Thingiverse does not have a full featured API just yet. It's high on our want list though. If you're a developer who is interested in writing code to talk with Thingiverse, please drop us a line and let us know what you'd like to do. Your input is helpful in determining what type of API to build!
Upload API
We have created an extremely simple upload API that anyone can use. It is a very loosely coupled system, so there are no keys or passwords to setup. You give the user a form that POSTs some information to a URL, and the user handles the rest.
Post URL
Please POST your upload data to http://www.thingiverse.com/api/upload. POST method only. No GET.
Parameters
| Name | Required? | Description |
| url | Yes | A base64 encoded URL where the model/design is located. For 3D models, STL is preferred. |
| service | No | The name of your service. Example: Ninja Star Generator |
| service_url | No | The url of your service. Example: http://ninjastars.example.com |
| name | No | The name of the thing to be created. The user will be prompted to edit this, and this will pre-populate that field. |
| description | No | The description of the thing to be created. The user will be prompted to edit this, and this will pre-populate that field. |
Example Code
The example code below will show a form to a user that when submitted will create a new Thing. Thingiverse will confirm with the user that they want to do this, and then the form will download the file from the url specified, and give it the name and description supplied. It will also record the service name and url to show to visitors. We'll link back to you on any Thing pages that were uploaded from your service.
