Introduction
Workiro's resume would read: “strong solo contributor and excels when working with others”.
It’s been designed with integration and integrators in mind.
As an app that provides communication, productivity and content management: it's a powerful and complimentary addition to virtually any other app or workflow.
Integrating and automating tasks with Workiro is really simple. We provide a range of tools that allow you to do as much or as little as you like and, most importantly, you don’t need to understand or write code to get some great results.
Even better - none of the tools are exclusive - you can use one, or all of them.
Integration tools
Chrome / Microsoft Edge Extensions
Difficulty: Super Easy 😀
Audience: Anyone who uses Chrome or Microsoft Edge as their web browser.
Best for: Quickly creating Workiro threads or connections from any web page they are on that displays an email address.
Outlook Add-in
Difficulty: Super Easy 😀
Audience: Anyone using Outlook.
Best for: Quickly creating Workiro threads or connections from an email in Outlook.
Zapier
Difficulty: Easy 😀
Audience: Anyone who wants something quick and easy using pre-built connectors.
Best for: Simple background tasks and workflow automation
If you haven’t discovered Zapier already, it's a powerful and easy-to-use web platform that allows you to connect your apps together and automate your workflows.
You can get started for free and it has pre-built connectors of 1000’s of popular apps and tools, including Workiro.
Get started with the Zapier Integration
Hyperlink API
Difficulty: Easy 😀
Audience: Anyone or Application developers who want something quick and easy.
Best for: User interaction
Drive the Workiro apps on web, desktop and mobile with simple links - the sort of things you see and use every day, just like this one:
https://app.getbusy.com?create=todo&title=Integrate+with+Workiro
Get started with the Hyperlink API
Javascript SDK
Difficulty: Medium 🤔
Audience: Website & web application developers willing to put in a little development effort.
Best for: Embedding the Workiro experience in a website or web app.
Embed the Workiro web view in your application and control its context as users navigate your website or app.
REST API
Difficulty: Medium to Hard 😬
Audience: Application developers willing to put in a bit of development effort to achieve a deep integration.
Best for: Best for evolving and supplementing an integration to perform advanced background tasks once requirements have outgrown the other integration tools.
We’d recommend you always use the REST API in conjunction with either the Hyperlink API or Javascript SDK for the optimal user experience.