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Integration S
Integration S
asked in Lucid for Developers
Users API pagination

Hi Colleagues I'm trying to send a request for the users list but it only return 200 users and it doesn't have a link for the next page although I'm seeing 2K + users    

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jkrueger
2 months ago
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raphael.abdias
asked in Lucid for Developers
Get List of Users - Pagination & License Information

Hi there! I’m trying to get the list of users from the API. So far i was able to get 200 users which i understand is the limit per page. With that said, i’m having a hard time trying to figure out how to move to the next page, the documentation is not clear on what should be done exactly to move to the next pageWhen i fetch the first time i get a Link Header, something like thishttps://api.lucid.co/users?pageSize=20&pageToken=eyJvIjoiMSIsImUiOjE2Mjg2OTc3OTF9>; rel="next"this is the link header of the current page, but how should i move to the next one? i mean, how to i actually use the “next” provided.Link to the documentation:https://lucid.readme.io/reference/reference-rest#paginationAlso, second question, is this Endpoint to List Users able to provide Licenses allocated to users?Thanks in advance,Rapha

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jkrueger
2 months ago
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Ben Tesch
asked in Lucid for Developers
Sharing custom shape library within company

I recently created a custom shapes library using the external API and would like to share it internally with my coworkers.  Based on https://lucid.readme.io/docs/publishing, it looks like “Private Publishing” is the way to go.There are a couple of snags:I am not an administrator on this account A marketplace listing is required, which in turn asks for URLs for a privacy policy and terms of service.  This shapes library has neither, and I don’t think I have access to hosting for this purpose.  (perhaps I could use https://example.com/ ?)Suppose I create the marketplace listing and reach out to an account administrator and they are willing to help publish this shapes library.  It looks like I would have to add them as an application owner for the library under Collaborators → Invite in the developer portal.  All they would have to do at that point is click publish, select the version, and select “publish privately”, right? Are there other ways to share custom shape libraries internally?

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jkrueger
2 months ago
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KGV
asked in Lucid for Developers
How to invoke external REST API from inside LucidChart extension plugin

I am trying to call an external REST API the way shown below, the script runs well through debug-server, but it fails with error when it is packaged and uploaded to run normally. import {EditorClient, Menu, MenuType, Viewport} from 'lucid-extension-sdk';import {prepareData} from './preparedata';import axios from 'axios';const client = new EditorClient();const menu = new Menu(client);const viewport = new Viewport(client);client.registerAction('testAction', () => { const data = new prepareData(client,viewport); data.analyzeData(); const response = axios.get('https://google.com') console.log(response)});menu.addMenuItem({ label: 'test label', action: 'testAction', menuType: MenuType.Main,});Also the code below was tried out with  import {EditorClient, Menu, MenuType, Viewport,XHRRequest} from 'lucid-extension-sdk';import {prepareData} from './preparedata';import axios from 'axios';const client = new EditorClient();const menu = new Menu(client);const viewport = ne

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jkrueger
2 months ago
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Richard Watson
asked in Lucid for Developers
No ContainedBy in JSON export?

I’m trying to use the Document Contents API endpoint to retrieve the diagram data.   I’ve noticed however that there is no “ContainedBy” data available.  This is present in the CSV export.  I have custom data fields bound to the container and would like to be able to parse the JSON in such a way to extract the both the custom data and the child elements of the container. Thank you,Richard

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Michael B
2 months ago
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Ben Tesch
asked in Lucid for Developers
Adding new custom shapes freezes document

I have a fairly complex diagram that uses a lot of shapes from a large custom shape library.I’m running into a problem where the document freezes (the zoom percentage changes but the view does not change, and I can’t pan) if I try to add a shape from this custom shape library that is not already present in the document.That is, if shape A is already in the document, I can add it no problem.  If shape B is not already in the document, adding shape B causes the document to freeze.  Sometimes the offending shape disappears right away, sometimes it doesn’t.  The shape is always gone after I reopen the document.Creating a copy of the document doesn’t fix the problem.Can you help? Please let me know how to point you to these files.  The document is a confidential work document so I cannot publicly link it.  This form doesn’t let me attach the shape library.

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2 months ago
birch
birchLucid product team
posted in Inspiration
Upcoming webinar: See firsthand how Lucid’s AI capabilities can add value to your org

Everyone’s buzzing about AI—but how can your team best apply this technology to accelerate innovation?Join the Lucid team later this week in a live webinar as they demo our AI capabilities in real time. Plus, learn what makes Lucid’s approach to AI different and get ideas of where to start applying AI to your workflows to save time and streamline your work.AI in action: Scaling workflows and increasing efficiency with LucidDate: August 29, 2024Time: 11 a.m. MT (1 p.m. ET)We’d love to see you there!Register now: https://lucid.co/resources/webinars/ai-showcase-august-2024?utm_medium=lucid-outreach&utm_source=community&utm_campaign=webinar&utm_content=aug-2024-gtm-webinar2

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Kelsey Gaag
2 months ago
shannon
shannonLucidite
published in Inspiration
AI webinar: Follow-up questions and resources

Thank you for joining us for our webinar, “AI in action: Scaling workflows and increasing efficiency with Lucid”! (If you didn’t have the chance to join, you can access the webinar on demand here.) Check out these additional resources about each feature:Collaborative AI (generate ideas, more ideas, sort ideas, summarize ideas) AI mind maps Generate diagram with AI AI Prompt Flow Microsoft Copilot integration Microsoft Graph Connector integration Summarize diagrams in SlackWe also have a great template for you to implement AI in your next brainstorm. If you want to look out for AI actions (coming soon!) or any other AI developments from Lucid, keep an eye on our release notes.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
2 months ago
bnomichith
bnomichithLucidite
posted in Inspiration
Main Room/Closet Project Plan

This Lucidspark board outlines a timeline for a personal room change and closet build project, including ordering furniture and accessories, hiring an electrician, and completing the build. The board details the delivery of chandeliers, knobs, drawer organizers, baskets and other household items. The project concludes with the installation of wallpaper and the completion of the closet build. The content also includes before and after states of the main bedroom and closet room, as well as a message (love note) from the previous job. Finished Project 

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bnomichith
2 months ago
Richard U
Richard ULucid support team
posted in Lucid for Developers
How to retrieve a JSON of any Lucidchart document with the Document Contents request

Are you building an application with Lucid’s external APIs that uses our Document Contents endpoint? The Document Contents endpoint uses an OAuth token with User access scope to return a JSON that describes any document accessible by the User associated with the OAuth token. Read on for more information on what to expect in the response and what to do if you return an error.Let’s take a look at a snippet from the JSON response for an example flowchart document to illustrate how the shapes on the canvas will be represented on the JSON. The magnifying glass in the screenshot below is covering a terminator shape labeled ‘Request complete’:The document content within the magnifying glass will be represented in the JSON as shown in the screenshot below:The object class (TerminatorBlock) is indicated as is the unique ItemId (q7NtnToLUGX9). Every individual shape line group and layer represented in the response will contain a unique value for ItemId to identify the object. For more details on

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tobi
2 months ago
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PromitaDan
asked in Lucid for Developers
Issue with Data Connector in Lucid Extension - Need Help

  DescriptionI'm having trouble getting a data connector to work in my Lucid extension. Specifically, when I trigger a data connector action, I'm encountering issues that prevent the action from executing properly. I've set up the data connector in my `manifest.json` file and written the corresponding code, but it's not working as expected.Manifest.json Setup{  "dataConnectors": [    {      "name": "quodsi_data_connector",      "oauthProviderName": "",      "callbackBaseUrl": "http://localhost:5000/api",      "dataActions": {        "Simulate": "Scenario/simulate"      }    }  ]}Data Connector Index.ts import { DataConnector, DataConnectorClient } from 'lucid-extension-sdk';import { simulateAction } from './actions/simulateaction';export const makeDataConnector = (client: DataConnectorClient) =>    new DataConnector(client)        .defineAsynchronousAction("Simulate", simulateAction);SimulateAction.tsimport { DataConnectorAsynchronousAction } from 'lucid-extension-sdk';import axios

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2 months ago
Olivia Q
Olivia QLucidite
posted in Inspiration
The evolution of collaboration 💡

We sat down with Nathan Rawlins, Lucid’s chief marketing officer, to discuss the evolution of workplace collaboration and how important it is for businesses to adapt to their current conditions. “Companies and teams won’t succeed unless they are deliberate about changing and improving their practices. There is so much unrealized potential that will only be realized when leaders become deliberate about change.” - Nathan Rawlins, chief marketing officer at LucidDigital collaboration timeline📼1980s: The 80s marks the introduction of workplace PCs, PowerPoint, and digitization. True collaboration was missing.📞1990s: The launch of the World Wide Web and email started becoming more integral in the workplace. Interactions in the office were purely transactional.📀2000s: Mobile phones, the app economy, and social media took over how we interact with each other. The focus still remains on communication rather than collaboration.📱2010s: Google Docs, Zoom, and Lucidchart hit the market, showin

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Olivia Q
2 months ago
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dbennettLucidite
posted in Lucid for Developers
Building on the Lucid Standard Import

The Use CaseAs a solutions engineer at Lucid I have the chance to work with a number of different customers and hear about so many different use cases for Lucid. One thing that has come up more and more often is importing BPMN files into Lucid as an editable diagram. Now while Lucid provides a few different document import APIs for other solutions including virtual whiteboards and Visio files Lucid hasn’t had a good solution for BPMN files. The SolutionLucid’s Standard Import allows for a JSON import to create Lucidchart diagrams in a pretty seamless way. Through the use of a conversion script we can import BPMN XML documents and create the Lucidchart documents via API.LimitationsThis conversion only supports the most commonly used BPMN shapes including the following:Parse start, intermediate throw, intermediate catch, boundary, and end events Recursively parse tasks (send, receive, user, manual, business, service, script), subProcesses, adHocSubProcesses, transactions, and callActivit

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2 months ago
Daniel H
Daniel H
asked in Lucid for Developers
Extension packages work in mobile app?

Hello,if you build a custom package app in Lucidchart, will that be available for users in the mobile app of Lucidchart?  Thanks, Dan

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Humas1985
Lucid Legend Level 4
2 months ago
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son.pham
asked in Lucid for Developers
Create OAuth2 App without Listing to Marketplace

Hi,We need to download all documents as images once per month, the code is running on a Virtual Machine with a schedule job that will connect to Lucid App REST API and calling some endpoints I try to create Client App in Admin Developer portal, the Test Redirect URL does not work when I enter in the browser, I got “Page not Found”. I guess I have not listed my app to the market as required, but in this case. Why do we need that step? My app does not have any logos, images, or url. What should I fill in the form? Thanks 

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Michael B
2 months ago
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darrinps
asked in Lucid for Developers
Sample code to access a directory of charts and generate .csv representations

I know that I can generate a .csv file for a given chart via the File->Export->CSV of shape data, but I’d like to do this programmatically a directory at a time.Is there any sample code of how that can be done, please?

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Richard U
2 months ago
Vyshnavy S
Vyshnavy S
asked in Lucid for Developers
Use Lucid's Rest API to get Lucidchart shape library of documents

Iam trying to integrate Lucid chart to a third party service to provide an  option import process diagrams from Lucid Chart to our clients I have asp.net web application and I have setup Oauth 2.0 and am able to retrieve document list and contents using Lucid Rest API . But in order to convert the et lucid document to BPMN which is the set format of data import in our application I want to get the details of the shape libraries and graph < is there an API which can fetch me the details of shape library and its Names without using a legacy API which requires Oauth 1.0 authentication .

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Emma D
3 months ago
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PromitaDan
asked in Lucid for Developers
Collaborate in open source "C# OAuth 2.0 client to the Lucid REST APIs"

Hello,For my custom LucidChart extension, I am actively working on a .NET 8.X C# OAuth 2.0 client to the Lucid REST APIs.  My approach was to create a LucidChartClientBase and then LucidChartUserClient and LucidChartAccountClient that derive from it. Here is an example of what LucidChartUserClient looks like:  static async Task UserClientStuff() { var user_client = new LucidChartUserClient(clientId, clientSecret, redirectUri, userScopes); await GetAccessTokenAsync(user_client); try { var introspectionResult = await user_client.IntrospectTokenAsync(user_client.TokenData["access_token"].ToString()); Console.WriteLine($"Introspection result: {JsonConvert.SerializeObject(introspectionResult, Formatting.Indented)}"); var accountInfo = await user_client.GetAccountInfoAsync(); Console.WriteLine($"User profile: {accountInfo}"); // Fetch all documents without any filters var allDocuments = await

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Michael B
3 months ago
Cal Martin
Cal MartinLucidite
posted in Inspiration
Unlock Your Potential: Join Our Free August Public Webinars!

Lucid Learning Services is excited to invite ✨you✨ to our August webinar series, designed to help you and your team get started with Lucidspark and Lucidchart. Whether you're new to these tools or looking to deepen your understanding, these sessions are perfect for you.
All sessions will be hosted 11:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard time! August Sessions North America:Join us on August 20th Getting Started with Lucidspark where you will learn how to: Navigate the Lucidspark board flawlessly Utilize the basic tools to visualize your ideas & content for your use case Collaborate and connect with your team on a Lucidspark board Join us on August 22nd for Designing Collaborative Meetings in Lucidspark where you will learn how to: Reduce the amount of time spent in meetings through visual collaboration Efficiently assemble an easy to follow and action-driven Lucidspark board Make meetings and collaborative experiences more enjoyable, effective, and equitable with Visual Activ

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Micah
3 months ago
shannon
shannonLucidite
posted in Inspiration
Agile retrospectives webinar: Follow-up questions and resources

Thank you for joining us for our webinar, “The art of facilitating Agile retrospectives.”  (If you didn’t have the chance to join, we’ll be adding the recording to this page soon, so look out for it!)We had so many amazing questions during this webinar that we did not get to, so we wanted to give attendees the chance to continue the conversation and learn from each other, plus get some further insight from our Lucid evangelists.What further questions do you have related to facilitating effective retrospectives? ⭐ Bonus: Lucid offers a bunch of retrospective templates to help you get started with your next event (or try a new style!):Speedboat retrospective from Innovation Games 4 L’s retrospective Mad/sad/glad retrospective Start/stop/continue retrospective Lean coffee retrospective Sprint retrospective team room Retrospective health Multi-team retrospective (similar to what Bryan and Jessica presented) Time spent, wasted, invested retrospective Start, stop, continue retrospective acti

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3 months ago
Ashtyn C
Ashtyn CLucidite
posted in Inspiration
💬 Share your review of Lucid

Hey Lucid fam! 🙌Your feedback helps us shape the future! If you haven’t yet, please share your thoughts about Lucid on G2. You can choose to be named or anonymous; we just want your honest feedback so we can keep innovating and improving your experience.Your review will:Inspire: Share new and creative ways to use Lucid. 💡 Innovate: Offer insights that will help us enhance our features. 🚀 Inform: Assist the community in discovering the benefits of Lucid. 🌐Thanks for being a vital part of our journey! Your support is the sticky note that keeps our vision on track. 🌟⭐️ Review Lucid on G2 ⭐️  

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Ashtyn C
3 months ago
mmerrill
mmerrillLucidite
posted in Inspiration
The benefits of mind mapping

Mind mapping is a creative process that uses keywords, phrases, images, shapes, and colors, to visualize your thought process as you connect ideas and subjects.But did you know the practice of mind mapping is actually backed up by science?Studies show that mind mapping:Improves information retention and recall Improves comprehension Stimulates creative thinking Increases productivity and saves timeand more!Luckily for you, Lucidspark’s dynamic mind mapping feature makes it efficient and easy.Dive into the history and benefits of mind mapping (and learn how to get started with your own mind map in Lucid) in our article here: https://lucidspark.com/blog/benefits-mind-mappingHappy mind mapping!

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Micah
3 months ago
Phillip W
Phillip WLucid support team
published in Inspiration
Corporate Styling with LucidLucid advice

In the realm of corporate branding, color schemes are more than just aesthetic choices; they are powerful tools that convey a company's personality, values, and messaging. From evoking emotions to influencing consumer perceptions, selecting the right color scheme is a strategic decision that can profoundly impact brand recognition and resonance. We understand that here at Lucid and want to provide you with a couple of options to help jumpstart your branded collaboration.  Using the color picker for branded colors:The first thing you’ll want to know how to use is the color fill. Within this toolbar, you can change the color of shapes on the canvas to a custom, branded hex color code. Custom shapes with branded colors:Now that you know how to pick a custom fill, you can pull some process shapes onto the canvas. These will serve as your palette for your custom colors. From there, add one color fill to each shape, creating your palette. Once you’re done, align your shapes in a way you like

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Phillip W
3 months ago
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nathanlewan
asked in Lucid for Developers
create new user with SCIM including shared group memberships

hello,I was attempting to use the SCIM to create users with one call to the SCIM, but have had no luck with passing shared group memberships as an attribute on the user creation call. The user gets created, but the shared groups I passed, are ignored.  Since the SCIM docs don’t show groups as part of the options for user creation, is it safe to assume it’s not possible, or am I doing something wrong?thanks!

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3 months ago
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PromitaDan
asked in Lucid for Developers
Ability to add custom shapes to "Change Shape" right panel

Is there a way Load up the “Flowchart” template. Select any shape in the template.  In the right context panel, there is a label “Change Shape” where the user can pick a different shape.Is it possible to add additional shapes in this drop down box?  I would love to be able to add a few of my shapes from my custom extension package. Possible?

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Richard U
3 months ago
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