Convio has expanded its Open Platform with the launch of Convio Web Services, a new set of standard interfaces for building client applications that retrieve and synchronise data with Convio. The company has also delivered several new APIs and launched a new developer version of its Open website which offers documentation and access to more than 60 APIs.
The company said that the new Web Services are designed to empower clients and partners with the ability to implement data synchronisation with external systems such as donor databases and also to provide external applications with access to data captured and stored in the Convio system.
According to Convio, the new Web Services follow the SOAP standard, in which all messages between the client and server follow a particular secure XML format. In addition, all supported operations are described in a machine-readable document written in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). The combination of SOAP and WSDL makes it easy to create Convio-aware applications with development environments, including Java and .NET.
Convio said that the new APIs allows organisations to create custom experiences that result in higher activity levels and deeper engagement. The new capabilities offered through the API set, include designated giving, which allows organisations to incorporate designated options into their custom built donation forms; flexible sustainer giving that allows organisations to incorporate donor defined recurring giving schedule options into their custom built donation forms
Other capabilities include, participant center that allows organisations to build a custom participant center experience for their race participants; and an address book that allows organisations to build a custom address book management experience for their constituents.
