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OneSimpleAPI on WhatsApp: manage files with an AI agent
Flann turns OneSimpleAPI into something you can message. Ask on WhatsApp, by text or voice note, and Flann does the work in OneSimpleAPI for you. OneSimpleAPI is a technical tool. If your business or your developer uses it, Flann can reach it from WhatsApp too.
15 actions in OneSimpleAPI. 9 only look things up, and 6 create, update, send or delete. You connect with your API key.
What you can ask Flann to do in OneSimpleAPI
You do not need the exact wording. These are the kinds of messages Flann turns into OneSimpleAPI actions.
“Show me my files in OneSimpleAPI.”
“Look up the image information in OneSimpleAPI.”
“Delete the file in OneSimpleAPI.”
“Generate a PDF in OneSimpleAPI.”
“Generate a QR code in OneSimpleAPI.”
What Flann can work with in OneSimpleAPI
OneSimpleAPI gives Flann 15 actions across 5 kinds of record. These are the ones you are most likely to use.
| Record | What Flann can do | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Files | deletelook up | 2 |
Side by side, the two ways of working in OneSimpleAPI:
| Compare | Opening OneSimpleAPILog in, find it, do it | OneSimpleAPI through FlannAsk and get it done |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started on a job | Log in and click through the screens | Text or voice note, in your own words |
| Looking things up about files | By hand, screen by screen | 9 look-ups, answered straight away |
| Creating and updating | Typed in by hand | 6 changes, made from a message |
| OneSimpleAPI records | All of them, one screen at a time | 5 kinds, from one chat |
| Set-up | Nothing new to set up | Your OneSimpleAPI API key, once |
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Step by step: OneSimpleAPI jobs you can hand to Flann
How a request turns into real OneSimpleAPI actions, one step at a time.
Clean up files you no longer need
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Which files in OneSimpleAPI are out of date? Remove the ones I confirm.”
- Flann runs
List Filesin OneSimpleAPI and shows you what it found. - Flann runs
Delete Filein OneSimpleAPI. - Each removal is confirmed in the chat.
Get answers about your images
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “What is the latest on our images in OneSimpleAPI?”
- Flann runs
Get Image Informationin OneSimpleAPI and shows you what it found. - Nothing in OneSimpleAPI is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Check your or convert colors from WhatsApp
- You message Flann on WhatsApp: “Show me where our or convert colors in OneSimpleAPI stand.”
- Flann runs
Generate or Convert Colorin OneSimpleAPI and shows you what it found. - Nothing in OneSimpleAPI is changed: these are look-ups, so they run straight away.
Where Flann saves you time in OneSimpleAPI
Small jobs, repeated often, are where the time goes. Here is how they change once OneSimpleAPI is connected.
Passing a fault to the right person
Today
When something breaks, you forward a screenshot to your developer with a vague description. They then ask the questions you could not answer.
With Flann
“Send Dan the details of this error so he can look at it.”
Flann gathers what Dan will need from OneSimpleAPI: when the error started, how often it happens and which part of the system is affected. It drafts a clear message to him with those facts.
What you stop doing: Your role as messenger between customers and developer comes to an end.
What changed this week
Today
Your developer ships changes regularly. You find out what changed when a customer mentions that a button has moved.
With Flann
“What did the team change on the app this week?”
Flann reads the recent changes recorded in OneSimpleAPI and turns them into a short list in everyday language, pointing out anything customers will notice. This is read-only.
What you stop doing: You are no longer the last to know what changed in your own product.
More on this: how to hand repetitive tasks to an AI agent on WhatsApp.
How Flann connects to OneSimpleAPI
- In Flann, go to Connectors and find OneSimpleAPI.
- Paste your OneSimpleAPI API key into the secure form Flann opens. You will find the key in your OneSimpleAPI account settings.
- Ask Flann for what you need on WhatsApp, by text or voice note. It picks the right OneSimpleAPI action itself.
Of the 15 OneSimpleAPI actions, 9 only read. The other 6 create, update, send or delete. Disconnect OneSimpleAPI in Connectors whenever you like.
Ways to use OneSimpleAPI with Flann
Look things up fast
Ask for the record you need. Flann finds it in OneSimpleAPI and brings it into the chat.
Make a change safely
Tell Flann what to change.
Problems in plain words
Ask what went wrong overnight. Flann reads OneSimpleAPI and explains it without the jargon.
Everything Flann can do in OneSimpleAPI
Every OneSimpleAPI action Flann can run, split into what it reads and what it changes.
Looks up 9
- Analyze Readability
- Calculate PPP Discount
- Convert Currency
- Expand Short URL
- Generate or Convert Color
- Get Image Information
- List Files
- List Short URLs
- Validate Email
Changes 6
- Capture Screenshot
- Create Short URL
- Delete File
- Generate PDF
- Generate QR Code
- Transform Image
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HereCommon questions
What can Flann do with files in OneSimpleAPI?
Flann can delete and look up files in OneSimpleAPI, using 2 actions (Delete File, List Files). Looking up runs straight away and changes nothing. The other actions create or change files in OneSimpleAPI.
How does Flann connect to OneSimpleAPI?
Open Connectors in Flann, choose OneSimpleAPI and paste your OneSimpleAPI API key into a secure form. You will find the key in your OneSimpleAPI account settings. Once it is connected, Flann can use 15 actions in OneSimpleAPI.
Do I need to open OneSimpleAPI to use it with Flann?
No. Once OneSimpleAPI is connected, you ask Flann on WhatsApp or in the Flann app, by text or voice note, and it does the work in OneSimpleAPI.
Which Flann plan do I need for OneSimpleAPI?
Any of them. Every Flann plan includes OneSimpleAPI and every other app.