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goll
Nov 08, 2019Tutor
is there an API for meural canvas?
Hi, Is there an API (preferrably a REST API) that allows me to control the canvas independently of a could service, and better integrate my picture collection on my NAS ? Thanks for a hi...
KevinJ_K
Nov 08, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello goll,
Thank you for the question. No, unfortunately there is not any additional options to control the Meural Canvas. The only application that works is the Meural app found in any online smartphone store.
Rgeards,
NETGEAR Meural Community Team
- gollNov 08, 2019Tutor
Thanks for the answer Kevin.
It's a pity, that there is no other way to use meural canvas. This means I'm totally depending on the app and the cloud service. I have experienced with other products that a supplier decided to discontinue a product.
I'm guessing, without the cloud service the product is useless, and I end up with expensive garbage hanging at my wall, right?
best
Rolf
- Vic_GNov 24, 2019Apprentice
Hi,
Would you please ask the development team/product manager to consider producing an API available to product users?
As stated by the originator of this thread, "goll" I think, that would allow people who use the Canvas II to display our own photographs, and I am one of those people, to more easily integrate the Canvas II with our photo collections. The current process of using the Meural app or the Netgear Meural web portal works but is best when dealing with a few photos. When dealing with lots of photos, it can be cumbersome.
I'm just speculating but the current Canvas II supporting architect may already have libraries underneath it, possibly in the form of APIs. It might not take too much effort to put a wrapper around the existing core libraries that you use internally, and expose that wrapper interface to the user community.
Thanks!
Vic
- KevinJ_KNov 26, 2019NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hello Vic,
Thank you for the feedback. We will be sure to pass your suggestion on to the product manager and Mueral team. Perhaps this is something that could be implemented in a future update.
Regards,
Kevin K., NETGEAR Meural Team
- Vic_GNov 26, 2019Apprentice
Thanks Kevin!
Vic
- VoiceOfSoftwareJan 27, 2020Tutor
I second this request. I am considering putting Meurals up in my company's customer briefing centers, and I want an API to switch photos automatically before customers arrive. It would be far too dificult to coordinate this manually worldwide, so I want our enterprise software to automate the process. We give 3000 briefings per year, so it would be a nightmare without an API