID protocol describes how online identity providers help user's control their data by interacting with the Palmetto API.

Read the Palmetto Overview for background information and why this matters.

The Palmetto API is in the final stages of specification.


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View / Edit the Palmetto API

*Overview of how edit access works. List of links to dive in to the API.*

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Palmetto API - Open Issues

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Palmetto API Documentation

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Palmetto API Query Generator

*Quick and easy tool devs can use to create queries against the Palmetto API. Include links to dev profiles, saved queries, samples, etc..*

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Usage Patterns / Best Practices

*Define best practices for querying, analyzing, and presenting data from Palmetto. Example: request data from all sources, wait a specified period of time (or until a sufficient amount of data is returned) then proceed with analysis. Or, present data to client as it's received (in the case where no analyses of the data is required).*

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Palmetto API Frequently Asked Questions

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Become a Palmetto API Contributor

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Further Reading

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