api.acme.codes ReST documentation

Introduction

This documentation describes the REST ful Web Application Programming Interface (Web API) supporting the Software as a Service (SaaS) provided by Animated Codes Made Easy LLC, or ‘ACME’.

ACME’s service provides near real time creation of customized animations of any scannable code, including QR Codes.

Standard QR Codes (non-animated) can also be created, and are free of charge within certain volume limitations.

If you are a software developer interested in using ACME’s service, this documentation is for you. If you are not a software developer, you’ll probably be happier visiting ACME’s home page: www.acme.codes.

This documentation describes the ReST API call sequences for requesting an animated code online.

The root domain of the API described here is https://api.acme.codes

Most example workflows described in this documentation will function for anyone without payment; in particular standard QR Codes can be generated without any payment (for free). However, for calls made to the API without a paid API key, messages embedded into animated codes will be prefixed to ACME’s website in a way that limits commercial use but still demonstrates ACME’s real time encoding ability. All generated demonstration codes are scannable, however the embedded link will only affirm the requested test message rather than contain the original message. To encode messages into animated codes without this prefixed demonstration restriction, a subscription-based business agreement with ACME must first be paid for.

The majority of API calls made available here can be experimented with by anyone with a browser. Simply try the links directly, or copy, edit, and paste them to create your own test codes.

A note on file hosting:
The animation files created by this service can be very large. Correspondingly, the length of time files are available for download is different based on subscription:

- Free demo and retail animations are only available for download for a few hours. Users must manage their file hosting on their own after animation creation.

- Paying subscribers may choose to have their files automatically hosted on our Microsoft Azure based global cloud provider Content Delivery Network (CDN) .

If you have feedback or questions on this documentation, or if you are interested in purchasing bulk quantity near real time animated codes or QR codes through ACME’s API, please contact sales@acme.codes

Certain design and architectural features of api.acme.codes are patented under US 10,083,535 B2.

‘QR Code’ is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED

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