Films at 59 uses EditShare Open APIs to connect its scheduling system directly into EditShare's shared storage for a fully automated, metadata-driven workflow that eliminates manual setup.
UK post-production facility Films at 59 in Bristol has used the EditShare Open API platform to connect its scheduling system directly into EditShare's media environment. The result is a fully automated, metadata-driven workflow that eliminates manual setup and accelerates production start-up.
Films at 59's technical team led the integration work, developing a direct connection between Farmers Wife, a widely used scheduling, project management, and resource planning platform, and EditShare's EFS shared storage and FLOW media management. The project was also supported by EditShare channel partner Digital Garage.
With the API integration in place, scheduling a job in Farmers Wife now automatically creates a dedicated media space in the EFS file system. It provisions human resources by assigning team members to the project, based on their roles, and storage quotas are applied to match the project's scope.
Project metadata in FLOW are also linked, making sure that assets are organized and accessible from the very beginning.
By building this API-driven connection, Films at 59 has achieved a smooth, direct transition from booking to production-ready, without manual configuration or IT overhead. "We had it up and running very quickly," said Jamie Lawrence, Head of Technical Operations at Films at 59. "Now, every time a job is booked in Farmers Wife, the media space is built, the team is connected, and everything is ready to go." The integration has significantly reduced setup time, minimising human error at the same time, and guaranteed every project begins within a consistent, structured media environment.
The EditShare open API architecture makes it possible not only to build complex workflows to match project and team requirements, and connect to preferred tools and systems, but also to administer a large number of logins via scripting including user permissions, projects and storage quotas, for example. Users can facilitate data exchange and workflow automation across different platforms as well.
The set of open APIs is available to EditShare users free of charge. "EditShare's Open API framework made this integration straightforward and highly effective," said Sean Bradley, Regional Sales Director, Northern Europe at EditShare. "The Films at 59 team took the initiative to connect their scheduling and media systems, and now they move from scheduling to editing without touching a single admin panel. It's a good example of how a facility can use the open EditShare architecture to design custom workflows." editshare.com
