No Gimmicks, just genuinely useful features.

Api2File 's out-of-the-box functionality.

Business Focus

  • Data
    • Use any HTTP REST API as a data source.
    • Transform any textual API response into a required format.
  • Security
    • Supports installation on-prem and air-gapped servers.
    • Minimal additional user access management required.
    • No need to distribute API credentials to users.
    • Existing user authentication capabilities (AD/LDAP) reused.
  • Performance
    • Onboard users to API data in seconds.
    • Speed up subsequent access to slow data sources.
  • End Users
    • No additional software required.
    • Securely use existing network credentials.
    • Shield users from complicated API data access.
  • Administration
    • No per-user firewall rule exceptions required.
    • Centralized configuration administration.
    • Comprehensive audit of user actions.
  • ROI
    • Code-free, direct API data access for legacy (non-API capable) software.
    • No per-user license costs.
    • Scalable without increasing costs.

Technical Focus

  • Network
    • SMB Protocol (Samba) version 1, 2 & 3.
    • Compatible with load-balancers and reverse proxies.
  • Server
    • Optimized for Windows Server, Linux, and Docker.
    • On-Premise and Private cloud compatible.
  • Client
    • Native connectivity from Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs.
    • Mobile connectivity available via 3rd party applications.
    • Compatible with Interactive (File explorer), Command-line, and Programmatic access.
  • Web APIs
    • HTTP and HTTPS Protocols
    • Authentication methods:
      • None (unsecured)
      • Basic
      • Bearer
      • ApiKey
      • Oauth2 (Client Credentials, Password) [Soon]
    • Can extract data from Headers.
    • HTTP methods:
      • GET
    • Source Content-Type:
      • application/json
      • application/xml
      • text/plain
  • Performance
    • Memory and Disk caches.
    • Load balancer compatible.
  • Security
    • Per API user blacklisting.
    • Credential fallback capability.
    • Active Directory user support.
    • User data segregation (Cache and Runtime).