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Here are some handy specifications, articles and tutorials to get you started. You can also click here if you're looking for sample source code to kickstart your project. Check back every so often, we're going to continue adding things as people request them!

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BrightCloud Web Service Overview

A short introduction to the BCWS which includes what you can do with it and how the REST API works.

OAuth Integration for BrightCloud Web Services

A look inside the details of using the OAuth specification to generate an API request and we use it to authenticate your requests.

How to use the BCWS PHP command line client

A step-by-step introduction on how to make BCWS API calls with a simple PHP based command line client and to display the send and receive messages.

Code Sample: Java (REST API)

Code illustrations on integrating with BCWS REST interface using Java

Code Sample: PHP (REST API)

Code illustrations on integrating with BCWS REST interface using Php

BCWS XML Response Documentation

XML response tag definitions.