Comments on: It’s Alive! It’s Alive! Get eTapestry API for free starting next week http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:46:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-99646 Allan Benamer Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:19:04 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-99646 Is there such a thing as an eTapestry sandbox where you can play around with API calls? I've noticed that announcements are not nearly as interesting as the ad-hoc development environments that good open API providers give to their devs. Is there such a thing as an eTapestry sandbox where you can play around with API calls? I've noticed that announcements are not nearly as interesting as the ad-hoc development environments that good open API providers give to their devs.

]]> By: Jon Webster http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-99645 Jon Webster Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:11:43 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-99645 I'm using .net 3.5 and can login, but get invalid session errors after that. It sounds like you've gotten a lot further than me Jim! I wish there was a community forum/wiki were I could find good examples... -jon I'm using .net 3.5 and can login, but get invalid session errors after that. It sounds like you've gotten a lot further than me Jim!

I wish there was a community forum/wiki were I could find good examples…
-jon

]]> By: Jim Lang http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-98488 Jim Lang Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:41:59 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-98488 Has anyone gotten this thing to work? <a href="http://www.etapestry.com/files/api/index.html" rel="nofollow">The documentation</a> is pretty sketchy. This seems like a bait-and-switch - they make the API available for 'free' but don't include any example code, instead charging a minimum of $1,250.00 to answer any simple question. I'm getting a generic deserialization error when I try to pass complex data types as per the documentation. But my object sure looks right, as far as I can tell. Any responses would be appreciated. Has anyone gotten this thing to work? The documentation is pretty sketchy. This seems like a bait-and-switch – they make the API available for ‘free’ but don’t include any example code, instead charging a minimum of $1,250.00 to answer any simple question.

I’m getting a generic deserialization error when I try to pass complex data types as per the documentation. But my object sure looks right, as far as I can tell. Any responses would be appreciated.

]]> By: Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95882 Blackbaud buys Kintera » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thu, 29 May 2008 23:06:58 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95882 [...] Will they continue in that direction? Blackbaud’s other recent acquisition, eTapestry, did open up their APIs recently, although they leave much to be [...] [...] Will they continue in that direction? Blackbaud’s other recent acquisition, eTapestry, did open up their APIs recently, although they leave much to be [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95786 Anonymous Sat, 24 May 2008 02:10:11 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95786 I've asked my board member to share the analyst report as you have to buy them or be a client to get the copy. It was Jefferies or Stanford, I can't recall. The podcast is nice, but it needs to be shared with the staff at eTap as they are not nearly as confident in the future as that posting is. I’ve asked my board member to share the analyst report as you have to buy them or be a client to get the copy. It was Jefferies or Stanford, I can’t recall. The podcast is nice, but it needs to be shared with the staff at eTap as they are not nearly as confident in the future as that posting is.

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95741 Allan Benamer Wed, 21 May 2008 17:36:38 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95741 I would think that the free RE API would come out the minute Salesforce.com buys Convio (just kidding -- no inside info here). The point is, Blackbaud is definitely sitting on its laurels here waiting for the competition to one-up it. If MPower all of a sudden started taking on huge numbers of clients, we might see Blackbaud change its tune. I would think that the free RE API would come out the minute Salesforce.com buys Convio (just kidding — no inside info here). The point is, Blackbaud is definitely sitting on its laurels here waiting for the competition to one-up it. If MPower all of a sudden started taking on huge numbers of clients, we might see Blackbaud change its tune.

]]> By: Peter Gulka http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95717 Peter Gulka Tue, 20 May 2008 17:35:14 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95717 Ever closer to the free RE API. I still think they are ramping up to that, and these last 2 announcements are testing the waters to see what the response is from customers. Ever closer to the free RE API. I still think they are ramping up to that, and these last 2 announcements are testing the waters to see what the response is from customers.

]]> By: Melanie Milonas http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95711 Melanie Milonas Tue, 20 May 2008 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95711 I’m not sure what financial report you are referring to, but I can assure you that eTapestry is continuing its upgrade path on its current platform, and we are excited for its growth into the Spanish-speaking market. (Definitely not a market strategy for a dying product.) By providing an open API for eTapestry, we are only furthering an already strong commitment to maintaining the solution for nonprofits that want a SaaS solution. This very topic is addressed in a <a href="http://www.blackbaud.com/files/podcasts/TheBaudcast_Episode06.mp3?WT.mc_id=POD_BC073107" rel="nofollow">podcast featuring Marc Chardon and Jay Love.</a> I’m not sure what financial report you are referring to, but I can assure you that eTapestry is continuing its upgrade path on its current platform, and we are excited for its growth into the Spanish-speaking market. (Definitely not a market strategy for a dying product.) By providing an open API for eTapestry, we are only furthering an already strong commitment to maintaining the solution for nonprofits that want a SaaS solution. This very topic is addressed in a podcast featuring Marc Chardon and Jay Love.

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95698 Allan Benamer Tue, 20 May 2008 00:01:51 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95698 Hey, do you have a link to that financial report you mentioned? I've never heard that. Hey, do you have a link to that financial report you mentioned? I’ve never heard that.

]]> By: eTapestry Customer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/its-alive-its-alive-get-etapestry-api-for-free-starting-next-week/comment-page-1#comment-95686 eTapestry Customer Mon, 19 May 2008 20:39:35 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/?p=3429#comment-95686 This spin infuriates me. I am already an upset eTap customer. I learned from a financial report that Blackbaud told analysts they planned to "end of life" most of their recent acquisitions. From several calls to my support contacts my donor database will have its end of life in about 24 months, but they were developing APIs to help migrate to another Dbase.(Probably Razors Edge). Had I known this I would have never left Kintera. What developer will develop around a product that has an end of life? Are they providing this to move me to a database that has no free APIs? Why do they tell investors before they tell customers and tell them different things than they tell customers? This spin infuriates me. I am already an upset eTap customer. I learned from a financial report that Blackbaud told analysts they planned to “end of life” most of their recent acquisitions. From several calls to my support contacts my donor database will have its end of life in about 24 months, but they were developing APIs to help migrate to another Dbase.(Probably Razors Edge). Had I known this I would have never left Kintera. What developer will develop around a product that has an end of life? Are they providing this to move me to a database that has no free APIs? Why do they tell investors before they tell customers and tell them different things than they tell customers?

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