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Scott PLucidite
posted in Lucid for Developers
🚀 Announcing Editable Embeds on Lucid's API!

Hey Lucid Devs! 👋We’re excited to introduce Editable Embeds—a new way to integrate Lucid documents directly into your web applications! 📝 Now you can embed Lucid documents that are not just viewable but fully editable with our token-based embed solution, allowing for seamless collaboration right within your own platform. Why Editable Embeds?By embedding the Lucid experience in other apps, you can improve documentation and minimize the need to switch between apps. With Editable Embeds, you can:Enable users to edit and collaborate on Lucid documents directly within your app. Streamline development and testing with an easy-to-use embedding process. Add comprehensive diagramming and collaboration tools to your application. 🛠 How to Get StartedPut simply, here’s the setup: create an application > obtain an access token > generate an embed session token > embed the viewer in your app > configure “editable” access level. See the details (and example implementations!) in our Tok

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Humas1985
Lucid Legend Level 6
1 month ago
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Scott PLucidite
posted in Lucid for Developers
🚀 Announcing New API Keys available on Lucid’s API!

Hey Lucid Devs! 👋We’re excited to introduce a new way to securely access the Lucid API using API Keys! 🔑  Even seasoned engineers sometimes find OAuth2 complex and time-consuming—it can take hours to set up properly. With API Keys, the process is far more straightforward. Simply generate an API Key in the Dev Portal and include it in your API requests!🛠 How to Get StartedCheck out our API Keys Guide!🔒 Are there Admin Controls?Yes, Admins can choose to enable/disable API Keys. Apps with API Keys will only be accessible from the Developer Portal by the App creator and any Lucid Developer added as a collaborator to the app. See our App Collaborator roles guide for more information.  🚨 Important NotesTreat your API Keys like passwords. Do not expose them in your client-side code or share them publicly.  Regularly review and rotate your API Keys to maintain security. Generally, an API Key can be used in place of an OAuth 2.0 User token, however certain endpoints– such as the Document S

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Richard U
1 month ago
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Scott PLucidite
posted in Lucid for Developers
Recent webinar recording: See firsthand how easy it is to build in Lucid

Curious to see what’s possible for your org to build through the Lucid developer platform?In our most recent webinar, our developers demonstrated how easy it is to build an extension on Lucid’s developer platform by building one in real time.During the webinar, you’ll also see the types of integrations you can build on the developer platform as well as open-source examples to use as starting points in your own projects. Here is a link to the recording: How to build an extension on Lucid’s developer platformRecorded on May 30, 2024 You can also check out the demo integration for yourself on Lucid's integration marketplace and an accompanying guide in our developer documentation. We’d love to hear what you’re building and are happy to answer any questions you have about our demo. Drop a comment below!   

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6 months ago
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msommer
asked in Lucid for Developers
Embed Viewer API Doc returning NOT FOUND

I am following this doc for creating a token based external embed. I have:Successfully created the access token Successfully created an embed session token Failed at calling the Embed Viewer endpoint with the embed session token get a 200 response.I do not want to use the document picker component, so instead I have created a lucidchart document, generated an embedId for the document (confirmed docId is correct) by calling Create Document Embed, then use the embedId in step 2 above when creating the embed session token.  However, I keep getting 404 Not Found when calling Embed Viewer with the embed session token.  My access token has the following scopes: lucidchart.document.content.share.embed%20offline_access%20user.profile%20lucidchart.document.app.picker.share.embed Do I need to modify my document in someway so that it is embeddable? (e.g. activate the embed code via the UI or publish the doc)? Steps to reproduce Create lucidchart and do NOT publsh, activate embed, or anything else

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Michael B
2 days ago
Morgan T
Morgan TLucid support team
published in Inspiration
Generate a flowchart in Lucidchart with AI! ✨New feature

We are excited to announce that you can now generate a flowchart in Lucidchart using AI! This has been a heavily requested feature, and we can’t wait for you to try it out!I’ve already been having tons of fun playing around with this feature, both with work-related ideas and personal interests. Check out some examples below:For more information, check out our Transform productivity and innovation with Collaborative AI article from the Lucid Help Center.Have you generated a flowchart with AI? Do you have feedback about your experience? Share your ideas, results, and feedback in the comments! *Generating a flowchart using Lucid’s Collaborative AI is currently in beta.*

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3 days ago
Olivia Q
Olivia QLucidite
posted in Inspiration
A Lucid look back: Reflecting on 2024

This is perhaps my favorite time of year. We celebrate the joy of the season with loved ones, and look ahead in anticipation of the new year. We set rest, recharge, and set goals for what’s to come. 🎉 When I look back on 2024 at Lucid, it has truly been remarkable. Our teams have worked hard to build new capabilities and develop content to empower our customers to achieve their goals. To name a few, we released:New Agile solutions AI advancements Enterprise Shield 70 templates Over 30 integrations🥂 What has been your favorite Lucid release in 2024? Share in the comments!

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Olivia Q
3 days ago
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dcazman
asked in Lucid for Developers
Manage users with API key

I keep getting access forbidden error using 'https://api.lucid.co/users'However I can get a single user assuming I know the ID.Also, my key says view only. Assuming I get it to list all users how do I allow the key to delete users ?

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Michael B
3 days ago
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your_friendly_backend_dev
asked in Lucid for Developers
How to Use Shape Library with Import API

Hello! I want to use JSON to generate blocks that are provided through third party shape libraries. I am currently using standard JSON import and the REST API to generate the documents, but I am unsure of how to specifically use shapes from other shape libraries. To be specific, I am trying to use the Azure cloud shape libraries.

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5 days ago
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miagutie
asked in Lucid for Developers
YAML, Swagger, or OAS for the Lucidchart API

Hi everyone! Greetings to the community. I've recently started using the Lucidchart API to perform various operations like OAuth authentication, document retrieval, and even running some tests to upload templates via the API.During this process, I've been wondering if there's a place where I can find the OAS (OpenAPI Specification) for Lucidchart's API. While the portal does list all the operations, I’d like to have them consolidated into a single contract. This would help me automate the creation and validation of certain fields, making the process much easier.If anyone knows where I can find the OAS, YAML, Swagger, or however it's referred to haha, please share! I couldn't easily locate it on the support page.Thanks in advance for your help!

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5 days ago
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zoran
asked in Lucid for Developers
Retrieving Pricing Plan Details via Lucid APIs

Hi Lucid Community,We are exploring ways to leverage Lucid APIs to retrieve user license details. While we are aware that SCIM APIs are available for enterprise plans, our interest lies in obtaining information about users in Team, Enterprise Shield, and similar pricing plans.Specifically, we would like to use APIs to identify which licenses users have been allocated—such as Team, Enterprise Suite, or Shield add-on licenses. We understand there are currently no direct APIs for this purpose and are curious if there might be any workarounds or alternative methods to achieve this.

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Richard U
8 days ago
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zoran
asked in Lucid for Developers
SCIM API Response Format

Hi Community,We are testing the Lucidchart SCIM API for "Get All Users," but we are not receiving the urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:lucid:1.0:User field as mentioned in the API reference documentation: Get User API. The API response format we are seeing differs from what is documented.Additionally, we would like to understand more about the schema referenced in the documentation. Could you provide clarification on what the schema represents and its significance in the response?

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Richard U
8 days ago
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diozsa
asked in Lucid for Developers
Mapping data center network to a diagram

Hi there, I have a question  -  as a last resort.I am trying to build a proof of concept for mapping our data center with Lucid diagrams. Our corporation already uses these diagrams, they are done manually and they are always behind. We’d like to have them updated dynamically.I played with Lucidchart API in Postman, just to see how versatile and quick such endeavor would be. I was able to create and get a document but not more than that.I spent multiple hours in the docs today but I was not able to put a single square on an empty diagram, via a post/patch request. I could not find any examples that were helpful to my case.Is there a direct way to handle these requests without working with an SDK / front-end? Would like to stick to Python. The final goal is to have data flowing in a CI/CD pipeline and update our diagrams automatically. First… i need to put a least a box in a document. Please let me know if my approach is futile.Thanks 

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Richard U
8 days ago
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muditpathak
asked in Lucid for Developers
Lucidchart API reference for audit logs

HelloDo we have any APIs related to Audit logs in Lucidchart?Or any other other API which gives user activity related information, like create chart, update chart, any API which gives any event activity done by a user?

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Richard U
9 days ago
nagarajr
nagarajr
asked in Lucid for Developers
Creating document with API in Lucidchart

is there a good example of creating shapes and lines using API ? I am trying to create a diagram via code I am able to create a blank document and view the content of already created diagram via  https://api.lucid.co/documents/:id/contents   

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9 days ago
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sanath kumar
asked in Lucid for Developers
Embed Viewer and highlight few shapes

Hi team,I am building a application where it takes lucidchart ID as input and in the backend I will fetch the lucidchart in JSON format using document contents endpoint and does some validations like every shape should have some text, whole lucidchart should be connected. If any of the validations are not met, I want to show those on the UI. I am thinking it would be great if we can embed lucidchart and highlight the nodes where the validations are not met. Is there anyway I can do this ?If not, do you suggest any other best alternative ?

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Michael B
11 days ago
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mgmiller
asked in Lucid for Developers
Array capacity

I am adding functions to custom data definitions to list the contents of a swimlane.  If there are more than 20 objects in the lane, the array that is returned shows ellipses at the end for each item over 20.  Even if I do something simple like=ARRAY(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23)the result is [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, ...]How can I get the 21,22, 23 etc. to show up?  Is this limit hard coded?

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Richard U
16 days ago
renekreijveld
renekreijveld
asked in Lucid for Developers
Export a page to PDF through the API

Through the API it is possible to export a page to a png or jpeg image.Is it also possible to export a page to PDF through the API? Or can I generate a PDF of a document or page by opening a specific URL? 

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Michael B
16 days ago
shannon
shannonLucidite
posted in Inspiration
Webinar follow-up questions and resources: Creating data-backed diagrams

Thank you for joining us for our workshop, “Creating data-backed diagrams”! (If you didn’t have the chance to join, you can access the webinar on demand here the day after.)If you want to dive deeper into the many, many Lucidchart features that Cal demoed, take a look at these resources:Generate a diagram using AI Lucid’s approach to AI Custom shape libraries Universal canvas Lucid Cards for Jira Customing your visual data (course featuring data linking) Swimlanes and containers Formulas in Lucid (course featuring dynamic shapes and conditional formatting)Leave any follow-up questions you have from the webinar in the comments below so that a Lucid team member can help answer them.

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shannon
16 days ago
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msommer
asked in Lucid for Developers
Using Oauth2 app without publishing

I have created an oauth2 app for the purposes of obtaining clientId and clientSecret to be used when calling Lucid API’s. I am the only collaborator currently and the app is not published. I am trying to understand this documentation on oauth2 limitations. Specifically:  If the app is not published, only specified app collaborators can use the app with your client ID and secret. If you would like to develop an app that all Lucid users can use, refer to this publishing documentation. Does I need to publish an app on the marketplace for others besides me to use the clientId and secret, or that I need to add app collaborators? I am trying to build an application that resolves Lucid urls to embeds where users input a url, and are prompted to login if need by, and then API calls are made to lucid to to resolve the inputted url to an embed view, and I am wondering what the implications of the above limitations are. Is there any, or am I miss-interpreting the limitations?

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Emma D
16 days ago
Amanda F
Amanda F
posted in Inspiration
OKR Dashboards

Has anyone created a dashboard for their OKR reporting?We are exploring the possibility of leveraging OKRs for our formal strategic planning methodology. As part of this, we plan to use another source to track the OKRs and their status. However, we want to leverage Lucidspark to create a nice reporting dashboard for executives and C-Suite Level management. Our thought would be to track them in the other system and use a connection to bring in specific data to a Lucidspark page that we’d create the dashboard on. Looking for ideas of how I could design this page to help make it user friendly. 

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17 days ago
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GKenneally
asked in Lucid for Developers
Request SVG version of document page via API

Hi,I can export png/jpg images using the ‘accept’ header and calling the documents API.  Is there a way to get an SVG version of a page?  The documentation does not mention it as being supported. Also, is there an easy way to access a documents metadata without getting all of the documents contents.  I’d like to get the document meta, and the meta for each of the pages it contains, primarily page title.  I can get this by calling /documents/{id}/contents but the response includes everything in the document and is much more than I really need. Thanks,Gary

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Michael B
18 days ago
shannon
shannonLucidite
posted in Inspiration
Webinar follow-up questions and resources: Making work visible for Agile teams

Thank you for joining us for our webinar, “Making work visible for Agile teams”! We’re so glad to have Jeff and Christopher on the Lucid team. (If you didn’t have the chance to join, you can access the webinar on demand, starting the day after the webinar.)Check out these additional resources to learn more about the Lucid features our speakers used:Team hubs and team spaces (plus tips for setting up these spaces!) Team space template Lucid integrations Visual Activities Dynamic shapes Conditional formatting Private mode Lucid Cards Retrospective template Speedboat retrospective templateSome of the templates used during the webinar are offered through Lucid’s professional services team. For more information about these premium templates and the expert support and customized solutions provided by this team, check out this page and reach out!Leave any follow-up questions you have from the webinar in the comments below so that a Lucid team member can help answer them

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shannon
18 days ago
Cal Martin
Cal MartinLucidite
posted in Inspiration
Upcoming webinar: Creating data-backed diagrams

Greetings, intelligent diagrammers!If you’re ready to take your diagramming skills to the next level, join me for an upcoming webinar where I’ll show you how to use Lucidchart’s data and automation features—the most intelligent on the market—to create data-backed diagrams.Hands-on workshop: Creating data-backed diagramsDecember 5, 2024 at 11 a.m. MT (1 p.m. ET) Register hereFollow along in Lucidchart and learn how to cut the manual work out of creating process diagrams, flowcharts, and org charts. See how smarter diagrams can help you save time and make more informed decisions.Let’s build smarter diagrams together!

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shannon
18 days ago
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Elsie Harrison
asked in Lucid for Developers
Integrate with more than one DevOps instance

We are trying to integrate with another DevOps instance. Can you have more than one DevOps integration? Ideally we would want different Lucid Teams to have a separate DevOps instance.

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Ian Baenziger
19 days ago
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Brock WoodLucid product team
posted in Inspiration
💫Team Types💫

Today we're announcing team types! Team types give you more control over team visibility and access. With this release you'll now be able to create public, closed and hidden teams. 
Public teams will be fully accessible allowing anyone in your organization to find and join the team directly from the all teams page in your docslist.
Closed teams will appear on the all teams page but joining requires approval from an existing member of the team.
Hidden teams will not be visible on the all teams page, and the only way to join is through an invitation from an existing team member.
This update provides an easier way to organize and get access to documents that are important to you and your teams. Learn more here!Note: Teams are only available for enterprise level accounts

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