January 2024 Summaries

Unified.to kicked off 2024 with several significant updates, including a new unified file storage API that extends integration capabilities to cloud storage systems like Google Drive, Dropbox, and GitHub, among others, with plans to add more unconventional systems. The company also enhanced its webhooks for better data retrieval and monitoring, introduced a Sandbox environment for easier integration testing, and implemented a connection health status feature to monitor user connections. Additionally, Unified.to expanded its platform with 140+ pre-built integrations, including NetSuite, GitHub, and UKG, and partnered with Workable for ATS and HR integration support. The company also released guides for building candidate sourcing and invoicing apps using their APIs and announced its selection as a pitch competition finalist for the 16th annual SXSW festival, highlighting its position as the sole Canadian company among the finalists.

Unified.to offers a streamlined way to integrate Workable and over 190 other services without building from scratch, leveraging a unified API developer platform. To activate a Workable integration, users need a Unified.to account, which provides a structured onboarding process. The activation involves enabling and configuring the integration, with authorization options available via API key or OAuth 2. Users can create multiple workspaces for different environments, such as QA, staging, or production, with specific access rules. Unified.to provides an embedded authorization widget for easy integration into apps, while also allowing direct API calls for custom front-end development. Once a Workable integration is authorized, users can access third-party data and perform actions such as candidate sourcing and assessments. Unified.to supports multiple programming languages through SDKs, facilitating the development of new features. The platform encourages feedback and offers support through Discord and other channels.

Unified.to has introduced significant enhancements to its virtual webhooks, aiming to streamline data synchronization and provide greater control and observability. These improvements allow users to retrieve historical customer data without complex API calls, create separate webhooks for 'created' and 'updated' events, and select specific fields for data payloads. Users can now configure the intervals for virtual webhook data checks according to their plan, manually trigger webhooks for testing, and access an audit trail to monitor webhook activity. Additionally, the platform offers health monitoring to ensure the reliability of webhooks, even in the presence of errors, by employing advanced retry logic. Webhooks are available across all Unified.to plans, operating on a usage-based billing model, with certain features tailored to free and paid accounts.

Unified.to has introduced enhanced virtual webhooks that streamline data synchronization by mimicking real webhooks across all integrations, thus eliminating the need for developers to manage both polled and pushed data updates. These enhancements allow users to retrieve historical customer data, create webhooks for specific events, select data fields, configure data-checking intervals, and manually trigger webhooks for testing, all while maintaining an audit trail for activity monitoring. The system supports advanced mechanisms like pagination and error handling and operates on a usage-based billing model, where each successful API call incurs a charge. The introduction of these features not only simplifies the integration process but also increases the observability and control over data access, providing a more efficient alternative to traditional REST APIs for event-driven notifications.

Unified.to provides a streamlined solution for developers building candidate sourcing or job board applications by offering a unified API to handle multiple Applicant Tracking System (ATS) integrations efficiently. By using a unified API, developers can avoid the lengthy process of creating individual integrations, as it simplifies the effort through consistent endpoints and data formats, thereby accelerating development cycles and feature deployment. The process begins with registering for Unified.to, activating desired ATS integrations, and embedding the authorization widget into the product's UI. The main steps include importing job listings from the customer's ATS, applying candidates via public job URLs or directly through the API, optionally uploading candidate documents, and reviewing application statuses through API calls or webhooks. This approach allows for seamless data movement between the recruiting application and ATS, enabling quick integration launches and effective use of recruitment data.

Unified.to has launched a unified file storage API, enabling developers to integrate their applications with multiple file storage systems such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft SharePoint, and Amazon S3. This API facilitates direct access to users' files and folders, supporting various use cases like HR document management, candidate file handling, sales collateral management, and accounting record-keeping. By consolidating access to different storage systems, the API streamlines the integration process, reduces time to market, and maintains secure data access without storing customer data. Additionally, Unified.to offers regular testing and monitoring to ensure integration health and provides a flexible pricing model based on monthly API request usage, with an initial 2,500 complimentary requests available for new accounts.

Building an invoicing system for a SaaS application can be efficiently managed using Unified.to's unified accounting API, which facilitates seamless data exchange with customers' accounting applications. The process involves several key steps: creating invoices by collecting necessary information from end users, accessing existing customers and products through specific API endpoints, and integrating invoices into the user's accounting system using the createInvoice API. Once an invoice is generated and paid, the status must be communicated to the accounting application via the createPayment API, which requires details such as invoice ID, customer ID, and payment amount. Unified.to's tools, including the Embedded Authorization widget and comprehensive API documentation, streamline the integration process, enabling swift addition of accounting capabilities to invoicing apps and ensuring compatibility with multiple accounting platforms.

The Unified File Storage API Integrations Guide introduces a unified API that connects applications to multiple file storage systems, including Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, SharePoint, and Amazon S3, allowing developers to deploy file storage integrations quickly and efficiently. This API enables direct access to customers' files, enhancing app functionality and user experience across various use cases such as HR document management, candidate file handling, sales collateral management, and accounting record-keeping. By consolidating access to different storage systems, the unified storage API reduces the time and effort required for integration development, ensures secure data access without storing customer data, and simplifies ongoing maintenance. Available to all Unified.to Workspaces with a flexible pricing model based on API request usage, the API accelerates deployment by allowing developers to preview user authorization, run tests, and activate integrations swiftly.