Compute
Geometry Backend API
The compute engine. Send parameters, run the model, and get back geometry, data, and file exports - the raw computation, without a UI.
Geometry BackendPlatform / Features
Run Grasshopper definitions from your own code
Everything ShapeDiver does is available to your own code. Three APIs cover computing a model, managing your models and users, and rendering in the browser; SDKs wrap them in the language you work in; and a set of ready-made integrations connects ShapeDiver to platforms such as Shopify and Speckle. This page is the map - the docs have the detail.
SDKs for TypeScript, .NET, Python, and PHP.
Three APIs
One for computing, one for managing, one for rendering
API referenceShapeDiver exposes three APIs, each for a different job:
Manage
Platform Backend API
Where your models and users are managed: upload and organize models, and handle accounts and access. It’s the account side of the platform, in code.
Platform BackendRender
Viewer API
Drives the ShapeDiver Viewer in the browser - load a model, set parameters, read outputs, and control the scene and camera. Covered in full on the 3D Viewer page.
3D ViewerSDKs in your language
Work in the language you already use
You don’t have to call the APIs by hand. ShapeDiver publishes SDKs for TypeScript, .NET, Python, and PHP, so you can drive a model, manage your workspace, or wire ShapeDiver into a backend service, with the request-shaping and authentication handled for you.
SDK
TypeScript
SDK
.NET
SDK
Python
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PHP
Integrations
Connect the tools you already run
Integrations in the docsAlongside the APIs, ShapeDiver has ready-made integrations for common platforms, so a lot of the connecting is already done:
E-commerce
ShopifyPut a configurator on your storefront and carry the configuration and production files into the order.
AEC & interoperability
SpeckleMove geometry and data between ShapeDiver and the tools AEC teams build with.
Industry
iJewel3D for jewelry workflows.
Desktop connectors
Rhino
GrasshopperConnectors for Rhino and Grasshopper link those desktop tools to ShapeDiver, and blueprints show how to build one for your own desktop application.
Where these fit
How the pieces line up
The three APIs map onto how an app comes together: the Geometry Backend computes the model the platform hosts; the Platform Backend manages the models and workspaces you keep there; and the Viewer API renders and drives the result in the browser. App Builder and a custom front end both sit on top of these - one no-code, one in code. And if you’d rather your AI coding agent did the wiring, the Agent Skills already know these APIs.
From the blog
Integrations and APIs, shown in webinars
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ShapeDiver Spring '25 Update | Live Webinar
Join us on March 25th to learn about the latest features added to the ShapeDiver platform, including our new Speckle and Shopify integrations.
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Check out the recording of our July 11th, 2023 webinar showcasing the new ShapeDiver extension (BETA) for Autodesk Forma.
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Live Webinar: Go Beyond Grasshopper with ShapeDiver's API!
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APIs, SDKs & Integrations
Build ShapeDiver into your stack
Start a free trial and connect a model to your own code - or talk to us if you’d like help scoping an integration. The API reference, SDKs, and integration guides are all in the docs.