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API integration and business process automation

Stop re-typing the same data into three systems. We connect what you run and automate what repeats.

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Most businesses do not have a software problem so much as a joins problem. The CRM knows the customer, the accounts package knows the invoice, the warehouse knows the stock — and a person in the middle keeps them in agreement by hand.

We build the joins. Sometimes that is a proper two-way API integration, sometimes a scheduled sync, sometimes a small service that watches a mailbox and files what arrives. The right answer is whichever one quietly disappears the manual step.

It is usually the highest-return work we do, because the payback is measurable in hours per week from the first month.

What you get

What api integration & automation includes

Every engagement covers the same ground. Nothing here is an optional extra we spring on you halfway through.

01

Two-way system integration

Accounting, CRM, EPOS, ERP, payroll, couriers, payment providers — connected so each stays authoritative for its own data.

02

Scheduled and event-driven syncs

Webhooks where the systems support them, resilient scheduled jobs where they do not, with retries and alerting.

03

Document and email automation

Generate invoices, quotes, job sheets and reports automatically, and route inbound documents without a human sorting them.

04

APIs for your own data

A documented API over your systems so future tools, partners or apps can plug in cleanly.

05

Data migration and cleanup

Moving off a legacy system, de-duplicating and reconciling as we go, with a rehearsal run before the real one.

06

Monitoring you can trust

Every integration reports its own health, so a silent failure raises an alert rather than a surprise at month end.

Is this you?

This service is a good fit if…

  • The same order gets typed into two or three systems
  • Someone spends a day a week producing a report by copy and paste
  • Your systems each hold a slightly different version of the truth
  • You are migrating off a legacy platform and dread the data
  • A partner or customer wants to integrate with you and you have no API

Under the bonnet

Technology we use

Mainstream, well-supported technology chosen so your software is maintainable by anybody competent — not just by us.

  • REST & GraphQL
  • Webhooks
  • Python
  • Celery / scheduled jobs
  • CSV & SFTP
  • OAuth 2.0

Proof

Live work using this service

Open any of these in a new tab. They are running in production right now.

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Questions

API integration & automation FAQs

Including what it costs and how long it takes.

What if our software has no API?

There is almost always a route — a database view, an export schedule, a file drop, or in the worst case controlled automation of the interface. We assess it honestly and tell you if the integration would be too fragile to trust.

How long does an integration take?

A single well-documented connection is often one to three weeks. Multi-system automation with reconciliation and reporting is typically four to eight. We start with the join that saves the most hours.

Is our data safe in transit?

Everything moves over encrypted connections with scoped credentials stored in a secret manager. We log what moved and when without logging the sensitive contents.

Can you automate without replacing our systems?

Yes, and that is usually the point. Integration lets you keep the tools your team knows while removing the manual work between them.

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Thinking about api integration & automation?

Tell us what the problem is and we will come back with an honest view on scope, cost and timescale — usually within one working day.